It would be difficult not to relate to the romantic musical comedy that opens Thursday at the Cumberland County Playhouse, director John Fionte said of “A Little Night Music.”
“It’s strung around universal sorts of truths,” he said. “It’s about the bad choices, about making fools of ourselves for love, about the wild things we put ourselves through.”
Fionte said the work is probably the biggest hit by Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the music and lyrics, and was nominated for 12 Tony Awards in 1973. It is based on Ingmar Bergman’s film “Smiles of a Summer Night.”
IF YOU GO* What: “A Little Night Music.”* When: Thursday-Nov. 6.* Where: Cumberland County Playhouse, 221 Tennessee Ave., Crossville, Tenn.* Admission: $14-$26.* Phone: 931-484-5000.* Website: www.ccplayhouse.com.
Set in Sweden in the middle of summer in the first decade of the 20th century, it exposes surprising liaisons, long-simmering passions and the endless possibilities of love in a land where the sun never sets.