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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Company_(musical)Company (musical) - Wikipedia

    George Furth wrote 11 one-act plays planned for Kim Stanley. Anthony Perkins was interested in directing and gave the material to Sondheim, who asked Harold Prince for his opinion. Prince said the plays could be a good basis for a musical about New York marriages with a central character to examine those marriages. Synopsis

    • George Furth
    • 1970

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0299149George Furth - Biography - IMDb

    George Furth. Actor: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. George Furth wrote eleven one-act plays planned for Kim Stanley as each of the separate leads. Hollywood actor Anthony Perkins, interested in directing, asked Sondheim to read the material. After Sondheim read the plays, Sondheim asked Harold Prince for his opinion; Prince thought the plays could form the basis for a musical. The theme ...

    • December 14, 1932
    • August 11, 2008

  3. www.imdb.com › name › nm0299149George Furth - IMDb

    George Furth (1932-2008) George Furth. Actor. Writer. Soundtrack. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. George Furth wrote eleven one-act plays planned for Kim Stanley as each of the separate leads. Hollywood actor Anthony Perkins, interested in directing, asked Sondheim to read the material. After Sondheim read the plays, Sondheim asked Harold Prince ...

    • January 1, 1
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • January 1, 1
    • Santa Monica, California, USA

  4. www.classicalsource.com › concert › companyCompany - The Classical Source

    The origins of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” (sub-titled ‘a musical comedy’) lie in eleven short plays that George Furth wrote for the actress Kim Stanley in which she would have played the leading lady in each play.

  5. companydramaturgy.weebly.com › the-writersThe Writers - Company

    Company originated from eleven one-act plays George Furth had written for actress Kim Stanley; some of the plays centered around the marriages of Furth's Southern California friends. When necessary funds could not be raised for a Broadway production, Furth consulted with friend Stephen Sondheim.

  6. www.nytimes.com › 1970/04/28 › archivesSondheim Scores With ‘Company’ - The New York Times

    Apr 28, 1970 · Several years ago George Furth wrote a straight play, or rather eleven mini‐plays, about marriage, and Kim Stanley was going to play all the wives. Astoundingly al tered, the Furth work is now ...

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  8. www.playbill.com › article › george-furth-librettistGeorge Furth, Librettist for Company, Dies at 75 | Playbill

    Mr. Furth was a not particularly successful actor when he began jotting down ideas for a series of one-act plays, with the idea of getting actress Kim Stanley to play the lead in each playlet.