Company

Musical

Writers: George Furth Stephen Sondheim

Context

Company, a 1970 concept musical, was based on a series of eleven one-act plays by George Furth, a collection intended as a star vehicle for actress Kim Hunter. In 1968, actor Anthony Perkins, best known for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, expressed interest in directing the one-acts for Broadway. When he failed to secure funding, Perkins brought the plays to Stephen Sondheim. Intrigued, Sondheim then shared the plays with legendary producer Harold Prince, who told Sondheim he thought the plays could be transformed into a musical. Sondheim’s new musical adaptation focused

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