Company will come home to New York this season, with opening night set for March 22, 2020 at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The production will officially open on Stephen Sondheim's 90th Birthday following previews, which begin Monday, March 2. The production, directed by Marianne Elliott, will not be a replica of the version that recently ran in London's West End. It will feature an American cast, and some updates.
At Bobbie's 35th birthday party all her friends are wondering why she isn't married; why she can't find the right man and why she hasn't settled down to have a family. The multi-award winning musical comedy about life, love and marriage includes Stephen Sondheim's iconic songs, "The Ladies who Lunch," "Being Alive," "Side by Side," and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy."
For the single women attending this show, it's impossible not to feel something deeply for this story. I am just like Bobbie, single by choice and moving into my 34th year of living. The pressures of life and family to marry for love, or company, exist. Any time you turn on ABC on a Tuesday evening for an episode of The Bachelorette or log onto any popular dating app you can catch a woman approaching her 30s trying to beat marriage clock she built for herself. This vibrant reinvention is welcome and authentic, but Bobbie needs stronger conviction to make us truly care.
Which brings us to LuPone. Her visceral, showstopping, rendition of 'The Ladies Who Lunch,' performed as her character, Joanne, sits perched in a grinding nightclub, is simply extraordinary, filled with angst, hope, cynicism, possibility, vulnerability and all of the qualities you typically and traditionally look for in 'Company.' Unlike Lenk, who is perfectly charming and perfectly consistent throughout the entire production, LuPone's Joanne actually changes over the course of the number, journeying toward some kind of love (or at least human communion) as people typically do in musicals.
1970 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
1971 | US Tour |
National Tour US Tour |
1972 | West End |
London Production West End |
1978 | Off-Broadway |
Equity Library Theatre Revival Off-Broadway |
1980 | Off-Off-Broadway |
Off-Off-Broadway Revival Off-Off-Broadway |
1987 | Off-Broadway |
Off-Broadway Revival Off-Broadway |
1993 | Broadway |
Reunion Concert Broadway |
1995 | Broadway |
Roundabout Revival Broadway |
1995 | West End |
Donmar Warehouse Revival West End |
2002 | Washington, DC (Regional) |
Sondheim Festival Production Washington, DC (Regional) |
2004 | Los Angeles |
Reprise! Concert Los Angeles |
2006 |
Cincinnati Playhouse Revival |
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2006 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2007 | New York |
New York Concert New York |
2017 | Regional (US) |
Barrington Stage Company Revival Regional (US) |
2018 | West End |
West End Revival Production West End |
2021 | Broadway |
Broadway Revival Broadway |
2023 | US Tour |
US Tour US Tour |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | Liam Steel |
2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Marianne Elliott |
2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Matt Doyle |
2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Jennifer Simard |
2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone |
2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Company |
2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design for a Musical | Bunny Christie |
2022 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design for a Musical | Ian Dickinson |
2022 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Awards | Matt Doyle |
2022 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Direction of a Musical | Marianne Elliott |
2022 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Company |
2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Matt Doyle |
2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone |
2022 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Revival of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) | Company |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Marianne Elliott |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Neil Austin |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | David Cullen |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Matt Doyle |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Patti LuPone |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Jennifer Simard |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Revival of a Musical | Company |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Bunny Christie |
2022 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Musical | Ian Dickinson |
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