What Makes Sondheim Great?

Stephen Sondheim

The season's final performance of What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow will take place this Friday evening, June 2 at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. Tenor Michael Winther and soprano Terri Klausner along with host Rob Kapilow will explore The Songs of Stephen Sondheim.


Michael Winther

Tenor Michael Winther has appeared on Broadway in Mamma Mia, 1776, Artist Descending a Staircase, and Damn Yankees. He has also appeared with New York Theatre Workshop, Lincoln Center Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Yale Rep and currently, a collaboration with jazz pianist Fred Hersch.


Terri Klausner

Soprano Terri Klausner has been seen by audiences across America in productions of A Chorus Line, Sophisticated Ladies, and Evita. She was chosen to play Eva Peron in Evita and did so in the musical’s premiere performance at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles. She continued in that role in all the matinees for the Broadway Company. She has sung at the White House, Carnegie Hall and as a headliner in New York’s top nightclubs.

You can find Michael and Terri's complete bios here.


Carrie Cheron

In what we are pretty sure is a first, an employee of the Celebrity Series will appear onstage at a Celebrity Series performance (in the capacity of a performer that is, we're not talking encore flower delivery here). Joining Michael Winther and Terri Klausner for one number will be the Celebrity Series' own Carrie Cheron. A singer/songwriter in a folk vein who performs frequently in New England and around the country, Carrie also studied singing at Indiana Univeristy and New England Conservatory. Lots of people in Boston's folk music community already know about Carrie's vocal chops, now Celebrity Series audiences can to find out, too.