A Little Night Music it as if she realizes her character's onstage billing -- "the one and only Desiree Armfeldt"—is cliched hyperbole. By figuratively rolling her eyes at the hype, Peters gives us a rich, warm and comedically human Desiree, which reaches full impact when she pierces the facade with a nakedly honest, tears-on-cheek 'Send in the Clowns.'" 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
Musical film musicals were still being made that were financially and/or critically less successful than in the musical's heyday. They include "1776", "The Wiz", "At Long Last Love", "Mame", "Man of La Mancha", "Lost Horizon"," Godspell", "Phantom of the Paradise", "Funny Lady" (Barbra Streisand's sequel to "Funny Girl"), "A Little Night Music", and "Hair" amongst others. The critical wrath against "At Long Last Love", in particular, was so strong that it was never released on home video. Fantasy musical films "Scrooge", "The Blue Bird", "The Little Prince", "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", "Pete's Dragon", and Disney's "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" were also