The Complete Company Collection - All 17 Sondheim Company Songs in One Definitive Volume

Originally entitled 'Threes', its plot revolves around Bobby (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage), the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. Unlike most book musicals, which follow a clear plot, Company is a comprised of short vignettes, presented in no particular chronological order, linked by a celebration for Bobby's 35th birthday. Company was among the first musicals to deal with adult problems through its music. As Sondheim put it, "they are middle-class people with middle class-problems." It is also one of the first musicals where the songs commented on the characters in the play instead of furthering the plot, a device which became a Sondheim standard.

List of contents

Company; The Little Things You Do Together; Sorry-Grateful; You Could Drive a Person Crazy; Have I Got A Girl for You; Someone Is Waiting; Another Hundred People; Getting Married Today; Marry Me a Little; Side by Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You?; Poor Baby; Barcelona; The Ladies Who Lunch; Being Alive.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Sondheim
• Assisted by: Bob Golden (Editor)
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1983
• EAN: 9780793567638
• ISBN: 978-0-7935-6763-8
• No. of pages: 159
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 292 mm x 6 mm
• Series: CHANT
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music