COMPANY Original Sondheim Broadway Boston Tryout Flyer with Dean Jones 1970 RARE

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COMPANY Original Sondheim Broadway Boston Tryout 6" x 9" Flyer with Dean Jones 1970 RARE
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Dean Jones withdrew from the production of COMPANY after the first month of Broadway performances.  Theatrical legend has it that he was managing through his own personal issues (his marriage coming to an end) which came too close to the show's dark themes about relationships and made a deal with Hal Prince to stay with the show one month past the opening night, when he was replaced by Larry Kert, who gave a more traditional Broadway musical star performance.  Jones did rejoin his fellow cast members for several fundraising concert reunions decades later.
Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Company is a 1970 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth. The original production was nominated for a record-setting 14 Tony Awards, and won six.
Originally titled Threes, its story revolves around Robert (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. Unlike most book musicals, which follow a clearly delineated plot, Company is a concept musical composed of short vignettes, presented in no particular chronological order, linked by a celebration for Robert's 35th birthday.
Company was among the first musicals to deal with adult themes and relationships. As Sondheim puts it, "Broadway theater has been for many years supported by upper-middle-class people with upper-middle-class problems. These people really want to escape that world when they go to the theatre, and then here we are with Company talking about how we're going to bring it right back in their faces"