About Sondheim's Old Friends
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends opened in London’s West End to an array of 5-star reviews, playing its final performance at the Gielgud Theatre on 6 January 2024.
Celebrating the life and work of the great Stephen Sondheim, this great big Broadway show is ‘a five-star celebration, gloriously performed by a stellar cast’ (Financial Times).
Old Friends won the Best Theatre Event at the 2023 WhatsOnStage Awards. It sold out within a couple of hours last year leaving thousands of disappointed fans unable to get tickets. Now by popular demand, audiences have another chance to see the never to be forgotten and one of the most talked about theatrical events of the year.
Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga lead ‘The musical theatre equivalent of the superhero team-up’ (Daily Telegraph) alongside Christine Allado, Clare Burt, Janie Dee, Damian Humbley, Bradley Jaden, Bonnie Langford, Gavin Lee, Jason Pennycooke, Joanna Riding, Jeremy Secomb, Jac Yarrow, Marley Fenton, and Beatrice Penny-Touré. The company also includes Harry Apps, Bella Brown, Richard Dempsey, and Monique Young, completing a cast that is truly the best of the West End and Broadway.
‘This is unmissable musical theatre’ (Times).