Cabaret & Concert NewsLittle Night Music Event Celebrates Sondheim and Mozart February 28
Original Jersey Boys star Daniel Reichard will interpret songs by late Tony-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim.
By
Andrew Gans
February 28, 2024
The NYC-based concert series MusicTalks presents a musical program celebrating Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
and Stephen Sondheim February 28 at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan.
Entitled Little Night Music: Mozart & Sondheim, the 7 PM performance is centered around a string quartet and also features original Jersey Boys star Daniel Reichard performing songs by late composer-lyricist Sondheim. NY1 On Stage host Frank DiLella will
share anecdotes about the works performed, focusing on Sondheim’s lyricism and its connection to classical music.
“This
concert is a testament to the transcendent power of music,” said MusicTalks Founder and Artistic Director Elad Kabilio in an earlier statement. “We are thrilled
to bring together the talents of Daniel and Frank for a night that
promises to be both enlightening and exhilarating.”
Reichard made his New York debut in Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Celebration and then played Keith Haring in the Public Theater's Radiant Baby. He appeared Off-Broadway in The Thing About Men and played the title role in the New York City Opera mounting of Leonard Bernstein's Candide. Reichard has also toured concert halls across North America with his fellow Jersey Boys alumni in The Midtown Men.
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