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Average of 4 stars from 38 ratings.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 29, 2006
Closed Jul 1, 2007
Running Time:
2hr. 40min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Director John Doyle's production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical Company, which played to sold-out houses at Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park, comes to Broadway.

The musical is a revolutionary, unconventional look at love and commitment in a complex modern world. Company is a remarkably honest, clever and sophisticated portrayal of five married couples as seen through the eyes of their mutual friend Robert, a bachelor weighing the pros and cons of wedded life. A comic and touching tale exploring not only fear and longing but also the simple joys of being alive. This production is a bold reinvention of the show in which the actors sing, dance, and play all of the musical instruments. Sondheim's includes "Being Alive," "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," "Another Hundred People" and "The Ladies Who Lunch."

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Barrymore Theatre
243 W 47th St
New York, NY 10036


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

[Editor's Note: Michael Portantiere reviewed director John Doyle's production of Company upon its premiere at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park earlier this year. Now that the show has transferred to Broadway, we offer a revised and updated version of that review.]

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John Doyle's thrilling production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, in which the singing actors doubled as the show's orchestra, wowed critics and theatergoers in London and New York. Still, some observers wondered if a similar concept would be work for other shows. The answer, at least in the case of Doyle's reintepretation of Sondheim's Company, is a definite yes.

Company is about a bachelor named Ro[...]


Reviewed by Michael Portantiere on Nov 30, 2006

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