A Little Night Music

Hugh Wheeler's musical concerns three mismatched couples: Desiree Armfeldt (Geraldine Turner), an actress, is seeing Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm (John Waters) who is married to Charlotte Malcolm. Frederik Egerman (Michael Smith), Desiree's past lover, is married to the still-virginal Anne (Pippa Grandison), who is half his age. Henrik Egerman, Frederik's son who is also a divinity student, loves his stepmother Anne, who is a year younger than him. Petra (Toni Collette), Frederik and Anne's maid, Madame Armfeldt, Desiree's mother, and Frederica, Desiree's daughter round out the action which occurs in town and at "A Weekend in the Country" at Madame Armfeldt's house in the land of the midnight sun. The musical features a lieder quintet as a Greek chorus.