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George Furth
Age: 75 (passed away Aug. 11th, 2008)
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Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Dec. 14th, 1932
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- In the late 60s he began jotting down ideas for a series of one-act plays, with the idea of getting actress 'Kim Stanley (I)' (qv) to play the lead in each playlet. When no producer would bite, he turned to 'Stephen Sondheim' (qv), who, in turn, showed the work to director 'Harold Prince' (qv). The result was 1970's landmark Broadway musical "Company". George later used some of the one-acts not used in "Company" to form "Twigs," a 1971 quartet of interconnected plays about four women, all from the same family.
- Other plays included "Precious Sons" and "The Supporting Cast." He also wrote the book for the 'John Kander' (qv) and 'Fred Ebb' (qv) musical "The Act" starring 'Liza Minnelli' (qv). "Getting Away With Murder," a third collaboration with 'Stephen Sondheim' (qv), a comedy thriller that ran a few weeks in 1996, was a rare stab at straight playwriting and one of the last examples of the thriller genre to reach Broadway.
- In the late 1990s, there was talk of 'Annette Bening' (qv) starring in his comedy entitled "Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex, Sex," but the production never materialized.
- He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in speech and received a master of fine arts degree from Columbia University in 1956.
- Won Broadway's 1971 Tony Award as Best Book (Musical) for "Company."
- He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in speech, and received a master of fine arts degree from Columbia University in 1956.
- In the early 1970s, plans to film his hit 1971 Broadway play 'Twigs' with 'Elizabeth Taylor (I)' (qv) playing four roles never materialized.
- 2000: Worked with 'Stephen Sondheim' (qv) on 1981 Broadway musical "Merrily We Roll Along". It was awarded Best New Musical at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001.
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