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Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga and More Bring Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends to Broadway Tonight | Broadway Buzz

“Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga and More Bring Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends to Broadway Tonight | Broadway Buzz”


Jasmine Forberg, Beth Leavel, Bonnie Langford, Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Joanna Using, Kate Jennings Grant and Maria Wirries in “Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends” (Picture: Matthew Murphy)

Stephen Sondheim’s Previous Mates, contemporary from its West Coast run at Heart Theatre Group in Los Angeles, begins its Broadway engagement on the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on March 25. Devised by Cameron Waterproof coat, the Sondheim revue formally opens April 8 and can run by means of June 15.

Previous Mates is a follow-up to the revues Facet by Facet by Sondheim and Placing It Collectively. The present is directed by Matthew Bourne, who additionally lends musical staging, with Julia McKenzie and choreography by Stephen Mear.

The solid options two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters, Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, Jasmine Forsberg, Kate Jennings Grant, Kevin Earley, Bonnie Langford, Tony Award winner Beth Leavel, two-time Tony Award nominee Gavin Lee, Kyle Selig, Jacob Dickey, a number of Olivier Award nominee Jason Pennycooke, two-time Olivier Award winner Joanna Using, Jeremy Secomb, Maria Wirries and Daniel Yearwood. Greg Mills, Paige Faure, Alexa Lopez and Peter Neureuther spherical out the ensemble. 

“You don’t have to be a Sondheim fan and know this lyric and that lyric,” Peters informed The Broadway Present. “It’s total entertainment.” 

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