Company

Clay and I had the most fun on Sunday night. A very kind person at my office gave us two tickets to see the musical Company at the Fifth Avenue Theater. Company features music by Stephen Sondheim who also wrote the music for West Side Story.

If you had been able to come with us you might have recognized tunes like "Side by Side" and "Ladies who Lunch." The male lead had a wonderfully rich voice that really appealed to me.

Yes, Company is a musical, but it is also a comedy about the joys and pitfalls of love, marriage and relationships. Instead of one story it was a series of vignettes showcasing the interactions of five married couples from the perspective of a 35-year-old perpetual bachelor.

Clay isn't always a huge fan of musicals, and it's hard to know ahead of time if he will enjoy a performance. Of course some of that depends on how well he can see what is happening on stage, and how much of the experience depends on the visual. In this case I think he could see plenty well enough to appreciate what was going on as he was laughing heartily at some of the humor. I think it was especially funny to those of us who have been married a while, but anyone would enjoy it.

To sum up the music was well done, the comedy very entertaining, and we had a really great evening. Thank you Greg!