Sondheim’s COMPANY, Original Broadway Cast, 1993 Reunion Concert, Program!

On January 23rd, 1993, most of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” reunited for a one night 25th Anniversary concert performances of the show as a benefit for the Actors Fund of America AIDS Initiative and St. Mary’s Comprehensive AIDS Resource Program From the LA Times “It’s among “the most revered and the least revived” of musicals, remarked Angela Lansbury. She was referring to “Company,” the legendary 1970 show about a bachelor named Bobby and the company he keeps. Lansbury welcomed a crowd of more than 3,100 “Company” fans to a one-night, concert-style rendition of the score, sung by most of the original cast at the Terrace Theater in Long Beach on Saturday. The cast included Dean Jones, Elaine Stritch, John Cunningham, Charles Kimbrough, Barbara Barrie, Beth Howland, Teri Ralston, Pamela Myers, George Coe and Donna McKechnie. Of the 14 original cast members, the only ones Brown couldn’t get were Merle Louise, and the late Charles Braswell. Alice Cannon, Louise’s understudy and successor in 1970, took her part in Long Beach. Stanley Grover, Braswell’s first replacement, took his. This is before the more commonly available program for the New York concert later that year. The program includes notes and anecdotes from creators Sondheim, George Furth and Hal Prince, a breakdown of musical numbers, as well as photos and bios of the cast members. This oversized program measures approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches.