The story is simple: a thirty-something guy is single in New York — all of his friends are married. When Stephen Sondheim’s Company debuted in 1970, no Broadway musical had portrayed sex, dating and marriage in contemporary America so frankly on stage. But now, at the ripe age of thirty-seven, Company seems very current. Two of its stars, Raul Esparza and Barbara Walsh, along with the show’s music supervisor, Mary Mitchell Campbell join Kurt in the studio.
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