| Anne promises her husband that shortly she will consent to have sex "Soon" , which leads into all three of them lamenting at once | Has a tryst with Petra |
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| going together well, I might as well confess | Gradually, their vocalizing becomes an overture blending fragments of "Remember", "Soon" and "The Glamorous Life", leading into the first "Night Waltz" |
"Night Waltz I The Sun Won't Set " — Quintet• Meanwhile, his son Henrik, a student a year older than his stepmother, is frustrated and ignored "Later".
| Desiree Armfeldt is a prominent and glamorous actress who is now reduced to touring in small towns | Critical response [ ] In his review of the original 1973 Broadway production, in called the musical "heady, civilized, sophisticated and enchanting |
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| She is performing near Fredrik's home, and Fredrik brings Anne to see the play | Madam Armfeldt laughs and points out that the night has indeed smiled twice: first on Henrik and Anne, the young, and second on Desiree and Fredrik, the fools |