A Little Night Music A Little Night Music A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film "Smiles of a Summer Night", it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik". The musical includes the popular song "Send in the Clowns". Since its original 1973 Broadway production, the musical has enjoyed professional productions in the West End, by opera companies, in a 2009 Broadway revival,
Little Nellie Kelly (musical) based on the stage production, and some songs from it were repeated in the film. However, there was a new script and the story was changed. The New York critics considered the piece to be an old-fashioned and sentimental Edwardian musical comedy which was out of place in 1922, but despite this it proved a huge success. The reviews of the London opening night on 2 June 1923 were good. "The Times" said "Better than the average musical comedy and as good as any that has been in London", the "Pall Mall Gazette" "the best thing we have had since