A Little Night Music (London cast)

The lavish 1975 West End premiere of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s masterpiece 'A Little Night Music' opened to critical adulation at London’s historic Adelphi Theatre, running for a triumphant 406 performances. Translating the sweeping, turn-of-the-century Scandinavian spectacular for British audiences, the grand-scale production features a legendary, operatic score from "Send in the Clowns" to "A Weekend in the Country." This original West End cast tracking records the definitive premiere performances of international stage icons Jean Simmons as Desirée Armfeldt alongside Joss Ackland’s Fredrik Egerman and Hermione Gingold repeating her historic Broadway turn as Madame Armfeldt.