NewsPHOTO CALL: Star-Studded NY Philharmonic Company, with Neil Patrick Harris and Patti LuPone, on Closing NightThe New York Philharmonic presented the final performance of a starry concert production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company — boasting Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris as perennial bachelor Bobby and Tony and Olivier winner Patti LuPone as the cynical, boozy Joanne — April 9 at Avery Fisher Hall.
Photo Archive: Star-Studded NY Philharmonic Company, with Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone and Stephen Colbert
Photo Archive: Star-Studded NY Philharmonic Company, with Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone and Stephen Colbert
The New York Philharmonic presented the final performance of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company — boasting Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris as Bobby and Tony and Olivier winner Patti LuPone as Joanne — April 9, 2011 at Avery Fisher Hall.
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Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer and Jennifer Laura Thompson
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Neil Patrick Harris and Jon Cryer in the 2011 concert production of Company
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Jon Cryer and Jennifer Laura Thompson in the 2011 NY Philharmonic production of Company
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Neil Patrick Harris, Jon Cryer and Jennifer Laura Thompson
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Martha Plimpton, Jon Cryer, Jennifer Laura Thompson and Stephen Colbert in the 2011 concert production
Alexa Green, Fred Inkley, Rob Lorey and Jessica Vosk comprised The Vocal Minority, and ensemble members included Callie Carter, Ariana DeBose, Sean Ewing, Ashley Fitzgerald, Lorin Latarro and Lee Wilkins.
Paul Gemignani conducted the famed orchestra; the concerts featured the original orchestrations penned by Jonathan Tunick.
Set in New York, Company, follows "five married, once-married, and soon-to-be-married couples and their mutual friend," Robert (Harris), "a bachelor who has been unable to connect in a long-term relationship." The relationships are presented in a series of vignettes, primarily through Robert’s eyes." The show's songs include "Company," "Side by Side by Side," "The Ladies Who Lunch," "Another Hundred People" and "Being Alive."
Partially inspired by Sophocles' Antigone, the show is an intimate exploration of love that goes beyond faith between a queer Pakistani-American man and his deeply devout mother.