Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Adds Two Weeks to Its Broadway Run

Manhattan Theatre Club announced a two-week extension for Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends, beginning its Broadway run on March 25 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Performances will now run through June 15, with an official opening on April 8. 

Old Friends is a follow-up to the revues Side by Side by Sondheim and Putting It Together. The show is directed by Matthew Bourne, who also lends musical staging, with Julia McKenzie and choreography by Stephen Mear.

The cast features two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters, Tony Award winner Lea Salonga, Jasmine Forsberg, Kate Jennings Grant, Kevin Earley, Bonnie Langford, Tony Award winner Beth Leavel, two-time Tony Award nominee Gavin Lee, Kyle Selig, Jacob Dickey, multiple Olivier Award nominee Jason Pennycooke, two-time Olivier Award winner Joanna Riding, Jeremy Secomb, Maria Wirries and Daniel Yearwood. Greg Mills, Paige Faure, Alexa Lopez and Peter Neureuther round out the ensemble. 

The cast comes to Broadway on the heels of a West Coast run at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles.