Opening 16 Sep
At the 2023 Whatsonstage Awards, Old Friends, the unforgettable all-star gala performance to celebrate the life and work of the great Stephen Sondheim at the theatre named after him in May 2022, won the Best Theatre Event Award. Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, devised and produced by Cameron Mackintosh, will now run for 16 weeks only from 16 September 2023 – 6 January 2024 at the Gielgud Theatre with many of that Gala cast. Old Friends' all-star cast will again include Bernadette Peters who is appearing in a West End run for the first time in her legendary career and Lea Salonga who is appearing for the first time in 27 years. Co-stars include several of the fabulous Gala company, including Christine Allado, Janie Dee, Bonnie Langford and Jeremy Secomb, joining them will be Beatrice Penny-Touré, Joanna Riding, and Jac Yarrow with further exciting casting to be announced soon.