NewsPHOTO ARCHIVE: "Multitudes of Bobbys..." Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's CompanyThe original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company closed on this date in 1972. Playbill.com takes a look back at various productions of the show over the years, with a roster of "Bobbys" that includes Larry Kert, John Barrowman, Boyd Gaines, Norm Lewis and Hugh Panaro.
Company received Broadway revivals in 1995 and 2006 and has been staged frequently in regional and international theatres.
Playbill.com takes a look back at various productions of the show over the years, with a roster of "Bobbys" that includes Larry Kert, John Barrowman, Boyd Gaines, Norm Lewis and Hugh Panaro.
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PHOTO ARCHIVE: "Multitudes of Bobbys..." Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company
PHOTO ARCHIVE: "Multitudes of Bobbys..." Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company
The original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company closed on this date in 1972. Playbill.com takes a look back at various productions of the show over the years, with a roster of "Bobbys" that includes Dean Jones, Larry Kert, John Barrowman, Boyd Gaines, Norm Lewis and Hugh Panaro. Read the Playbill.com story.
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Stephen Sondheim at the original cast album recording session.
Dean Jones at the original cast album recording session.
Hal Prince and Elaine Stritch at the original cast album recording session.
Larry Kert, George Coe and Teri Ralston in the original Broadway production, 1970.
Larry Kert and cast in the original Broadway production, 1970.
Larry Kert and Pamela Myers in the original Broadway production, 1970.
Larry Kert and cast in the original Broadway production, 1970.
Larry Kert and cast in the original Broadway production, 1970.
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Charles Kimbrough and Barbara Barrie in the original Broadway production, 1970.
Larry Kert, Charles Braswell and Elaine Stritch in the original Broadway production, 1970.
The original Broadway cast of Company.
Boyd Gaines in the 1995 Broadway revival.
Boyd Gaines and Jane Krakowski in the 1995 Broadway revival.
Jane Krakowski and Boyd Gaines record the revival cast album.
John Hillner, Diana Canova, Patricia Ben Peterson, Jonathan Dokuchitz, Debra Monk and Timothy Landfield record the revival cast album.
Norm Lewis, Nancy Johnston and Tom Demenkoff at the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center in Nyack, NY.
Center: Norm Lewis
Clockwise from top right: Alix Korey, Beverly Ward, Nancy Johnston, Susann Fletcher and Donna McKechnie at the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center in Nyack, NY.
John Barrowman in the 2002 Kennedy Center production.
John Barrowman and cast in the 2002 Kennedy Center production.
Set in New York, Company, follows "five married, once-married, and soon-to-be-married couples and their mutual friend," Robert, "a bachelor who has been unable to connect in a long-term relationship." The relationships are presented in a series of vignettes, primarily through Robert’s eyes. The show's songs include "Company," "Side by Side by Side," "The Ladies Who Lunch," "Another Hundred People" and "Being Alive."
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