Joel Fram News

Marianne Elliot's acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY will get a physical cast recording release today!

Is your life totally prepared for a gigantic change right now? Then brace yourself for the last in our Song Insights series for Company. Musical Director Joel Fram takes us through a number which proves 'a real surprise for the audience', and the process of updating this classic for Marianne Elliott's production: 'You Could Drive a Person Crazy'.

Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Happy Monday! Kick off a brand new week by catching up on the latest Broadway news!

Musical Director Joel Fram joins us once again to dissect 'The Ladies Who Lunch', Marianne Elliott's staging of it, and the 'complex set of causes and effects' that result from this reworking.

Ever wanted to know how your favourite songs come together? Our Song Insights will dissect an iconic number with the cast and creatives themselves. What better way to kick things off than with 'a great actor/director/conductor challenge', in the words of conductor and Musical Director himself Joel Fram: 'Getting Married Today'

To celebrate last week's successful release of the cast recording as well as two prestigious Critics' Circle Awards for Marianne Elliott's critically acclaimed production ofCompany, broadcaster Paddy O'Connell will be hosting a post-show Q and A at the Gielgud Theatre, with two of the show's stars - Rosalie Craig, who plays the central role of Bobbie and Patti LuPone, who plays Joanne.

The COMPANY - 2018 London Cast Recording will be available for digital download and streaming on Friday, 1st February 2019.

The original cast recording of Marianne Elliott's acclaimed production of Company dropped mere hours ago. We caught up with Musical Director Joel Fram once again, to take you behind the scenes of how the cast album was made.

The digital download and streaming release of COMPANY - 2018 London Cast Recording for, are available Friday, 1st February 2019.

With two months left, Musical Director Joel Fram speaks to us about developing the show with Elliott and Sondheim, how the show continues to change across the run, and working with the very special company of Company.

Dear Readers, it has been one crazy year with some amazing theater. You know it's true. We've had dead teens riding a roller coaster, demonic puppets, and an ageless guy with a picture of himself in his attic. And, of course, a hip-hop founding father sweeping through town. But let's not talk about the juggernaut when we have such amazing things right here that blew us all away. At least they blew me away. So, let's talk about what blew me away this past year and what I have chosen to give my BWW 2018 Seattle Critic's Choice Awards (Jay's Picks) to (not to mention all those honorable mentions since often I can't limit myself to just one).

We'll drink to that! According to Baz Bamigboye of The Daily Mail, the West End production of Company is recording its cast album this Sunday and Monday in London.

It has just been reported that the Marianne Elliott's acclaimed West End revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company is aiming to record an official cast recording of the production in November. There is no word yet on a release date for the recording. 

Following critical acclaim across the board, Marianne Elliott's new production of Company - with Rosalie Craig in the central role of Bobbie and also starring Patti LuPone, Mel Giedroyc and Jonathan Bailey - has announced it is to extend booking through to 30 March 2019.

Phone rings, door chimes, in comes Marianne Elliott, ushering in a new age of adaptation with her. Almost 50 years since it opened on Broadway, Company returns to the West End. Reworked, though respectful of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's original material, this hopefully opens the door for more reimaginings with love filling the London stage.

Company is currently in previews at the Gielgud Theatre with its official opening next week. Photos have just been released of the cast in action, and you can check them out below!

At last night's performance of Company, Rosalie Craig, the principal actor in the role of Bobbie, had to call out due to a cold. Her understudy, Jennifer Saayeng, took over with a few hours to prepare.

Following the official opening of Company on the West End on September 26, the show's official Twitter account posted a first look at Patti LuPone in her iconic reprised role of Joanne!

Yesterday, the man himself, Stephen Sondheim, visited the cast of the West End production of Company. Check out a photo of the show's star, stage legend Patti LuPone and  Sondheim following the show's first preview below!

Yesterday, the man himself, Stephen Sondheim, visited the cast of the West End production of Company. The show officially opens today, 26 September.