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George Furth was born in Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University; he did postgraduate work at Columbia University. He has worked extensively as an actor, appearing in many feature films, including The Best Man, Oh God!, Doctor Detroit, Young Doctors In Love, The Man With Two Brains, Cannonball Run, Hooper, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Blazing Saddles, Shampoo, Sleeper, The ...
Aug 12, 2008 · George Furth, an actor and Tony award-winning playwright who wrote the book for the landmark 1970 Broadway musical "Company" and also wrote the 1971 play "Twigs," died Monday morning. He was 75.
Filmed over two years, this new documentary takes an exclusive inside look at this reimagined gender-swapped production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical “Company.”
Feb 8, 2022 · In a December 1, 2021 piece inThe New York Times about the new production of Company, Michael Paulson quotes Stephen Sondheim as saying “Marianne [Elliott] went and looked through all of George Furth’s early drafts to find out if something was useful, and she did.” Those drafts are preserved among his papers at The New York Public Library ...
Apr 17, 2023 · Watch on. The 2016 documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened —a behind-the-scenes look into the original Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth ’s Merrily We ...
The playwright has also created librettos for some of Sondheim's musicals, including 1970's Company, which garnered Furth an Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for best book of a musical; and 1981's Merrily We Roll Along, inspired by an older play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Furth's solo efforts, Twigs and Precious Sons have also received ...
George Furth (George Schweinfurth) was born on 14 December, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is an Actor, Writer. Discover George Furth's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates.
