Glynis Johns Send in the Clowns

Glynis Johns and Len Cariou recreate the "Send in the Clowns" scene and song from the end of A Little Night Music.

From the laserdisc release of the 1982 broadcast THAT'S SINGING: THE BEST OF BROADWAY.

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• Cariou

[mitchellivers]

Ah, well. Every day a little death.

[katherinefitzger]

And THAT ladies and gentlemen is how it's done....and why Sondheim said he would always cast an actor over a singer. Oh my word, I've never heard Glynis Johns sing this before, brought a tear to my eye, (although my brain is having terrible trouble reconciling this performance with the image of Mrs Banks!!)

[Lovett19991]

:''''((( just perfect

[BMeister22]

@Dexcab Do you know for sure she's in Los Angeles?

[Reginald56]

If you like Glynis Johns, find a little gem of an unknown movie called No Highway in the Sky, with Jimmy Stewart and Jack Hawkins too. I don't think it's ever made it to DVD, but it is available on VHS tape.

[Dexcab]

@BMeister22 She's living in a retirement community in Los Angeles or somewhere around there... she was at one of the Mary Poppins celebrations not too long ago... and I think she might have done a video greeting or voiceover for a Sondheim celebration a year or two ago.

[BMeister22]

I know she's 88 but she hasn't been seen in over a decade. Anybody know what kind of health she's in?

[simplystreeptacular]

All right, Lansbury and LuPone - I love you both, but you will never top the original - the best - Desiree.

[spudmuffa]

This song was written especially for her by Sondheim to accommodate her vocal range. Beautiful rendition of the song.

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Definitive--period. 

[myrnaloysboy]

I love Glynis Johns - you are just wonderful. Good health dearest Glynis.

[derrickdowland]

I love this song. I love this show. I love this composer (figuratively, that is). I love his work. Finally, I have loved Glynis Johns for decades, ever since I realized how, with a short haircut, her sweet but feisty and perky manner, her voice, and her looks made her a dead-ringer for my first true love, Betsy, who died in her 20s. Go, ye Broadway gals! Go, Stephen Sondheim! Onward and upward with Stage and Screen! Sincerely, MusicGuy.