“ARGUABLY, THE BEST PRODUCTION OF ‘COMPANY’ EVER ON BROADWAY.”
- Matt Windman, AM New York

CAST| CREATIVE TEAM

STEPHEN SONDHEIM (Music & Lyrics) wrote the music and lyrics for Saturday Night, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Follies, A Little Night Music, The Frogs, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park With George, Into the Woods, Assassins, Passion and Bounce, as well as lyrics for West Side Story, Gypsy, Do I Hear a Waltz? and additional lyrics for Candide. Side by Side by Sondheim, Marry Me A Little, You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow and Putting It Together are anthologies of his work as composer and lyricist. For films, he composed the score of Stavisky, co-composed Reds and wrote songs for Dick Tracy and the television production “Evening Primrose.” He co-authored the film The Last of Sheila and the play Getting Away With Murder. Mr. Sondheim is on the Council of the Dramatists Guild, having served as its President from 1973 to 1981. (Top)

GEORGE FURTH (Book) graduated from Northwestern University’s School of Speech and did graduate work at Columbia University. After appearing in dozens of films and countless television shows as an actor, he went on to write (the play or book for) Company, Twigs, The Act, The Supporting Cast, Merrily We Roll Along, Precious Sons and Getting Away With Murder (with Stephen Sondheim). He is currently in workshop with a new musical revue, The End. He has won Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, London’s Olivier and Evening Standard, Chicago’s Jefferson, the Andy and Drama League awards. He is a member of the Actors Studio and the Dramatists Guild.   (Top)

JOHN DOYLE (Director) received a Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical for his Broadway debut production of Sweeney Todd, as well as the Outer Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award. He has been artistic director of four prestigious UK regional theatres, where some 200 productions include musicals, new plays and the classics. His extensive work with actor-musicians includes productions of Candide on a UK tour, Carmen at the Royal Opera House, Into the Woods at York Theatre Royal and Fiddler on the Roof at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury. He has numerous West End credits, including his own version of The Gondoliers and a critically acclaimed Mack and Mabel. Future productions include The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny for Los Angeles Opera and Lucia di Lammermoor for Scottish Opera, both in 2007. (Top)

MARY-MITCHELL CAMPBELL (Musical Supervision and Orchestration). New York: Sweeney Todd, First Lady Suite, Our Town, Beauty and the Beast, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Sweet Charity. Concerts: Tony Bennett at the Kodak, Kristin Chenoweth at Carnegie Hall, The World of Nick Adams. International: Grace, the Musical (with Cy Coleman in Amsterdam), Green Violin (St. Petersburg). Recordings: As I Am (Kristin Chenoweth), 3hree. She is the founder and executive director for ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty), which mobilizes the global community of artists to create positive change for children in need. www.createsomethinggood.org Mary-Mitchell is from North Carolina and holds degrees from North Carolina School of the Arts and Furman University. Juilliard faculty. For Tituss. (Top)

LYNNE SHANKEL (Resident Music Supervisor). B’way: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; The Lion King. Off-B’way: Altar Boyz (Drama Desk nom., orchestrations), The Thing About Men, Summer of ’42 (music direction, vocal arr., orchestrations), The Cocoanuts, Milk and Honey. Regional: Opposite of Sex (Williamstown), Vanities: The Musical (orchestrations, Theatreworks, CA), Princesses (5th Avenue; Goodspeed), Tom Jones (North Shore Music Theatre). Recordings: Altar Boyz (Sh-K-Boom), The Thing About Men (DRG), Tom Jones, Summer of ’42 (Jay Records). (Top)

DAVID GALLO (Scenic Design) received 2006 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his work on The Drowsy Chaperone. Broadway: Gem of the Ocean (Tony nom.), Hughie, Ma Rainey, King Hedley II, Epic Proportions, Thoroughly Modern Millie (London also), …Charlie Brown, A View From the Bridge, Jackie (London also), The Lion in Winter. Off-Broadway: Bunny Bunny, Jitney (London also), Wild Party, Blue Man Group (Boston, Chicago, Vegas). Extensive European credits. Numerous awards including Tony, Drama Desk, NAACP, Obie, American Theatre Wing, Outer Critics, Lortel, Eddy, Ovation, L.A. Critics. Smithsonian permanent collection. (Top)

ANN HOULD-WARD (Costume Design). Broadway: Dance of the Vampires; Beauty and the Beast (1994 Tony Award; American Theatre Wing’s Design Award; Ovation Award; Oliver nomination, Best Costume Design); Into the Woods (Tony, Drama Desk nominations; Outer Critics Circle nomination, L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award); Falsettos; Sunday in the Park With George (Tony, Drama Desk nominations); Harrigan ‘N’ Hart; Dream; St. Joan; Three Men on a Horse; Timon of Athens; In the Summer House; Little Me; The Molière Comedies; House Arrest (Public Theatre). Off-Broadway: Surviving Grace, Lobster Alice, Cymbeline. Film: Strike!, Miramax. Other credits: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus 2002-2004, The Most Happy Fella (New York City Opera), Graciela Daniele (Ballet Hispanico), Lar Lubovitch (the White Oak Project), American Ballet Theatre (Othello, Artemis and Meadow). (Top)

THOMAS C. HASE (Lighting Designer) is very pleased to be making his Broadway debut with Company. In New York his work has been seen at New York City Opera, the Joyce and BAM’s Next Wave Festival as well as at theatre and opera festivals worldwide as Ping Chong’s lighting designer. His U.S. regional credits include the Seattle Opera, Goodspeed Opera, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Center Stage, the Alliance Theatre, the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and the Cincinnati Opera, where he is resident designer. Internationally his designs have been seen at Stage Holdings Holland; the Canadian Opera Company; the Finnish, Dutch and Colombian national operas; Theater Erfurt; the State Opera in Munich; Opera de Marseille, France; and Stadttheater Giessen, Germany. (Top)

ANDREW KEISTER (Sound Design). Broadway: Elaine May’s Taller Than a Dwarf directed by Alan Arkin. Off-Broadway: John Moran’s Book of the Dead, Second Avenue at the Public Theater; Mamet’s The Water Engine at the Atlantic Theater Company; Elaine May and Alan Arkin’s Power Plays; the New York and Los Angeles productions of The New Bozena. Regional: Company directed by John Doyle at Cincinnati Playhouse, Palm Beach directed by Des McAnuff at the La Jolla Playhouse, Mineola Twins at Trinity Repertory Company. Associate design credits Include Jersey Boys and Hairspray. www.AndrewKeister.com (Top)

DAVID H. LAWRENCE (Hair Designer). Working on Broadway, Off-Broadway and great regional theatre productions for many years, David has had the pleasure of working with all of the best casts, crews and fellow designers in the theatre. This production of Company is no exception. Thanks to my mentors, Paul Huntley and Bob Kelly, and all of my associates, plus all who work so hard backstage nightly. (Top)

ANGELINA AVALLONE (Makeup Design). Broadway credits: Sweeney Todd, The Color Purple, Grey Gardens, The Times They Are A-Changin’, Chitty…, The Light in the Piazza, Curtains, The Odd Couple, Lennon, Seascape, Sweet Charity, The Pillowman, Wonderful Town, Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gypsy, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Little Shop of Horrors, The Rivals, Henry IV and The Scarlet Pimpernel. (Top)

TELSEY + COMPANY (Casting). Bernie, Will, David, Beth, Craig, Tiffany, Rachel, Stephanie, Carrie, Justin, Joe and Bess’ casting credits include: Broadway/tours: High Fidelity, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Tarzan, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Wedding Singer, The Color Purple, Sweeney Todd, All Shook Up, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wicked, Hairspray, Rent. Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks, Atlantic, MCC, Signature. Film: Across the Universe, Ira and Abby, Rent, Pieces of April, Camp, Grey Zone, Finding Forrester, Bone Collector. TV:  “Whoopi,” HBO’s “Undefeated,” more than 1,000 commercials. (Top)

ADAM JOHN HUNTER (Associate Director) attended UC Davis for quite a long while and the Juilliard School for quite a short while, receiving degrees from neither. He was the Production Stage Manager of the recent Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd and the national tour of Little Shop of Horrors. Other Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight (LTC), 42nd Street, Swing and Annie Get Your Gun. (Top)

GARY MICKELSON (Production Stage Manager). Equity member. Broadway: Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, A Christmas Carol (MSG, five seasons), The Lion in Winter, Triumph of Love and Victor/Victoria. Subbed on The Producers, The Lion King and Jekyll & Hyde. Tours: The Producers, Hairspray and Grease! Two days before this show went into tech rehearsals, Sarah married him, and he has been crazy-happy ever since! (Top)

NEWTON COLE (Stage Manager). Broadway: Sweeney Todd starring Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris, Fiddler on the Roof w/Topol, My Fair Lady w/Richard Chamberlain and Jack… w/Nichol Williamson. Mr. Cole was the Choreographic Consultant on Jerome Robbins’ original choreography for the 2004 revival of Fiddler on the Roof. National tours: eleven of them.  (Top)

CLAUDIA LYNCH (Assistant Stage Manager). Credits include The Light in the Piazza, The Rivals, Dinner at Eight, Contact (all at Lincoln Center Theater); Little Shop of Horrors. Regional: The Cleveland Play House, Arena Stage, National Playwrights Conference, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Porthouse Theatre. Graduate of SUNY Geneseo; member of Actors’ Equity Association.(Top)

RICHARD FRANKEL PRODUCTIONS/JO PORTER (General Management). RFP is currently general managing Hairspray, The Producers, Stomp and The Fantasticks in New York and Stomp and Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas on tour. Over the past 20 years they have managed more than 50 productions in New York and on tour in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Jo Porter: RFP: Sweeney Todd, Little Shop of Horrors (Broadway and nat’l tour), Mnemonic, Bomb-itty of Errors, Carmen (City Center), My Old Lady. Past life incl. Sydney Theatre Co., Tap Dogs, Circus Oz.(Top)

JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Manager) is comprised of Hillary Blanken, Guy Kwan, Kevin Broomell, Ana Rose Greene and Elena Soderblom. Current and past Broadway productions include Grey Gardens, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, The  Wedding Singer, Lestat, All Shook Up, Little Shop of Horrors, The Producers, Medea, Jackie Mason in Prune Danish, Sweet Smell of Success, Fosse, Seussical and The Gathering. National tours include Little Shop…; Scrooge; The Producers; Fosse; Cabaret; Tallulah; Barbie in Fairytopia; Warner Bros.’ Scooby-Doo; Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer, Blue’s Clues and Rugrats. (Top)

MARC ROUTH, RICHARD FRANKEL, THOMAS VIERTEL, STEVEN BARUCH
(Producer) have produced and general managed a wide range of plays and musicals on and off Broadway, in London and on tour for the past 20 years. Currently: Hairspray, The Producers, Company, The Fantasticks, Stomp and Trevor Nunn’s new production of Porgy and Bess in London. Previous productions include Sweeney Todd, The Sound of Music, Swing, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, The Weir, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Angels in America, Driving Miss Daisy, Penn & Teller, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Oleanna, Mnemonic, The Cocktail Hour, Love Letters, Marvin’s Room, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Forever Tango, Little Shop of Horrors, Jeffrey, Song of Singapore, Later Life and others. They are  principals in Broadway Asia Entertainment, a new production and management company focusing on the Asian market. Tom Viertel is the chairman of the board of the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and Marc Routh is the president of the League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers. Their shows have been awarded 33 Tonys, 40 Drama Desk Awards, 32 Outer Critics Awards, four Grammys, three Olivier Awards and two Pulitzer Prizes and have been featured in The New York Times crossword puzzle ten times.   (Top)

Howard Panter for AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP (Producer). ATG is currently the largest theatre owning and operating group in the West End and, separately, second-largest in the UK regions, with a total of 24 venues. It is also one of the country’s foremost theatre producers, producing many highly successful, award-winning and innovative co-productions in Britain and internationally. Recent productions include – on Broadway, John Doyle’s production of Sweeney Todd and Ralph Fiennes in Faith Healer; the recent West End hit production of Guys and Dolls starring Ewan McGregor and Patrick Swayze, Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!, Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘n’ Roll and The Rocky Horror Show worldwide. ATG also has a joint-venture television company with ITV plc and a major new joint-venture family entertainment company with Live Nation. (Top)

TULCHIN/BARTNER PRODUCTIONS (Producer), a joint venture between the Bartner Group (Robert G. Bartner) and Maidstone Productions (Norman Tulchin and Steven Tulchin, founded by Ted Tulchin) has produced, with Ambassador Theatre Group, both the UK and New York productions of Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, directed by John Doyle, and in London Porgy and Bess (dir. Trevor Nunn), Guys and Dolls, Donkeys’ Years by Michael Frayn, Rock ‘n’ Roll by Sir Tom Stoppard (dir. Trevor Nunn), Bent by Martin Sherman and Eh Joe by Samuel Beckett. Maidstone Productions’ New York credits: Dinner With Friends (Pulitzer Prize), The Unexpected Man, Thunder Knocking on the Door, Trying, Fortune’s Fool, Vincent in Brixton; West End: Hitchcock Blonde, Vincent in Brixton, After Mrs. Rochester, The Old Masters, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Calico, The Home Place, As You Like It, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, As You Desire Me (Playhouse Theatre). Robert Bartner’s Broadway credits include Brian Friel’s Faith Healer with Ralph Fiennes, August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean, Brooklyn, Nilo Cruz’s Anna in the Tropics (Pulitzer Prize). Off-Broadway: The Play About the Baby, Beckett/Albee, Wit (Pulitzer Prize). London: Old Masters, As You Like It, Shoot the Crow, As You Desire Me. Mr. Bartner actively supports the arts in New Haven, St. Croix and in New York at Jazz at Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic. Mr. Bartner would like to thank his family, especially his wife M. Beverly, for their love and support. (Top)

DARREN BAGERT (Producer) is a Tony Award®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-winning producer. His productions include Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim starring Patti LuPone and Michael Cerveris; Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night starring Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robert Sean Leonard; Frozen by Bryony Lavery, starring Swoosie Kurtz, Brian F. O’Byrne, Laila Robins; Gore Vidal’s The Best Man starring Charles Durning, Chris Noth, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth Ashley, Michael Learned, Christine Ebersole; Madame Melville by Richard Nelson, starring Macaulay Culkin and Joely Richardson; and Taller Than a Dwarf by Elaine May, starring Matthew Broderick and Parker Posey. Darren proudly lives in NY and New Orleans. www.InvestBROADWAY.com (Top)

CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK (Original Producer). Founded in 1960 and recipient of the 2004 Regional Theatre Tony Award, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is known for its artistic excellence, commitment to new works, extensive educational programming and as an artistic home for some of America’s best actors, directors, designers and theatre professionals. Since 1992, the Playhouse has been led by producing artistic director Edward Stern and executive director Buzz Ward. During their tenure, the theatre has produced more than 25 world premieres, many of which have achieved success nationally and internationally. It now attracts more than 200,000 people annually to its two theatres and maintains a subscriber community of 19,000. The Playhouse family includes a board of 54 dedicated trustees, an exceptional full-time staff of 75 and hundreds of talented artists.   (Top)