FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR OF “COMPANY”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, PLEASE
FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR OF
“COMPANY”
THE VISIONARY TONY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCTION OF
STEPHEN SONDHEIM & GEORGE FURTH’S HIT MUSICAL COMEDY
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF “WAR HORSE” AND “CURIOUS INCIDENT”
LANDMARK AMERICAN MUSICAL TO LAUNCH TOUR THIS FALL
“Hands down the best musical production of the season.”
–New York Post
“Deeply funny. Easily the funniest COMPANY I’ve ever seen.
A moving loving memorial to the late Stephen Sondheim.”
–The Washington Post
“The leading character of COMPANY has been born again in this gloriously transformative revival. Marianne Elliott’s enthralling production is a godsend.”
–The New York Times
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Yes, it’s really that good.”
-Time Out
“Dazzling! So Vibrant, So Alive!”
-The Hollywood Reporter
Please CLICK HERE to download a first look photo of Britney Coleman as “Bobbie” and Jacob Dickey as “Andy”.
Please CLICK HERE to download a photo of the cast at the first day of rehearsal, and an animated headshot reel.
Please download headshots of the North American Tour of Company HERE.
New York, NY (September 6, 2023) – The producers of the hilarious Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s and George Furth’s Company, winner of five 2022 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, are excited to announce the full cast for the North American Tour.
Starring in the role of Bobbie is Britney Coleman, who just completed her run in the First National Tour of Beetlejuice. The iconic role of Joanne will be played by none other than Judy McLane, who is a Drama Desk Award nominee and Outer Critics Circle Award winner.
They will be joined by Kathryn Allison as Sarah, Matt Bittner as David, Ali Louis Bourzgui as Paul, Derrick Davis as Larry, Javier Ignacio as Peter, James Earl Jones II as Harry, Marina Kondo as Susan, Matt Rodin as Jamie, Emma Stratton as Jenny, Jacob Dickey as Andy, Tyler Hardwick as PJ and David Socolar as Theo.
The complete cast of Company also includes Matthew Christian, Christopher DeAngelis, Kenneth Quinney Francouer, CJ Greer, Elysia Jordan, Beth Stafford Laird and Christopher Henry Young.
Producer Chris Harper said, “This exhilarating production of Company was a huge success in the West End and on Broadway. I was absolutely thrilled when it won the Tony Award for Best Musical Revival and I’m so excited for audiences around the country to share the joy. I know they will have so much fun!”
The North American tour of the smash hit musical comedy will launch this October, visiting more than 25 cities in the 2023-2024 season. For a complete list of engagements that have been announced, please visit CompanyMusical.com.
The North American tour of Company follows the critically acclaimed, sold-out engagement in London’s West End, and Tony Award-winning run on Broadway. The most honored musical of the 2021-2022 Broadway season is directed by three-time Tony Award winner Marianne Elliott (War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Angels in America).
Company, the musical comedy masterpiece about the search for love and cocktails in New York, is turned on its head in Elliott’s revelatory staging, in which musical theatre’s most iconic bachelor is now a bachelorette. At Bobbie’s 35th birthday party, all her friends are wondering why isn’t she married? Why can’t she find the right man? And, why can’t she settle down and have a family? This whip smart musical comedy, given a game-changing makeover for a modern-day Manhattan, features some of Sondheim’s best loved songs, including “Company,” “You Could Drive a Person Crazy,” “The Ladies Who Lunch,” “Side by Side,” and the iconic “Being Alive.”
Sondheim and Elliott collaborated to update Company, bringing Bobbie’s array of friends and lovers into the 21st century: Paul is waiting patiently for his fiancée Jamie to get over his frantic wedding day jitters. Sarah and Harry try jujitsu to keep their marriage alive. Joanne is on her third husband with younger man, Larry. Peter and Susan seem to have the perfect marriage, until perfection proves impossible. Jenny and her square husband David can’t understand Bobbie’s perpetually single status and are not shy about telling her. All while Bobbie juggles three men: sexy flight attendant Andy, small-town boy Theo trying to find his way in the big city, and P.J., the native New Yorker who is more in love with his hometown than Bobbie!
The creative team for Company includes Liam Steel (choreography), Joel Fram (musical supervisor, additional vocal arrangements), Tony Award winner Bunny Christie (set and costume design), Tony Award nominee Neil Austin (lighting design), Tony Award nominee Ian Dickinson (original sound design), Keith Caggiano (tour sound design), Tony Award nominee David Cullen (orchestrations), Sam Davis (dance arrangements), Chris Fisher (illusions), Campbell Young Associates (hair, wig, and makeup design) and Tara Rubin (casting).
Company began preview performances on Broadway on March 2, 2020, and, following the shutdown, resumed previews on November 15, 2021. The production was in previews when on November 26, 2021, Broadway suffered the devastating loss of the titan of the American musical, composer Stephen Sondheim. This production of Company was the last Broadway production of his work that he saw to fruition before his passing at the age of 91.
The production opened to critical acclaim on Broadway December 9, 2021 and was called “gloriously transformative” (The New York Times), “dazzling” (The Hollywood Reporter), “sensational” (Variety), “deeply funny,” (The Washington Post), “a phenomenon that should be experienced in person at least once in this life,” (The New Yorker), and “hands down the best musical production of the season” (New York Post).
Company played its final performance on Broadway on July 31, 2022, having played 300 performances (268 regular performances and 32 preview performances).
The North American tour of Company is produced by Elliott & Harper Productions and Catherine Schreiber. Anièle Fortin-Perkell of Work Light Productions is the Executive Producer.
BIOGRAPHIES
Stephen Sondheim (Music & Lyrics) wrote the music and lyrics for Saturday Night, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Follies, A Little Night Music, The Frogs, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park With George, Into the Woods, Assassins, Passion and Road Show as well as the lyrics for West Side Story, Gypsy and Do I Hear a Waltz? and additional lyrics for Candide. Anthologies of his work include Side by Side by Sondheim, Marry Me a Little, Putting It Together and Sondheim on Sondheim. For films, he composed the score of Stavisky, co-composed Reds and wrote songs for Dick Tracy and “Evening Primrose” and co-authored the film The Last of Sheila. His collected lyrics with attendant essays have been published in two volumes: Finishing the Hat and Look, I Made a Hat. In 2010 the Broadway theatre formerly known as Henry Miller’s Theatre was renamed in his honor.
George Furth (Book) graduated from Northwestern University’s School of Speech and received a master’s in fine arts from Columbia. After writing the book for the Tony Award-winning Company, he collaborated again with Stephen Sondheim, writing the book for Merrily We Roll Along. He went on to write the play or book for Twigs, The Act, The Supporting Cast, Precious Sons and Getting Away With Murder (with Stephen Sondheim). He won Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, London’s Olivier, Evening Standard Award, Chicago’s Jefferson, Andy and Drama League awards. He was a member of the Actors Studio and the Dramatists Guild. He was well-known as a character actor, appearing in numerous film and television roles including Shampoo, Blazing Saddles and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where he was featured in the role of Woodcock.
Marianne Elliott (Director) is artistic director of Elliott & Harper Productions, which she co-founded alongside producers Chris Harper and Nick Sidi. Marianne’s productions for Elliott & Harper include Company on Broadway (Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical) and in the West End (Evening Standard Award for Best Director) and Death of a Salesman, co-directed with Miranda Cromwell at the Young Vic and West End (Olivier Award for Best Director). Marianne’s other recent productions include the West End premiere of Cock by Mike Bartlett, starring Jonathan Bailey. Prior to forming Elliott & Harper Productions, Marianne was an associate director at the National Theatre where she directed Angels in America (NT and Broadway; Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (NT, West End, Broadway; Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Direction of a Play) and co-directed War Horse (NT, West End and Broadway; Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play). Previously Marianne was an associate director at the Royal Court and artistic director of the Manchester Royal Exchange. Marianne has just directed her first feature film, The Salt Path, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, due for release in 2024.
Britney Coleman (Bobbie), a native of Ann Arbor, MI has been seen on Broadway in Company (New Yorker, u/s Bobbie and Jenny), Tootsie (Susie), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Lucille) and Sunset Boulevard (Heather). You may have recently seen her on tour as she opened the First National Tour of Beetlejuice as Barbara Maitland. She also opened the First National Tour of Beautiful in 2015. Regionally, she has been seen across the country at theaters including The Old Globe, The MUNY, Bay Street Theater, TUTS, Asolo Rep, Arena Stage and Westport Country Playhouse. She premiered Andrew Lippa’s Unbreakable with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and recently joined The Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus as the featured soloist in their spring Pride concert. BFA: The University of Michigan. Deepest gratitude to those good and crazy people, my friends: Chris Harper and my Company family, my Beetlejuice family, my HCKR family and my Fam family. Thank you for being by my side (by side by side) year after year. www.britneycoleman.com @britneycoleman
Judy McLane (Joanne). Broadway: Mamma Mia! (starred in over 4000 performances), Kiss of the Spider Woman, Aspects of Love, Chess. Off-Broadway: Romeo & Bernadette (Outer Critics Circle Award), Johnny Guitar (Drama Desk Nomination, Drama League Honor). Tours: Into the Woods, Side By Side By Sondheim, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Big. Select Regional: Gypsy (Goodspeed), Next to Normal (Pioneer), Sunset Boulevard (Engeman), Follies (Signature, Helen Hayes Nomination), Evita (Paper Mill). Film: Were the World Mine, Hiding in Daylight. TV: “Madame Secretary,” “Elementary,” “The Blacklist,” Showtime’s “The Loudest Voice.” Instagram: @judy.mclane
Kathryn Allison (Sarah). Broadway: Company Revival OBC, Wicked, Aladdin. TV/Film: “The GAG,” “Elementary,” “The Bachelorette.” Debut album Something Real out now! Huge thanks to my parents, Headline Talent, and the village that inspires me and lifts me up. @kathryndallison
Matthew Bittner (David) is an actor, writer, and musician. Select credits: Lucy & Charlie’s Honeymoon (Lookingglass), Almost Famous (Broadway), School of Rock (Broadway/Tour) and Present Laughter starring Kevin Kline (Broadway). Gratitude to family/friends & Ruth. www.mbittner.com
Ali Louis Bourzgui (Paul). Most recently Tommy in The Who’s Tommy (The Goodman). National Tours: The Band’s Visit (Haled). Regional: Layalina (The Goodman), Fun Home, West Side Story. VO: Quiet Part Loud (Jordan Peele). BFA Ithaca College. ألف شكر @ali.louis
Derrick Davis (Larry). @dreamclimber The Secret Garden (Archibald); The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom); The Lion King (Mufasa); Carousel (Billy Bigelow u/s); The Tap Dance Kid (William u/ s); The Little Mermaid (King Triton); I Dream (MLK); Dreamgirls (Curtis Taylor Jr.); Ragtime (Coalhouse Walker Jr.).
Jacob Dickey (Andy) is honored to take the blue undies on their first national tour! Stage: Company (Broadway), Aladdin (Broadway & First National tour), Emojiland (Off-Broadway). TV: “Partner Track,” “The Other Two,” “Gossip Girl,” “Blue Bloods.” Love to my people. IG: @js_dickey
Tyler Hardwick (PJ). Broadway: Once on This Island; Motown: The Musical. Tours: Once on This Island (Daniel); Dreamgirls (C.C. White); Motown: The Musical (Norman Whitfield). New York: The Tempest (Ferdinand) Regional: Steppenwolf (Choir Boy, Pharus); The Old Globe (Hair, Claude); TV/Film: “Pose,” “The Blacklist.” IG: @tylerhar
Javier Ignacio (Peter). Broadway: Company (Jamie, Peter, Andy u/s); Side Show (Houdini/Dog Boy). Off-Broadway: Fiasco Theatre’s Twelfth Night; The Public/Public Works’ Twelfth Night| National Tour: Fiasco Theatre’s Into the Woods | WSU Alum; AEA member. @iamjavierignacio
James Earl Jones II (Harry). National tours: Come From Away, Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess. Regional: Porchlight Music, The Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, Lookingglass, Lyric Opera Chicago. TV/film credits: Maybe I Do, The Poker House, “Chicago Med.” Thanks to friends, family, Stewart Talent, Tara Rubin Casting and the Company Team. Mom, Dad, Maje…always.
Marina Kondo (Susan). Broadway: KPOP (OBC). National Tours: Disney’s Frozen (OTC/First Asian-American Anna), Lincoln Center’s The King & I. Off-Broadway: Road Show (NYCC), KPOP (Ars Nova). Regional: The Muny. TV: “Succession” (HBO). University of Michigan (BFA). @marinakondo
Matt Rodin, he/she/they (Jamie) is grateful to be here and queer. Regional: RENT (Papermill), Hedwig… (Milwaukee Rep.), HAIR (Weston), MASS (Kennedy Center). Love to his biological, chosen, and Company families. Dedicated to his real-life Paul, Sam. @whoismattrodin
David Socolar (Theo). Off-Broadway: Kinky Boots, National Tour: Waitress (Dr. Pomatter). Lead the independent feature, Beyond the Lake. Many thanks to Sarah Haber with Creative Talent Company, Bridget McCarthy with Bloc, and Mom and Dad for everything always. @davidsocolar
Emma Stratton (Jenny). Broadway: The Prince Of Broadway. National Tours: Anything Goes (Reno), Bullets Over Broadway (Helen Sinclair). Regional: Gypsy (Louise), Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife), Sweeney Todd (Mrs. Lovett). To Hal & Steve, whose work has shaped my life. Always, for my family. @ladystrat
Matthew Christian (u/s Theo, u/s Larry, u/s David, u/s Harry, u/s PJ). Off-Broadway: Roundabout, Baryshnikov Arts Center, 59E59. Other NYC Theater: Drama League/New Ohio, CRASH Theater Co. Regional: Bay Street Theatre, A.R.T., Two River Theatre. TV/film: “A Crime to Remember” (Discovery ID), Labor Day (Paramount). BA: Harvard. MFA: A.R.T./MXAT Institute at Harvard.
Christopher DeAngelis (u/s Harry, u/s Larry, u/s Peter, u/s David) is thrilled to be touring with his husband, Jay Carey. Broadway: Beauty and the Beast. National Tours: School of Rock, Jersey Boys, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Ragtime. Many thanks to Merri Sugarman, his Family, Roxy, and Avalon Artists Group.
Kenneth Quinney Francoeur (u/s Jamie, u/s Andy, u/s Paul, u/s PJ) is excited to join Company! New York: Child’s Christmas in Wales (Irish Rep), Finian’s Rainbow (Town Hall). Tours: Jersey Boys (Gaudio u/s), Memphis (Huey u/s). BFA Elon University. This one’s for Mom. @kfrancoeur
CJ Greer (u/s Susan, u/s Joanne, u/s Sarah, u/s Bobbie Double) is thrilled to join Company! CJ is also voice faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno, building and implementing their new Musical Theatre degree. She performs and presents nationally and internationally as singer, teacher, conductor, and research clinician. Grateful! cj-greer.com.
Elysia Jordan (u/s Jenny, u/s Sarah, u/s Bobbie Double). National Tour: School of Rock. Regional/Concerts: Billy Elliot (Ogunquit Playhouse), Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons. BFA: Ithaca College. Grateful for Merri, Avalon, and the incredible family and friends who keep me company, especially Steve. @lysiejordan
Beth Stafford Laird (Bobbie Double, u/s Bobbie, u/s Jenny). Tours: Anastasia (Anya & Swing), Newsies (Swing, u/s Katherine), Ghost (u/s Molly). Others: Beauty & the Beast (Belle), Newsies on Disney+ (Nun/Bowery Beauty), Newsies (Katherine), Anything Goes (Hope), Sweeney Todd (Joanna). Love to MJD, JTC, and fam. bethstaffordlaird.com. @bethstaffordlaird
Christopher Henry Young (u/s Andy, u/s Theo, u/s Paul, u/s Jamie, u/s Peter). Broadway/Tour: A Bronx Tale: The Musical, Hamilton (And Peggy Company). Off-Broadway: The Harder They Come (The Public Theater). Other Credits: Head Over Heels, Sweat, Guys & Dolls (Oregon Shakespeare Festival).
Elliott & Harper Productions (Producer) is an independent production company founded in 2016 by the Tony and Olivier Award winning team of Artistic Director Marianne Elliott and producers Chris Harper and Nick Sidi. Theatre Productions include Company by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, directed by Marianne Elliott, on Broadway and West End (Winner of 5 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical and 4 Olivier Awards); Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman at The Young Vic, West End and Broadway directed by Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell (Olivier Award for Best Direction); West End premiere of Cock, by Mike Bartlett, directed by Marianne Elliott; The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, West End and UK and Ireland Tour, directed by Michael Fentiman based on the original production directed by Sally Cookson at Leeds Playhouse and the Bridge Theatre; and Simon Stephens’ Heisenberg in West End, directed by Marianne Elliott. EHP also co-produced the Broadway transfer of the National Theatre’s production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, directed by Marianne Elliott (Winner of 3 Tony Awards and Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play). Film Productions include Executive Producers of The Salt Path, directed by Marianne Elliott, based on the book by Raynor Winn.
Work Light Productions (Executive Producer & General Management). Formed in 2005 for the purpose of developing new work for young audiences, WLP has since grown into a full service producing, investment, general management, and technical supervision company with offices in Summit, NJ and Charleston, SC. WLP regularly employs over 200 actors, musicians, managers, and technical crews on productions throughout North America and internationally. Current and past productions include: the Olivier Award winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar (North America, UK Tour), Ain’t Too Proud (Broadway, North America, West End), Clue (North America), Cluedo (UK), and the North American tours of Mrs. Doubtfire, Mamma Mia!, Company, RENT 25th Anniversary Tour, An Officer and a Gentleman, Motown, Something Rotten!, Bandstand, R&H’s Cinderella, White Christmas, American Idiot, In The Heights and Avenue Q. Produced Julie Andrews, The Gift of Music at The Hollywood Bowl and London’s O2 Arena. WLP is led by founding partners Stephen Gabriel and Nancy Gabriel. worklightproductions.com.
Catherine Schreiber (Producer) is a five-time Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer and recipient of the Broadway Global Producer of the Year Award. She is a Tony winner for Company, The Lehman Trilogy, Clybourne Park, Angels in America and The Inheritance, and Olivier winner for Company. Recent Broadway productions include Life of Pi, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Death of a Salesman and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window. Off Broadway: Stranger Sings. Past Broadway productions include The Play that Goes Wrong, Pretty Woman, Network, Peter and the Starcatcher and Fiddler on the Roof. Currently Off Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong. UK: Pretty Woman. Past UK productions include The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Dreamgirls, The Life (Offie Winner), Gabriel, The King’s Speech and Heisenberg. Catherine has received a total of Ten Tony nominations. Her five Olivier nominations include Dreamgirls, The Scottsboro Boys, People, Places and Things, Show Boat and Company. Catherine is most proud of bringing The Scottsboro Boys to London where it won the Outer Critics’ Circle Award, The Evening Standard Award, and was nominated for 7 Oliviers including Best New Musical.
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