Company

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.

Harry: You've got so many reasons for not being with someone, but Robert, you haven't got one good reason for being alone.

Company is an American musical with book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The plot revolves around Bobby, a handsome and well-liked single man, the five married couples who are his best friends, and three of his girlfriends. Unlike most book musicals, which follow a clearly delineated plot, the show consists of short vignettes, presented in no particular chronological order, all linked together by a celebration for Bobby's 35th birthday. One of its most notable aspects was that it was among the first musicals to deal with more adult problems through its music. As Sondheim put it, "they are middle-class people with middle class-problems."

Tropes used in Company include: