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2022 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. Company is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth. The original 1970 production was nominated for a record-setting 14 Tony Awards, winning six. Company was among the first book musicals to deal with contemporary dating, marriage, and divorce, [1] and is a ...
Being Alive. " Being Alive " is a song from the musical Company with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The song appears at the end of act two and is sung by Robert, a 35-year-old bachelor at the center of the show, who "...realizes being a lone wolf isn't all it's cracked up to be ... he declares that he wants to take the chance, be afraid ...
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ ˈsɒndhaɪm /; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. [1]
1976 West End. 1977 Broadway. 1977 Australia. 1978 U.S. tour. 2007 West End revival. 2011 Australian revival. 2015 London revival. Side by Side by Sondheim is a musical revue featuring the songs of composer Stephen Sondheim. Its title is derived from the song "Side by Side by Side" from Company.
Getting Married Today (song) " Getting Married Today " is a patter song from the musical Company (1970) with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It is sung by the manic Amy, as the thought of marriage sends her into a panic on the day of her wedding. [1] It is often incorrectly referred to as "Not Getting Married Today."
Filled with behind-the-scenes footage of the painstaking studio recording process, the film captures both the musical direction and insight of composer Sondheim. Several Company songs appear in the film, including "Another Hundred People", "Getting Married Today", and "Being Alive"—all recorded with a live orchestra, done in multiple takes, over the course of a lengthy studio session.
The Wire called it Stritch's "signature song", while The New York Times' obituary named it "her theme, until her 70s, when Sondheim's 'I'm Still Here' from Follies took over". [4] The Guardian described Stritch's performance of the song in the 1972 London production: Then Stritch's Joanne gets her solo, "The Ladies Who Lunch", and it's terrifying.
S. Saturday Night (musical) Side by Side by Sondheim. Sondheim on Sondheim. Works of Stephen Sondheim. Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends. Sunday in the Park with George. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.