![]() ![]() Robert claims he is not against the notion, but three women he is currently dating-Kathy, Marta, and April-appear and proceed, Andrews Sisters-style, to chastise Robert for his reluctance to being committed ("You Could Drive a Person Crazy"). The couple turns to grilling Robert on why he has not yet gotten married. At the home of the uptight Jenny and chic David, Robert has brought along some marijuana that the three share. Peter is an Ivy League graduate, and Susan is a Southern belle the two seem to be a perfect couple, yet they surprise Robert with the news of their upcoming divorce. Robert is next with Peter and Susan, on their apartment terrace. Harry explains, and the men concur, that people are both thankful and regretful about getting married, and that marriage changes both everything and nothing about the way they live ("Sorry – Grateful"). This prompts the caustic Joanne, the oldest, most cynical, and most-often divorced of Robert's friends, to sarcastically comment to the audience that it is the little things that make a marriage work ("The Little Things You Do Together"). Sarah and Harry taunt each other on their vices, escalating toward karate-like fighting and thrashing that may or may not be playful. In the first vignette, Robert visits Sarah, a foodie who is dieting, and her husband, Harry, a recovering alcoholic. ![]() What follows is a series of disconnected vignettes in no chronological order, each featuring Robert visiting with one of the couples or alone on a date with a girlfriend. When Robert fails to blow out any candles on his birthday cake, the couples promise him that his birthday wish will still come true, although Bobby wished for nothing, and said that his friends are all he needs ("Company"). It is Robert's 35th birthday and the couples have gathered to throw him a surprise party. The couples are Joanne and Larry, Peter and Susan, Harry and Sarah, David and Jenny, and Paul and Amy. Robert is a well-liked single man living in New York City whose friends are married or engaged couples. This synopsis is based on the revised libretto. In the early 1990s, Furth and Sondheim revised the libretto, cutting and altering dialogue that had become dated and rewriting the end of act one. Prince said the plays could be a good basis for a musical about New York marriages with a central character to examine those marriages. ![]() Anthony Perkins was interested in directing and gave the material to Sondheim, who asked Harold Prince for his opinion. George Furth wrote 11 one-act plays planned for Kim Stanley. In a series of vignettes, Company follows bachelor Bobby interacting with his married friends, who throw a party for his 35th birthday. Company was among the first book musicals to deal with contemporary dating, marriage, and divorce, and is a notable example of a concept musical lacking a linear plot. The original 1970 production was nominated for a record-setting 14 Tony Awards, winning six. March 24, 1970 ( ): Shubert Theatre, Bostonġ971 Tony Award for Best Book of a MusicalĢ006 Tony Award for Best Revival of a MusicalĢ019 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical RevivalĢ022 Tony Award for Best Revival of a MusicalĬompany is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth. ![]()
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