Sondheim and The Character of Bobby | Keeping Company with Sondheim | Great Performances on PBS

Composer Stephen Sondheim, actress Cynthia Nixon and theatre critic Hilton Als discuss the character of Bobby in "Company," and how Sondheim's own relationship to his heterosexual, married friends may have influenced the character.
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[@rr7firefly]

It seems obvious that Sondheim, who did not have a wife, would know a number of married couples and that they considered him an interesting friend. Autobiographical to some degree.

[@philliplehrman8213]

Yes. I always assumed that Company was about a closeted gay man. For those ‘in the know’. But the heterosexual sex turns him into a little bit of a predator so that idea had to be squelched. But, he’s a New Yorker, but even if he’s not Jewish, Why doesn’t “Bobby Bubby” say “Oy Vey” at the end of Barcelona. So much effort put into the rhyme scheme and then rejected. Unnerving.