A forthcoming revival of the musical Company will, with the okay of Mr. Sondheim, do a gender reversal. The lead character, Bobby — an unattached man, will become an unattached woman named Bobbie. The song "Have I Got a Girl For You" will become "Have I Got a Guy For You," the female flight attendant will become a male fight attendant, etc.
Not that anybody cares what I think of this…but I don't know what I think of it. I usually see these kinds of things as stunts, not performances. The female version of The Odd Couple just plain didn't coalesce for me, for instance. Then again, Company is a play that always struck me as gender-confused in many ways…so maybe this will straighten things out. The show will be mounted in London so I probably won't see it but I'm curious about how it will work. That is, if it works at all.