Erin Davie to Replace Laura Osnes in White Plains A Little Night Music

Erin Davie will replace Laura Osnes as Anne in the White Plains Performing Arts Center’s upcoming production of A Little Night Music, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. Osnes has withdrawn to assume the role of Nellie Forbush in the Broadway revival of South Pacific while Kelli O’Hara is on maternity leave. Performances of A Little Night Music begin at the White Plains Performing Arts Center on March 5 for a limited-engagement run through March 22, directed by Sidney J. Burgoyne.

Davie joins previously announced stars Penny Fuller, Mark Jacoby, Sheila Smith, Stephen R. Buntrock and Rachel de Benedet. The cast also includes Laura D’Andre, Eleni Delopoulos, Eddie Egan, Katie Henney, Leah Jennings, Michael Markham, Jonathan Gabriel Michie, Christy Morton and Branch Woodman.

Davie has appeared on Broadway in Grey Gardens and Curtains and in the off-Broadway musical The Glorious Ones. National tour credits include Wicked and Swing.

Music Direction for A Little Night Music is by James Bassi, with choreography by Melissa Rae Mahon and Sean McKnight. The creative team includes Michael Hotopp sets, T. Michael Hall costumes, Graham T. Posner lighting, and Wallace Flores sound.

A Little Night Music, which is based on the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, follows three lovestruck couples as they lose, and find each other during a long midsummer night on a country estate. The original Broadway production starred Len Cariou, Glynis Johns, Patricia Elliott, Hermione Gingold and Laurence Guittard. It opened at the Shubert Theatre on February 25, 1973, later transferring to the Majestic Theatre on September 17, 1973, and played a total of 601 performances before closing on August 3, 1974. Night Music garnered six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Book and Best Original Score. The show is best known for its heartbreaking Sondheim score, featuring songs such as "Send in the Clowns" and "The Miller's Son."