A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.

A Little Night Music opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on February 25, 1973, and closed on August 3, 1974 after 601 performances and 12 previews.

In 1977, a film version of A Little Night Music was released, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Lesley-Anne Down and Diana Rigg, with Len Cariou, Hermione Gingold and Laurence Guittard reprising their Broadway roles.

The score for A Little Night Music has elements not often found in musical theater, presenting challenges for performers, with complex meters, pitch changes, polyphony, and high notes for both males and females.

There is a Mozart reference in the title — A Little Night Music is an occasionally used translation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, the nickname of Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525.

Bernadette Peters steps into the six-month-old revival of ' A Little Night Music ' with a transfixing performance, playing it as if she realizes her character's onstage billing -- " the one and only Desiree Armfeldt " -- is cliched hyperbole.

" ( 1979 ), Electric Light Orchestra ’ s " Shine a Little Love ", " Don't Bring Me Down ", and " Last Train to London " ( all 1979 ), George Benson's " Give Me the Night " ( 1980 ), Elton John and Kiki Dee's " Don't Go Breaking My Heart " ( 1976 ), and Diana Ross ' " Upside Down " ( 1980 ).

Janis Joplin charted five singles, and other popular songs from her four-year career include " Down On Me ", " Bye, Bye Baby ", " Coo Coo ", " Summertime ", " Piece of My Heart ", " Turtle Blues ", " Ball ' n ' Chain ", " Try ( Just A Little Bit Harder )", " Maybe ", " To Love Somebody ", " Kozmic Blues ", " Work Me, Lord ", " Move Over ", " Cry Baby ", " A Woman Left Lonely ", " Get It While You Can ", " My Baby ", " Trust Me ", " Mercedes Benz ", " One Night Stand ", " Raise Your Hand " and her only number one hit, " Me and Bobby McGee ".

In February 2010, she played Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, which also featured Greta Scacchi and Lambert Wilson.

Leslie Caron, A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, théâtre du Châtelet, 2010.

* 2010: A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, director Lee Blakeley, Théâtre du Châtelet

In children's literature, Maurice Sendak has said that this strip inspired his book In the Night Kitchen, and William Joyce included several elements from Little Nemo in his children's book Santa Calls, including appearances by Flip and the walking bed.

They include The Wiz, At Long Last Love, Funny Lady ( Barbra Streisand's sequel to Funny Girl ), A Little Night Music and Hair amongst others.

Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as " now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater ", his most famous works include ( as composer / lyricist ) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods.

Sondheim's work is notable for his use of complex polyphony in the vocal parts, such as the chorus of five minor characters who function as a sort of Greek chorus in 1973's A Little Night Music.

A Little Night Music ( 1973 ), a more traditionally plotted show based on the film Smiles of a Summer Night by Ingmar Bergman, was one of his greatest successes.

) Further success was accorded to A Little Night Music when " Send in the Clowns " became a hit single for Judy Collins.

Sweeney Todd ( 1979 ), Sondheim's most operatic score and libretto ( which, along with A Little Night Music, has been seen in opera houses ), once again explores an unlikely topic, this time murderous revenge and cannibalism.

In March 2008, Sondheim and Rich appeared in four interviews / conversations in California and Portland, Oregon titled " A Little Night Conversation with Stephen Sondheim ".

* A Little Night Music ( 1973 ) ( book by Hugh Wheeler ; directed by Hal Prince )

* A Little Night Music, ( 1977 ) a movie adaptation of the stage work.

It featured songs from many of his musicals, including a performance of " Send in the Clowns " from A Little Night Music by Judi Dench ( reprising her role as Desirée from the 1995 production of that musical ), and performances from many other stars of opera, Broadway, stage and screen, including Bryn Terfel and Maria Friedman.

* A Little Night Music ( 1973, Best Score from an Original Cast Album )

* A Little Night Music ( 1973 Best Score )

* Salieri's supposed hatred for Mozart is also alluded to in a spoof opera entitled A Little Nightmare Music, by P. D. Q.

In 2002 he played on a CD Music Drama of the band " My Little Cheap Dictaphone " La Médiatheque de Belgique.

* A Little Night Music ( 1972 – 73, Outstanding Music and Lyrics )

" Send in the Clowns " is a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night.

The first single from Nobody's Daughter was " Skinny Little Bitch ", which was the most added song on alternative rock radio in early March 2010.

In 2010, she was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens.

* 1946 – Richie Hayward, American musician ( Little Feat ) ( d. 2010 )

Side By Side By Sondheim ( 1976 ), Marry Me A Little ( 1980 ), You're Gonna Love Tomorrow ( 1983 ) Putting It Together ( 1993 ), and Sondheim on Sondheim ( 2010 ) are anthologies or revues of Sondheim's work as composer and lyricist, featuring both songs performed and cut from productions.

* 2009: Catherine Zeta-Jones performed the song in the role of Desirée in the 2009 / 2010 Broadway revival of A Little Night Music directed by Trevor Nunn

Ono appeared with Ringo Starr on July 7, 2010 at New York's Radio City Music Hall in celebration of Starr's 70th birthday, performing " With a Little Help from My Friends " and " Give Peace a Chance ".

In 2010 Anderson released her autobiography entitled The Way I See It-A Look Back at My Life on Little House.

He appeared in Little Fockers, the critically panned yet hugely commercially successful 2010 sequel to Meet the Fockers.

* Conover, Sarah and Wahl, Valerie, " Kindness: A Treasury of Buddhist Wisdom for Children and Parents ( This Little Light of Mine )", Skinner House Books, 2010.

She was nominated for Featured Actress in a Musical for A Little Night Music in 2010.

The main new works staged by the company have been The Little Mermaid by Anne Boyd ( 1985 ); Metamorphosis by Brian Howard ( 1985 ); Voss by Richard Meale ( 1986 ); Whitsunday by Howard ( 1988 ); Mer de glace by Richard Meale ( 1992 ); The Golem by Larry Sitsky ( 1993 ); The Eighth Wonder by Alan John ( 1995 ); Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Richard Mills ( 1999 ); Batavia by Richard Mills ( 2001 ); Love in the Age of Therapy by Paul Grabowsky ( OzOpera 2002 ); Lindy by Moya Henderson ( 2003 ); Madeline Lee by John Haddock ( 2004 ); Bliss ( 2010 ) by Brett Dean.

" ( season 22, 2010 ), after Santa's Little Helper devours a pigeon with a broken leg that Bart was nursing, Bart gets mad at the dog and is unable to forgive him.

She was also patron of Ovingdean Hall School, a special day and boarding school for the deaf and hard of hearing in Brighton, which closed in 2010, and Vice President of The Little Foundation.

Pulaski County forms the core of the Little Rock – North Little Rock – Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area which had 699, 757 people in the 2010 census.

In 2010, Chinatown and Little Italy were listed in a single historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 2010, Little Italy and Chinatown were listed in a single historic district on the National Register of Historic Places.

Her song " Trick Pony " appeared at the beginning of the Grey's Anatomy episode " Perfect Little Accident " ( Season 6, Episode 16 / airdate: 25 February 2010 ).

Published by Little, Brown, 2010 ISBN 978-1-4087-0255-0

In 2010, the newest record from Little Big Town, The Reason Why, was released which Kirkpatrick co-produced.

It is part of the Little Rock – North Little Rock – Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area with 699, 757 people according to the 2010 census.