Tonight’s performance of Penelope has been cancelled (Thursday, April 18 at 8PM). If you had tickets to tonight’s performance, the Box Office will be reaching out with options for your tickets.
News: Eric Schaeffer has loved the work of Stephen Sondheim since high school — but he finds ways to keep the love affair fresh – The Washington Post
Very few people end up with their high school sweethearts. In a way, Eric Schaeffer did.
“The first [Stephen] Sondheim musical I saw was ‘Sweeney Todd’ on Broadway, the Angela Lansbury one,” says Schaeffer artistic director and co-founder of Signature Theatre. “Our high school drama class went up and we watched the show and I thought, ‘What was THAT?’ I went to the record store and bought the album — which I still have — and I just sat for hours listening to it and I was just like, ‘Oh, my God, this is brilliant.’ And that literally got me hooked on what a genius he was.”
Read the full article on TheWashingtonPost.com.