Patti LuPone, Katrina Lenk to Headline Gender-Tweaked 'Company' on Broadway

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Patti LuPone (PattiLuPone) will reprise her Oliver Award-winning role as Joanne in the Broadway show

is set for a Broadway engagement starring Patti LuPone and Katrina Lenk., will tackle the lead role of Bobbie. Traditionally, the character has been named Robert and played by male actors — Neil Patrick Harris included — though the West End productionin the gender-swapped version. LuPone will reprise her Oliver Award-winning role as Joanne.

Set in New York City, the musical is centered around the 35th birthday of Bobbie, whose friends gather at her celebratory party and begin to question why she isn't yet married. The musical includes Sondheim's much-loved songs "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," "The Ladies Who Lunch" and "Being Alive."Angels in America

, and produced by Elliot & Harper Productions, for which she serves as artistic director. Liam Steel will choreograph the musical, with Joel Fram as musical supervisor and Bunny Christie on set and costume design. will begin March 2 at Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, with an official opening night scheduled for March 22, 2020 — Sondheim's 90th birthday.

 

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