Star-Filled COMPANY to Be Filmed; Headed to Movie Theatres in June

The New York Philharmonic will present Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking Company, with an all-star cast led by Neil Patrick Harris (Robert), on April 7-9, 2011. The award-winning musical will be produced and directed by Lonny Price, who directed and co-produced last season's SONDHEIM: The Birthday Concert!, and will be conducted by Sondheim specialist Paul Gemignani, with the original orchestrations for a 35-piece orchestra by Jonathan Tunick.

Among those joining Harris in Company for the New York Philharmonic will be Patti LuPone as Joanne, Anika Noni Rose as Marta, Martha Plimpton as Sarah, Jim Walton as Larry and Stephen Colbert as Harry. The company also features Craig Bierko as Peter, Jon Cryer as David, Katie Finneran as Amy, Christina Hendricks as April, Adam Lazar as Paul, Jill Paice as Susan, Jennifer Laura Thompson as Jenny, and Chryssie Whitehead as Kathy.

In a feature out today, the New York Times reveals that the production will be filmed for a cinema broadcast in June of this year. As written in the Times: "[Director Lonny Price's] nights will be spent plotting camera angles for the show, which will be filmed in performance and shown in movie theaters in June, and working with a computer program designed to light the show in advance (without the presence of live actors)."

To read the full feature in the New York Times, click here.

For more information on the New York Philharmonic's Company, click here.