Send In the Clowns
ORIGINAL SHOW TUNE WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM FOR THE 1973 MUSICAL "A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC"
Send in the clowns; Send In The Clowns; Send in the Clowns
"Send In the Clowns" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act Two, in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life.