The Pleasure of His Company 1958

Opened: October 22, 1958

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Broadway Buying Guide: March 25, 2024- HADESTOWN Is (Livin' it Up) on Top
by Team BWW - Mar 25, 2024


Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, March 25, 2024.

Broadway Buying Guide: March 18, 2024- THE WHO'S TOMMY Tops the Week
by Team BWW - Mar 18, 2024


Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, March 18, 2024.

Broadway Buying Guide: March 11, 2024- DOUBT is Back on Broadway
by Team BWW - Mar 11, 2024


Looking for the best deals on Broadway shows? Welcome to our new weekly guide to the most popular shows listed on BroadwayWorld. Check out which shows are selling this week, March 11, 2024.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Announces Programming For April Engagement At Auditorium Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 20, 2024


The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will returns to its Chicago home – the landmark Auditorium Theatre at 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive – for its 55th engagement, with six dynamic performances, April 17-21, 2024. Tickets, starting at $40, are now on sale at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Auditorium Theatre.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Brings Four Programmes of Work to Sadler's Wells
by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2023


Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Sadler’s Wells this September to present four programmes of work, blending highlights from Ailey’s illustrious career with work by choreographers Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Ronald K. Brown, Jamar Roberts, and Twyla Tharp.

Coachella Valley Repertory Announces 2023 Summer Cabaret Series
by Kay Kudukis - Apr 24, 2023


COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY announces its 2023 SUMMER CABARET SERIES, presented in CVRep's casual, intimate setting every Thursday evening from May 4 through August 24. Each performer is a captivating storyteller, using music, personal experiences, and passions to take audiences on memorable journeys.

Previews: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER RETURNS... at Belk Theater
by Vickie Evans - Feb 21, 2023


Two Charlotte Native Dancers, Constance Stamatiou and Jacquelin Harris, of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Return To Their Roots. There's No Place Like Home.

See Lee Roy Reams, Lesley Manville & More Upcoming at 92NY
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 28, 2022


92NY has announced July events and classes featuring Jonathan Groff, Lee Roy Reams, and more!

Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER Presents a Marvelous Season at Lincoln Center
by Marina Kennedy - Jun 21, 2022


The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 2022 Season at the David H. Koch Theater of Lincoln Center was a joy to behold. After a three-year hiatus, the company once again presented performances from June 15th to June 19th.

Casting Announced For OUR MAN IN HAVANA At The Watermill
by Stephi Wild - Mar 4, 2022


Full casting and creative team have been announced for OUR MAN IN HAVANA, the world premiere musical adaptation of Graham Greene's iconic novel, opening at Newbury's The Watermill on Thursday 7 April – Saturday 21 May, with a press night on Monday 11 April.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to Return to the Auditorium Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 1, 2022


The Auditorium Theatre (50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive) will present the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America’s beloved cultural ambassador to the world, for six performances only, March 2-6, 2022.

Kimmel Cultural Campus Announces 2021/2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 27, 2021


Kimmel Cultural Campus has announced the much-anticipated return of in-person performing arts across their venues: the Kimmel Center, the Academy of Music, and the Merriam Theater. On September 18, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., Kimmel Cultural Campus will host a grand reopening event in Commonwealth Plaza to celebrate the start of the 2021-22 season.

2021-22 McKnight National Residency and Commission and McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting Recipients Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 24, 2021


The 2021-2022 McKnight National Residency and Commission has been awarded to James Anthony Tyler and the 2021-2022 McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting recipients are JuCoby Johnson and Cristina Luzárraga.

BWW Exclusive: The 101 GREATEST PLAYS of the Past 100 Years (1920-2020)
by Peter Nason - Apr 7, 2020


BWW Reviewer Peter Nason chooses the greatest theatrical works (non-musical) from 1920-2020; see if your favorites made the list!

Grand Rapid Symphony Pops Announces 2020-21 Season
by Stephi Wild - Feb 26, 2020


Grand Rapids Pops has announced the shows coming to its stage in its 2020-21 season.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 2020 U.S. Tour Kicks Off During Black History Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 31, 2020


Following five-weeks of exceptional performances in New York City, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will continue its “Ailey Revealed” season during a 21-city North American tour which kicks off during Black History Month. The 2020 engagement opens on February 4th at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with a gala to benefit Ailey's D.C. programs, including the creation of new works, Arts-In-Education activities, and scholarships to talented young area dancers to attend The Ailey School in New York. Other major cities throughout the tour include Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Seattle, Houston, and Boston, culminating with a Mother's Day performance in Newark on May 10th.

BWW Review: FLOWER DRUM SONG at Palo Alto Players Provides a Moving & Entertaining Portrait of the Asian Diaspora
by Jim Munson - May 13, 2019


Palo Alto Players presented a wonderfully stirring and delightfully entertaining production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Flower Drum Song."

Palo Alto Players Presents FLOWER DRUM SONG
by Sarah Hookey - Apr 2, 2019


 Palo Alto Players continues its 2018-19 season with FLOWER DRUM SONG, Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang's new adaptation of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein classic musical.

VP Records Digs into its 40 Year Catalogue for Record Store Day Exclusives
by Tori Hartshorn - Mar 14, 2019


VP Records, the world's largest reggae label, continues its yearlong calendar of events for its 40th anniversary celebrating Record Store Day 2019 with Sound System Showcases at its retail locations in Jamaica, Queens and Miramar, Florida. This year, both VP Records retail stores have received the distinct designation as official Record Store Day Locations. To commemorate the annual celebration of vinyl culture, the free event is a day for fans and consumers to experience authentic Jamaican Sound Systems while being able to purchase classic, new and exclusive titles. For the first time, the event will be streamed on the VP Records YouTube channel and archived for future viewing.

The Music Center Celebrates Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 60th Anniversary
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 26, 2019


The Music Center welcomes one of America's most popular dance companies, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, back to Los Angeles with the dance company's 60th anniversary celebration tour at The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion from April 3 - 7, 2019. Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle, Ailey's remarkable dancers including Danica Paulos of Huntington Beach and Rehearsal Director and Guest Artist Matthew Rushing of Los Angeles, who has been with the Company for more than 25 years will perform four different programs of diverse repertory featuring West Coast premieres, new productions and returning classics. Part of the 2018/2019 season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, which is curated by The Music Center's artistic division The Music Center Arts (TMC Arts), the engagement includes four special programs: Trailblazers, featuring the West Coast premiere of Lazarus by Rennie Harris the company's first two-act ballet; Bold Visions, featuring West Coast premiere of Wayne McGregor's Kairos and the Los Angeles premiere of The Call by Ronald K. Brown, alongside Jawole Willa Jo Zollar's Shelter; a Timeless Ailey program with rarely seen gems by one of America's greatest cultural leaders; and a Musical Inspirations program featuring the Los Angeles premiere of Ailey star Jamar Roberts' Members Don't Get Weary, a new production of Robert Battle's Juba, and his tour-de-force duet Ella.

RHINOCEROS Opens Next Week at convergence-continuum
by BWW News Desk - Aug 16, 2017


When a brutish rhinoceros storms through their quiet neighborhood, the townsfolk are alarmed, but gradually become supporters of rhino-ism and one by one begin to turn into rhinoceroses themselves.

Cleveland Play House Announces Hall of Fame Inductees
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 8, 2016


Cleveland Play House (CPH) will honor a new class of individuals who have contributed to its vibrant history with a Hall of Fame induction ceremony and luncheon on Sunday, October 9th from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Cibreo Privato located at 1501 E. 14th Street.  The 2016 inductees will include Jonathan Bolt, a former resident company actor at CPH who also directed the world premiere of Arthur Miller's The Archbishop's Ceiling; Dean R. Gladden, former CPH Managing Director who was instrumental in CPH's International Theatre Exchanges; Leonore Klewer, former CPH Manager for over a decade; and William Rhys, former CPH company member and Acting Artistic Director.

BWW Preview: Yiddish World Premiere of THE PRODUCERS: A MEL BROOKS MUSICAL at Segal Centre through 7/10
by Noelle Hannibal - Jun 24, 2016


For the first time, the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre (DWYT), Canada's oldest Yiddish-language theatre, is teaming up with the vibrant, META Award-winning Cote Saint-Luc Dramatic Society to produce the Yiddish World premiere of THE PRODUCERS: A New Mel Brooks Musical. The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is proud to present this hilarious, record-breaking musical in Yiddish with English and French supertitles on the Segal stage through July 10, 2016.

Segal Centre to Present THE PRODUCERS: A NEW MEL BROOKS MUSICAL IN YIDDISH, 6/19-7/10
by Tyler Peterson - May 31, 2016


For the first time, the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre (DWYT), Canada's oldest Yiddish-language theatre, is teaming up with the vibrant, META Award-winning Cote Saint-Luc Dramatic Society to produce the Yiddish World premiere of The Producers: A New Mel Brooks Musical. The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is proud to present this hilarious, record-breaking musical in Yiddish with English and French supertitles on the Segal stage from June 19 to July 10, 2016.

Co-founder of Music Biz Ed Snider Passes Away
by Caryn Robbins - Apr 11, 2016


James Donio, President of the Music Business Association (Music Biz), commented on the passing of Ed Snider, who co-founded Music Biz (then NARM) and founded the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team.

The Pleasure of His Company FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What productions of The Pleasure of His Company have there been?
The Pleasure of His Company has had 1 productions including Broadway which opened in 1958.
What Tony Awards has The Pleasure of His Company been nominated for?
The Pleasure of His Company has been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction for Cyril Richard.
What awards has The Pleasure of His Company been nominated for?
The Pleasure of His Company has been nominated for the Performance category at the Theatre World Awards for Dolores Hart.
What awards has The Pleasure of His Company won?
The Pleasure of His Company has won the Performance (Theatre World Awards) for Dolores Hart.

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