Peyton Webb Here Comes Company ! It’s Back, and Better Than Ever Britney Coleman as Bobbie (center) and the North American Tour of COMPANY Grab a margarita and plug in the neon lights because Company has arrived in Minneapolis! The award-winning musical comedy, written by Steven Sondheim and George Furth and directed by Marianne Elliot, had a stunning opening at the Orpheum Tuesday. This modern version of the 1970 classic exceeded expectations and blew the audience away. Bobbie, who is still single on her 35th birthday, talks to and observes her coupled-up friends. She is told and shown in the most hilarious ways possible about how infuriating yet worthwhile marriage is, and how “you’re always sorry, you’re always grateful.” At the end, Bobbie realizes marriage may be the most difficult, incredible, pointless, and meaningful thing on the planet all at once. This gender-bent revival of Company changes Bobby to Bobbie, a woman, played by the phenomenal Britney Coleman. While her
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