A Twitter account presupposed to be bringing Sondheim's final musical to Broadway subsequent season.
Neither Nathan Lane nor Bernadette Peters is hooked up to star in a manufacturing of Stephen Sondheim’s final written musical Sq. One, a rep for the Angels in America and Producers star confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
A Twitter account utilizing the musical’s title introduced on Thursday morning that the upcoming staged manufacturing was set to star Lane reverse fellow stage icon, Peters. Reps for each actors informed THR that the information was “not true,” resulting in hypothesis that the introduced manufacturing was faux. Sondheim’s lawyer didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.
In September 2021, Sondheim informed Stephen Colbert throughout an look on The Late Present that he was writing a brand new musical known as Sq. One with the playwright Daniel Ives. On the time, the composer mentioned he hoped to stage it within the subsequent season.
In a separate look on the As we speak present at the moment, Lane mentioned he and Peters had participated in a studying of Sq. One.
Sondheim died in November 2021 on the age of 91. In what might have been his final interview, Sondheim informed the New York Instancesthat he had not but completed the present, which was primarily based on two motion pictures directed by Luis Buñuel, however nonetheless hoped to see it staged.
“The primary act relies on ‘The Discreet Attraction of the Bourgeoisie,’ and the second act relies on ‘The Exterminating Angel,’ ” he informed the Instances in regards to the venture, including that Joe Mantello was hooked up because the director.
A manufacturing of a seemingly comparable musical, crafted by Ives and Sondheim, was set to premiere Off-Broadway on the Public Theater in 2017, however by no means made it to the stage. THR has additionally reached out to the Public Theater for remark.
Sondheim’s work is presently being showcased Off-Broadway in a revival of Merrily We Roll Alongside, starring Daniel Radcliffe, and on Broadway in a revival of Into the Woods. A revival of Sweeney Todd, starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford, is scheduled to come back to Broadway this spring.
Extra to come back.