‘nashville’s kyle dean massey joins patti lupone as broadway’s upcoming ‘company’ adds cast

Broadway‘s upcoming revival of the Stephen Sondheim landmark musical _Company_ starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone has nearly rounded out its cast, with _Nashville_‘s Kyle Dean Massey,

_The Book of Mormon_‘s Matt Doyle and_ The Prom_‘s Christopher Sieber among the new arrivals. The additional casting for director Marianne Elliott’s gender-reversed _Company_ was announced

today by producers Elliott & Harper Productions and The Shubert Organization. The production, an Oliver Award winner in its West End bow, recasts the 1970 musical’s lead character, the

bachelor Bobby, as the bachelorette Bobbie, to be played by Lenk (_The Band’s Visit_). As previously announced with Lenk, LuPone will play Joanne, the “Ladies Who Lunch” role famously

created by Elaine Stritch. _Company_ will begin performances at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Monday, March 2, 2020 with an official opening night set for Sunday, March 22 (Sondheim’s

90th birthday). Sondheim and Elliott collaborated to update the musical. WATCH ON DEADLINE Massey will play Theo, the character formerly known as Kathy, the small-town newcomer to New York,

and Doyle will portray Jaime, formerly known as Amy, the nervous soon-to-be newlywed. Sieber will play alcoholic Harry. Also joining the cast: Christopher Fitzgerald as David, Jennifer

Simard as Sarah, Terence Archie as Larry, Etai Benson as Paul, Nikki Renée Daniels as Jenny, Claybourne Elder as Andy, Greg Hildreth as Peter, and Bobby Conte Thornton as P.J. Casting for

the role of Susan will be announced shortly.