
In The Third Act’s first ever episode, Gracious and Jared talk about Stephen Sondheim’s monumental musical, ‘Company’. They delve into the background and creation of the musical, what a “concept” musical is, the songs, the characters, and WHY Sondheim chose to write this important piece of theatre.
REFERENCES:
Playbill https://playbill.com/article/game-changers-the-broadway-musicals-that-shaped-the-art-form-com-216556#:~:text=Company%20is%20the%20ultimate%20concept,one%20moment%20in%20space%2Dtime.
Everything Sondheim https://everythingsondheim.org/company/
New York Theatre Guide https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-company-on-broadway
Musicals 101 https://www.musicals101.com/1970bway2.htmWikipedia(Concept Musicals)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_musical#:~:text=A%20concept%20musical%20is%20a,way%20for%20bolder%20concept%20musicals.
Wikipedia(Company (musical)) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_(musical)
PBS ‘Great Performances: Keeping Company With Sondheim’ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/keeping-company-with-sondheim-about/13669/
Music Theatre International(Company) https://www.mtishows.com/company
Financial Times, ‘Life of a Song,’ (article about ‘Being Alive’) By Lorien Kite https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/being-alive.html
SHOUTOUT TO: Music_For_Videos on Pixabay for our theme song! https://pixabay.com/users/music_for_videos-26992513/
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