Arts & Entertainment
Boston Theater Modernizes Classic Musical "Company" With Gender Swap
"None of it felt out of place or weird. It just seemed to be a woman just trying to live her life and make her choices and stick to them."
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April 9, 2024
BOSTON - When Stephen Sondheim's "Company" first opened at Boston's Shubert Theater more than half a century ago, it focused on a man, and what he thought about marriage, partnerships and societal pressures.
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Now, that man, Bobby, is a woman, Bobbie, played by Britney Coleman.
Through a series of vignettes, the audience sees the relationships she has with her married friends and with her own prospective romantic partners.
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