Company (NHB Edition)

Company (NHB Edition)

Company (NHB Edition)

Company (NHB Edition)

Company (NHB Edition)

Overview

It's Bobbie's thirty-fifth birthday party, and all her friends are wondering why she isn't married. Why can't she find the right man, settle down and start a family?A breakthrough on Broadway in 1970, Company is Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's legendary musical comedy about life, love and loneliness, featuring some of Sondheim's most iconic songs including `Company', `You Could Drive a Person Crazy', `The Ladies Who Lunch', `Side by Side' and `Being Alive'. The acclaimed West End revival in 2018 was conceived and directed by award-winning director Marianne Elliott and produced by Elliott & Harper Productions.

Reimagining the musical by switching the gender of several characters, including the protagonist Bobbie, played by Rosalie Craig, the production also starred Patti LuPone, Mel Giedroyc and Jonathan Bailey. This edition features the complete revised book and lyrics for the production, colour production photographs, and an introduction by Sondheim's biographer David Benedict.

Authors

George Furth

George Furth was born in Chicago in 1942. He graduated from Northwestern University and did postgraduate work at Columbia University. He has worked extensively as an actor, appearing in many feature films, including “The Best Man,” “Oh God!,” “Doctor Detroit,” “Young Doctors ...
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Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) wrote the music and lyrics for Saturday Night (1954), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Overtures (1976), Sweene ...

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