Sondheim Birthday Celebration Weekend: March 20 and 21
Composer / lyricist Stephen Sondheim celebrates his 80th birthday this March 22, and in honor of Signature's "signature" composer, we have a full weekend of events planned:

• Sondheim Birthday Ticket Giveaway Sponsored by Target
  In honor of Sondheim’s 80th birthday, Signature has joined with our sponsor Target to give away 80 tickets to students and young professionals (30 and under) to the evening performance of Sweeney Todd on March 21st. For a chance to win a pair of tickets to this performance, send your name, mailing address, age, and email to giveaway@signature-theatre.org by March 1st. Emails without full mailing address will not be entered into the drawing. Drawing will occur March 1st and winners will be notified by email. Proof of age required at Box Office when picking up tickets.
   
• Sweeney Experience Auction Be a part of the show! Participate during our online auction for a chance to be onstage during a performance of Sweeney Todd. If you are the winner of our Sweeney Experience auction, you will have a walk-on role in costume during the Sunday matinee performance on March 21st. Bidding for this begins March 4th and ends on March 14th at 9pm PST. The highest bidder wins the chance to buy some Pirelli's Miracle Elixir! Bidding begins at $500.
  Click here, to bid for the chance of a lifetime!
   
• Sondheim Award Gala Raffle Purchase a $20 raffle ticket for the opportunity to win a pair of tickets to the Sondheim Award Gala at the Embassy of Italy on April 12th, 2010. The evening of cocktails, dinner and performances will pay tribute to stage, screen, and television legend Angela Lansbury, the first recipient of the Sondheim Award.
  Raffle tickets will be available at the Signature gift shop in the Mead Lobby before performances and during intermissions starting February 9 or through our Box Office at 703-820-9771..
  The winner of a pair of Gala tickets will be drawn at Signature on March 21 but need not be present to win. Winners will be contacted by phone on March 22.
   
• Signature's Gallery will be presenting a special exhibition on Stephen Sondheim in the Mead Lobby through the run of Sweeney Todd.

FREE EVENTS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 20:

• BACKSTAGE SONDHEIM: Noon at Signature
  Get an exclusive 30-minute backstage tour of the Sweeney Todd set by Production Stage Manager Kerry Epstein.

• THE SONDHEIM INFLUENCE: 12:30pm at Signature
  A short film on Sondheim followed by a discussion on Sondheim with Washington Post critic Peter Marks and NPR's Bob Mondello, moderated by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer.

• ISN'T IT RICH?: 1pm in the Mead Lobby
  Signature favorites sing Sondheim in the Mead Lobby before the 2pm performance of Sweeney Todd.

• SONDHEIM CINEMA: In the Shirlington Library
  Noon – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
  2pm – Gypsy

• BEHIND SONDHEIM: 5pm at Signature
  A post-show discussion with the cast of Sweeney Todd

• ISN'T IT RICH?: 7pm in the Mead Lobby
  Signature favorites sing Sondheim in the Mead Lobby before the 8pm performance of Sweeney Todd.

FREE EVENTS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 21:

• WHAT IS IT ABOUT SONDHEIM?: 12:45pm at Signature
  Signature actors discuss what it is about Sondheim's music that they love to perform.

• ISN'T IT RICH?: 1pm in the Mead Lobby
  Signature favorites sing Sondheim in the Mead Lobby before the 2pm performance.

• SONDHEIM CINEMA: In the Shirlington Library
  2pm – West Side Story

• MUSICALLY SONDHEIM: 5pm at Signature
  Mark Horowitz, Music Specialist from the Library of Congress, discusses the Sondheim collection and its surprises.

• ISN'T IT RICH?: 6pm in the Mead Lobby
  Signature favorites sing Sondheim in the Mead Lobby before the 7pm performance.

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEVE!: 10pm in the Mead Lobby
  Join in singing and celebrating as we cut the birthday cake and celebrate the great works of Sondheim with a lobby sing-along. Cash bar.

Join us as we celebrate and honor the work and life of a man who has transformed the face of Americn musical theater.