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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hudson Players Continues its 75<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Season <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> with Sondheim’s Ground-breaking Musical “Company”
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif">The Hudson Players Present<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif">“Company”<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt">Music and Lyrics Stephen Sondheim<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:22.0pt">Book by George Furth<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif">Directed by Rich Jagunic<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif">Musical Director Debra Burkhardt<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif">S<span style="color:#1D2129">how dates are : February 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 28 & 29<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">at the Barlow Community Center, 41 South Oviatt Street in Hudson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Univers",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Tickets are available at
<a href="http://www.hudsonplayers.com/?fbclid=IwAR223eSTcoHx2DdQR6P8zjALYIledH6-_NERA1Xftedj1k_c1i_4Gv8oVx8" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#365899;text-decoration:none">www.hudsonplayers.com</span></a> or call the box office at 330-655-8522.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Group, Senior and Student Discounts are Available!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="text-indent:.5in"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Company</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is celebrating a major anniversary this year, having premiered on Broadway 50 years ago in 1970.
With music and lyrics by Sondheim, and book by George Furth, the production, which
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">highlights the ups and downs of marriage and relationships,</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> was nominated for a record-setting 14 Tony Awards, winning six.
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<p style="text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The show was considered ground-breaking at the time because unlike most musicals, which follow a well-developed linear plot,
<i>Company</i> uses songs presented as short vignettes in no particular chronological order to deal with adult themes and relationships that revolve around one of the character’s 35th birthday.
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<p style="text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">While Robert enjoys his bachelor lifestyle, his friends use the celebration of his birthday to push him to get happily married just like they are. As the story unfolds, Robert
gets a closer look at what marital bliss involves and is not so sure that marriage is for him.
<u>Some of the more famous songs from <i>Company</i> include “Being Alive,” “The Ladies Who Lunch,” “Side by Side by Side,” and “Another Hundred People.”</u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-indent:.5in"><i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Company</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is directed by Rich Jagunic, with Sonny Sonnhalter as assistant director and Debra Burkhart as musical
director. The producers are Mark Durbin and Gary Maher. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The talented cast includes Jessica DeFrange, Brad Hills, Karen Spiegler, Brad Kisner, Adrienne Smedley, Will Crosby, Don Bernardo, Jennifer Kubinski, Brian Pichola, Libby Merriman,
Sean Donovan, Amanda Smith, Ellie Kelly and Darlene Rocco. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This marks the second production as The Hudson Players’ celebrates its 75<sup>th</sup> anniversary season, following a successful run of the comedy
<i>Noises Off</i> in November.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Because this is the first time Hudson Players has presented
<i>Company</i>, ticket sales are expected to be brisk. Tickets are available by calling the Hudson Players box office at (330) 655-8522 or go online at
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</i>for more information. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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