by Stephen Sondheim
Signature Theatre 2021 (Filmed Production)
Director & Choreographer: Matthew Gardiner; Music Direction: Jon Kalbfleisch; Lighting Design: Adam Honore; Sound Design: Ryan Hickey
“Gardiner, Signature’s associate artistic director, reasserts his command here of the Sondheim canon — the company’s originating raison d’etre. As the organization continues its search for a new artistic director, following the departure last year of founder Eric Schaeffer, SIMPLY SONDHEIM suggests that his successor might be in plain sight.”- Peter Marks, The Washington Post
“I wasn’t expecting “Simply Sondheim” to be quite as good as it is, since greatest-hits musical revues too often feel aimless. Not this one: Mr. Gardiner’s scenery-free staging, in which the songs are locked together without benefit of plot or connective narration, moves from number to number so quickly that you scarcely have time to catch your breath. “Simply Sondheim” has no dead spots, no slack patches, no weak moments of any kind: Every element of the show is exactly right”- Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal
“The almost two hours of gorgeously filmed theatrical concert, superbly directed and choreographed by Signature’s associate director Matthew Gardiner, spans through 50 years of work… Outstandingly conceived and executed, the work is entirely absorbing.”- Washington Blade