All-Star Sondheim’s Old Friends Concert to Stream Free Next Month

Earlier this year, Cameron Mackintosh invited many of Stephen Sondheim's old friends and collaborators to join him in celebrating his legacy at the newly rebuilt Sondheim Theatre in the West End.

The cast appearing in the concert includes Michael Ball, Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Petula Clark, Rosalie Craig, Janie Dee, Judi Dench, Daniel Evans, Maria Friedman, Haydn Gwynne, Bonnie Langford, Damian Lewis, Julia McKenzie, Julian Ovenden, Bernadette Peters, Siân Phillips, Jon Robyns, Clive Rowe, Jenna Russell, Imelda Staunton, Charlie Stemp, Hannah Waddingham, Gary Wilmot, and Michael D. Xavier.

Here's how to stream the concert next month, and the complete setlist to expect:

The production was staged by Matthew Bourne and Maria Friedman with choreography by Stephen Mear. Accompanying the cast is a 25-piece orchestra conducted by Alfonso Casado Trigo.

The concert will air on BBC Two this holiday season with exact times to be determined by the channel in the coming two weeks. The concert will also stream online as part of BBC's iPlayer the same week. Exact broadcast dates will be announced soon by BBC.

"Sondheim's Old Friends" featured nearly 40 musical numbers from various Sondheim musicals, including:

1. Sunday in the Park with George – Daniel Evans

2. Side by Side – Ashley CampbellI, Rosalie Craig, Josefina Gabrielle, Amy Griffiths, Bradley Jaden, Julia McKenzie and Jenna Russell

3. Comedy Tonight – Rob Brydon, Clive Rowe, Gary Wilmot and West End All Stars

4. Company – West End All Stars

5. The Little Things You Do Together – Rob Brydon and Haydn Gywnne

6. You Could Drive a Person Crazy – Anna-Jane Casey, Janie Dee, Josefina Gabrielle

7. Live Alone and Like It – Clive Rowe

8. Loving You – Michael Ball

9. Getting Married Today – Anna-Jane Casey, Holly-Anne Hull and Jon Robyns

10. Into the Woods – West End All Stars

11. Agony – Julian Ovenden and Michael D. Xavier

12. I Know Things Now – Bernadette Peters

13. Hello Little Girl – Damian Lewis and Bernadette Peters

14. Children Will Listen – Bernadette Peters

15. A Weekend in the Country – Desmonda Cathabel, Janie Dee, Rob Houchen, Holly-Anne Hull, Julian Ovenden, Michael D. Xavier and West End All Stars

16. Send in the Clowns – Judi Dench

17. The Ballad of Sweeney Todd – Michael Ball and West End All Stars

18. The Worst Pies in London – Michael Ball and Maria Friedman

19. My Friends – Michael Ball

20. Pretty Women – Michael Ball and Jeremy Secomb

21. A Little Priest – Michael Ball and Maria Friedman

22. The Ladies Who Lunch – Haydn Gwynne

23. Sunday – Daniel Evans, Bernadette Peters and West End All Stars

24. Overture from Merrily We Roll Along – The Orchestra

25. Tonight Quintet – Shan Ako, Christine Allado, Louis Gaunt, Rob Houchen and Students from the Royal Academy Musical Theatre Company and Mountview

26. Broadway Baby – Helena Bonham Carter, Rosalie Craig, Maria Friedman, Josefina Gabrielle, Amy Griffiths, Haydn Gwynne, Bonnie Langford, Julia McKenzie, Bernadette Peters, Jenna Russell and Gary Wilmot

27. Everybody Ought to Have a Maid – Rob Brydon, Damien Lewis, Julian Ovenden and Siân Phillips

28. You Gotta Get A Gimmick – Anna-Jane Casey, Bonnie Langford and Bernadette Peters

29. Waiting For The Girls Upstairs – Ashley Campbell, Rob Houchen, Bradley Jaden and Charlie Stemp

30. I’m Still Here – Petula Clark

31. Could I Leave You? – Michael Ball

32. Buddy’s Blues – Gary Wilmot

33. The Boy From…… – Janie Dee

34. Losing My Mind – Bernadette Peters

35. Everything’s Coming Up Roses – Imelda Staunton

36. Not A Day Goes By – Michael Ball, Rosalie Craig, Maria Friedman, Julia McKenzie, Bernadette Peters, Jenna Russell and West End All Stars

37. Being Alive – Michael Ball, Rob Brydon, Rosalie Craig, Haydn Gwynne, Bradley Jaden, Bonnie Langford, Julian Ovenden, Jon Robyns, Jenna Russell, Jeremy Secomb, Michael D. Xavier and West End All Stars

38. Old Friends – Full Company

39. Side By Side – Full Company

40. Our Time – Full Company

Musical supervision for the concert is by Stephen Brooker, musical arrangements are by Stephen Metcalfe, set design by Matt Kinley, projection designs by George Reeve, lighting by Warren Letton, and sound by Mick Potter.