Do Bobby Need to Be Openly Gay Stephen Sondheim’s Revised ‘Company’?

Contents:

• IS GEE FURTH GAY?
• GAY DIRECTOR AT STAGE DOOR PLAYERS TACKL MMENT ISSU ‘COMPANY’
• 'SUPERNOVA' STARS COL FIRTH AND STANLEY TUCCI DISCS THEIR NTROVERSIAL CHOICE TO PLAY GAY CHARACTERS
• DO BOBBY NEED TO BE OPENLY GAY STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S REVISED ‘COMPANY’?
• WHY HAVE SO MANY GAY ACTORS PLAYED THE ROLE OF "BOBBY" IN COMPANY?

IS GEE FURTH GAY?

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GAY DIRECTOR AT STAGE DOOR PLAYERS TACKL MMENT ISSU ‘COMPANY’

” For years, one theory about why Robert is sgle is that he is gay.

Gee Furth, who wrote “Company, ” has long nied , as has Sondheim, although the openly gay Sondheim has mentned that much of “Company” is based on his own experienc. And one versn of the mil, Robert adms to a homosexual experience. But regardls of whether dienc fd Robert straight, gay or possibly bisexual, Egiz feels is a productn that speaks to everyone.

'SUPERNOVA' STARS COL FIRTH AND STANLEY TUCCI DISCS THEIR NTROVERSIAL CHOICE TO PLAY GAY CHARACTERS

“No matter whether Bobby is gay or straight, ’s about not makg a mment, ” he says. Among the dozen or so participants is openly gay D. " "Company" opened Boston out-of-town tryouts, receivg mixed reviews, om the Boston Eveng Globe "Brilliant", to Variety Magaze "The songs are for the most part undistguished" and "As stands now 's for ladi' mate, homos and misogynists.

DO BOBBY NEED TO BE OPENLY GAY STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S REVISED ‘COMPANY’?

But Supernova wrer/director Harry Macqueen found his leadg men — acclaimed actors and longtime iends Stanley Tucci and Col Firth — as soon as he fished the screenplay for his timate drama about a gay uple whose s-long romance is nearg a tragic end. While both actors have played gay characters the past, Tucci 2006’s The Devil Wears Prada and Firth 2009’s A Sgle Man, recent years the stg of straight performers LGBTQ rol has bee a more ntted a trailer for SupernovaOn Twter, some have already taken Supernova to task for ntug what creasgly seems like an outdated queer actors queer rol but also I would die for this uple played by straight men who will fely do nothg more than hug sweaters John Bickerstaff ?️‍? (@Bterstaff) September 22, 2020I love Stanley Tucci but they really uld have put Rupert Everett here and at least had SOME reprentatn as well as palizg on his documented chemistry wh Col Firth.

”Stanley Tucci and Col Firth play a gay uple the new drama Supernova.

WHY HAVE SO MANY GAY ACTORS PLAYED THE ROLE OF "BOBBY" IN COMPANY?

(Photo: Bleecker Street)Speakg wh the st of Netflix’s LGBTQ drama The Boys the Band last year, multiple members of the film’s openly gay ensemble — cludg Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer and Zachary Quto — ma clear that they didn’t thk that straight actors need to rece themselv om playg gay characters.