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Company (musical)
''Company'' is a 1970 musical comedy based on a book by George Furth with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The original production was nominated for a record-setting fourteen Tony Awards and won seven.
Originally titled ''Threes'', its plot revolves around Bobby (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage), the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. Unlike most book musicals, which follow a clearly delineated plot, ''Company'' is a concept musical composed of short vignettes, presented in no particular chronological order, linked by a celebration for Bobby's 35th birthday.
''Company'' was among the first musicals to deal with adult themes and relationships. As Sondheim puts it, "Broadway theater has been for many years supported by upper-middle-class people with upper-middle-class problems. These people really want to escape that world when they go to the theatre, and then here we are with ''Company'' talking about how we're going to bring it right back in their faces."〔("Company" ) PBS.com, ''Broadway: the American Musical'', accessed August 16, 2011〕〔''Broadway: the American musical'', episode 5: "Tradition (1957–1979)," 2004.〕
==Background==
George Furth wrote eleven one-act plays planned for Kim Stanley as each of the separate leads. Anthony Perkins was interested in directing, and asked Sondheim to read the material. After Sondheim read the plays, he asked Harold Prince for his opinion; Prince thought the plays would make the basis for a musical. The theme would be New York marriages with a central character to examine those marriages.〔Zadan, Craig. ''Sondheim & Co.'' (1986) ISBN 0-06-015649-X, p. 116〕
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