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Originally Added: August 31, 2011

Stephen Sondheim's 'Company' At Guild Hall

Peter Vandam, Ellen Krass, Darryl Schaffer, David Wengrod and Bernadette McCabe at Guild Hall. (Rob Rich)

Producers Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley. (Rob Rich)

East Hampton - The star studded 80th anniversary of Guild Hall was cancelled this weekend due to Hurricane Irene but the sun came out on Monday and producers Ellen M. Krass, Stewart F. Lane, Bonnie Comley and Lonny Price hosted a full house at the 360 seat theater for a screening of their production of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" with the New York Philharmonic. A private party catered by Turtle Crossing followed the screening at the home of Krass.

Proceeds from the event benefit East Hampton's Guild Hall. Guild Hall has been a center for the arts, entertainment, and education for the East End community for 80 years. Its primary focus is to inform, inspire, and enrich its diverse audiences by presenting programs of the highest quality. Guild Hall combines the 360 seat John Drew Theater and the Guild Hall Art Museum.

The original "Company" on Broadway in 1970 was nominated for 14 Tonys, winning Best Musical, Book for Musical, Original Score, Lyrics, Set Design and Direction of a Musical. "Company's" plot revolves around Bobby (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage), the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. It's a concept musical composed of short vignettes, presented in no particular chronological order, linked by a celebration for Bobby's 35th birthday.

Brenda Siemer and Sam Neustadt. (Rob Rich)

"Company" includes an all-star cast of television and stage heavyweights. Headlining the production are Neil Patrick Harris ("How I Met Your Mother," "Rent"), Patti LuPone ("Evita," "Gypsy," "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"), Stephen Colbert ("The Colbert Report"), Jon Cryer ("Two and a Half Men"), and Christina Hendricks ("Mad Men").

Screenvision, Krass, Lane, Comley and Price bring the New York Philharmonic's presentation of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" to movie theatres across the nation.


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From Rob Rich


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