In spite of all the Sondheim that's been performed around Chicago over the past ten years, it's been a while since we've had a professional production of Company. If I recall correctly, the last one was Porchlight's 2003 production performed in the same space as this production by Griffin Theatre Company and I think we've had mountings of all the other Sondheim musicals (except for Saturday Night) in the interim. It's about time, then, for Chicago audiences to get another look at the piece. Griffin (no relation to the Chicago director Gary Griffin) doesn't do a lot of musicals—this is just this third in their 21-year history and in a way that makes them a perfect troupe to tackle Sondheim's reflection on marriage.