Sondheim! The Birthday Concert PBS’s “Great Performances” Private Screening NYIT Auditorium November 1, 2010   Opposite Photo: George Hearn, Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert was screened at the NYIT Auditorium for an audience of press and performers. The film transferred beautifully to the wide screen. The audience was so enraptured that they clapped for the performances just as though they were at the actual concert. Sondheim! The Birthday Concert will premiere on November 24, 2010 as part of PBS's Great Performances.

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Monday, November 24th. 9PM
PBS's "Great Performances

The star-studded event, Sondheim! The Birthday Concert, celebrating the 80th birthday of the Broadway and film legend Stephen Sondheim with performances of his music and songs by some of the world’s biggest talents, will make its debut on PBS stations across the country on November 24th, thanks to the Emmy Award-winning producer Ellen M. Krass and Tony Award-winning co-producers Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley in association with Thirteen/WNET and Image Entertainment. The production, which is hosted by David Hyde Pierce, will air at 9PM ET (check local listings). Originally presented by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall on March 15th and March 16th, 2010, Sondheim! The Birthday Concert includes show-stopping numbers by Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Donna Murphy, Michael Cerveris, Elaine Stritch, Nathan Gunn, and many more. Led by world-renowned conductor Paul Gemignani and Emmy-nominated director Lonny Price, the evening includes songs and orchestral pieces from Sondheim musical theater favorites such as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Passion, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Anyone Can Whistle, along with a suite from music he wrote for the film Reds, which has never before been performed live.

Maria Riccetto, Laura Benanti, Chip Zien, Joanna Gleason,
Bobby Steggert, Stephen Sondheim, Jason Danieley, Marin Mazzie,
Mandy Patinkin, and Bernadette Peters

Garrett Lee, Ellen M. Krass, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley and Lonny Price
Sondheim! The Birtday Concert Screening
New York Institute of Technology Auditorium
November 1, 2010
Photo Credit: Rob Rich/societyallure.com

Stewart F. Lane, Laura Osnes, Jenn Colella and Bonnie Comley
Sondheim! The Birtday Concert Screening
New York Institute of Technology Auditorium
November 1, 2010
Photo Credit: Rob Rich/societyallure.com