George Furth News

Accomplished UK TV host Jonathan Ross spotlights the current hit West End revival of Stephen Sondheim & George Furth's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG in a new clip just released.

Blank Canvas Theatre presents a benefit concert of Merrily We Roll Along, with Music and lyrics By Stephen Sondheim and Book by George Furth. The production will be directed by original Broadway cast member Marc Moritz and will feature special video appearances by other original cast members, plus one amazing video appearance you won't want to miss!

Company, the Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, will replace the previously announced concert presentation of Carousel in the highly anticipated Palm Beach Dramaworks' Musical Theatre Master Series. Company runs from August 7-18 at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre (201 Clematis Street). First up is Man of La Mancha, which will play its originally announced dates of July 10-21. Directed by Clive Cholerton, the classic musicals will play two weeks of performances.

Phone rings. Door chimes. In comes Company, one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim's most beloved musicals, produced at Signature Theatre for the first time in twenty years and directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The cast of fourteen, led by Matthew Scott (First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb; Side By Side By Sondheim) in the role of Bobby, features many of Signature's most well-known stars in an enchanting, deeply funny exploration of love and marriage. BroadwayWorld has a first look below.

Blank Canvas Theatre presents a benefit concert of Merrily We Roll Along, with Music and lyrics By Stephen Sondheim and Book by George Furth. The production will be directed by original Broadway cast member Marc Moritz and will feature special video appearances by other original cast members, plus one amazing video appearance you won't want to miss!

Phone rings. Door chimes. In comes Company, one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim's most beloved musicals, produced at Signature Theatre for the first time in twenty years and directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The cast of fourteen, led by Matthew Scott (First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb; Side By Side By Sondheim) in the role of Bobby, features many of Signature's most well-known stars in an enchanting, deeply funny exploration of love and marriage.

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Following a highly praised run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Maria Friedman's directorial debut of Merrily We Roll Along transferred beautifully to a larger space, enjoying a strictly limited run at the Harold Pinter Theatre until June 1.

Phone rings. Door chimes. In comes Company, one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim's most beloved musicals, produced at Signature Theatre for the first time in twenty years and directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer. The cast of fourteen, led by Matthew Scott (First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb; Side By Side By Sondheim) in the role of Bobby, features many of Signature's most well-known stars in an enchanting, deeply funny exploration of love and marriage.

Today in 1970, Company opened at the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre), where it ran for 705 perfrmances. Company is a 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 six. Originally entitled 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.

The Vagabond Players, America's oldest continuous Little Theatre, announces its 98th season, described as an entertaining selection of classic to contemporary comedy and drama sure to absorb and delight audiences. Each takes an engaging look at human nature and humanity leaving the viewer with something to think and talk about. As always, every production in this historic 100 seat theatre promises the best in live theatre at very affordable prices.

Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY is considered one of the more challenging musicals for the cast, crew and orchestra, but if it is done well it provides for an enjoyable evening of theatrical entertainment. Pennsylvania Playhouse produces a successful show with their production of COMPANY.

The Tony-Award winning musical, Company is set to open at the Pennsylvania Playhouse this month.

The Tony-Award winning musical, Company is set to open at the Pennsylvania Playhouse this April.

Many in the industry consider George Furth and Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY to be one of the best American musicals ever created. The piece is complicated and challenging for the cast, crew, and orchestra, but when done well is one of the most rewarding nights at the theatre for the audience. For audiences in the Houston area, The Texas Repertory Theatre Company's production of COMPANY is a sparkling gem of theatrical brilliance from top to bottom.

Following a sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth transfers to the Harold Pinter Theatre for 12 weeks only 100 stalls and dress circle seats at £25 available for every performance until 1 June*

In its 1970 Broadway incarnation Company with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth reinvented the Broadway musical. Based on a series of short plays, it was the first time a musical could boast a nonlinear plot interweaving the stories of 5 distinctive married couples, all friends of a central character named Bobby, still a bachelor at 35 and incapable of a relationship. Now at Crown City Theatre in NoHo, the rarely revived Company is receiving a handsomely mounted production through March 31.

On the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of FOX's hit musical comedy series Glee - airing on February 14, no less - Valentine's Day got its grand due, McKinley High-style, once again with 'I Do', written by co-creators Ian Brennan and directed by Brad Falchuk. Complete with heartwarming twists, heart-stopping turns and heartfelt musical numbers for us to remember long after the bonbons have Disappeared and the tea-lights have burned out in the morning-after haze, it was a theme show supreme. Plus, how about the Glee cast in a COMPANY movie musical someday, at least if last night's tribute was any indication of what could be. After all, if Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) isn't a born-to-be Joanne in the tradition of uncompromising divas like Elaine Stritch and Patti LuPone, then who is?!

Crown City Theatre Company presents Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's COMPANY, directed by Albert Alarr. The press opening is set for tonight, Feb. 14th at 8 pm.

The New York Philharmonic's stupendous concert staging of Stephen Sondheim & George Furth's seminal musical comedy COMPANY is now available to view in full on Hulu, just in time for Valentine's Day viewing!