Sondheim's 'Company' to be shown at movie theaters

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[April 15, 2011]  NEW YORK (AP) -- The New York Philharmonic's star-studded production of Stephen Sondheim's "Company" is heading to a movie screen near you.

The distributor Screenvision said Thursday that starting June 15 it will broadcast a taped production of the musical featuring Craig Bierko, Stephen Colbert, Jon Cryer, Katie Finneran, Neil Patrick Harris, Christina Hendricks Patti LuPone, Martha Plimpton and Anika Noni Rose, among others.

The production, which was staged at Lincoln Center in early April under the direction of Lony Price, boasts the songs "Ladies Who Lunch" and "Side by Side by Side."

Screenvision has a network of more than 2,400 theaters in 50 states. Dates and locations of the "Company" broadcast were still to be announced.

Other shows that have recently been taped for broadcast include "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "Fela!"

[Associated Press]

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