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The episode explores Stephen Sondheim’s Company and its impact on Broadway and modern marriage.

Send us Fan Mail Modern Love & Musical Mathematics: Sondheim’s Company Is it better to be "Alone" or "Alive"? This week on Musical Lyrical Lingo, we are blowing out the candles on Bobby’s 35th birthday as we dive into the 1970 masterpiece that changed Broadway forever: Stephen Sondheim’s Company. In a season full of "Lingo," Sondheim is the ultimate linguist. We’re breaking down how a "Concept Musical" with no plot managed to become the most relatable autopsy of modern marriage ever writ...

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