VIDEO: On This Day, April 28- Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY Comes Alive on Broadway
By: A.A. Cristi Apr. 26, 2018
On this day in 1970, the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY opened on Broadway.
Set in a swinging New York City, Stephen Sondheim's game-changing musical is a sophisticated and honest look at modern adult relationships.
On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor, Robert, contemplates his unmarried state. Over the course of a series of dinners, drinks and even a wedding, his friends - "those good and crazy people, his married friends" - explain the pros and cons of taking on a spouse. Robert is forced to question his life choices and what it means to be alive.
From musical theater's most renowned composer, COMPANY is regarded as a trailblazer of the dark-comedy, modern-musical genre and the winner of seven Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Music and Lyrics (Stephen Sondheim) and Best Book (George Furth).
With popular and familiar songs such as "Another Hundred People," "Marry Me a Little," "The Ladies Who Lunch," and "Being Alive," COMPANY is just as entertaining, relevant, and relatable as it was when it debuted in 1970.
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