With Broadway shuttered, stars celebrate Steven Sondheim’s 90th birthday with a virtual concert
Jake Gyllenhaal, Patti LuPone and Neil Patrick Harris were among the actors who recorded themselves singing some of Sondheim’s best-known songs.
In addition to celebrating Sondheim, the concert was used to raise money for Artists Striving To End Poverty, a charity group that connects artists with young people from underserved communities. The show was delayed by technical difficulties, drawing outcry from notably dramatic musical theater fans.Sondheim’s 90th birthday was on March 22, 2020, as the pandemic was accelerating in New York City. But the concert Sunday marked another milestone—the 50th anniversary of the debut of. A gender-flipped revival of the show starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone was in previews before Broadway shut down on March 12, 2020. Initially lasting one month, the shutdown was extended until June 7.
has brought in President Barack Obama’s former leader of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to develop a plan.“He expresses everything I wish I could say,” Mandy Patinkin said of Sondheim, before launching into “Lesson #8” fromThe “Ladies Who Lunch,” indeed.
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