A Brief Production History
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Critical response to Company is consistently mixed, with many reviewers suggesting that the musical reads as dated. Concerns are often expressed about Robert's seeming lack of personality and the potential unlikeability of his friends, but Sondheim's music is always praised. Robert's sexuality has long been questioned, as this piece effectively explains. This article, though not written about one of the productions above, effectively argues for a queer - though not necessarily gay/monosexual - reading of Robert.