Company, Gielgud Theatre, 2018.
Cast: Patti Lupone, Daisy Maywood, Richard Fleeshman, Jonathan Bailey, George Blagden, Rosalie Craig, Ashley Campbell, Mel Giedroyc, Gavin Spokes, Alex Gaumond, Richard Henders, Jennifer Saayeng, Ben Lewis, Matthew Seadon-Young.
Music & lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Book: George Furth
Director: Marianne Elliott
I knew Company years before I ever saw it because BBC2 showed the Donmar Warehouse production with Adrian Lester one Saturday evening. I saw a production at the Southwark Playhouse and then an amateur production and accumulated several cast recordings but this is the first proper big West End production. Oh my God it was worth it. Listening to the cast recording now the gender switch at the heart of it really works, and oh good heavens I saw Patti Lupone! I feel like nobody can do this for a while as they'll be competing with this production and coming up short.
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