Biografie

In the late 1960s he began jotting down ideas for a series of one-act plays, with the idea of getting actress Kim Stanley to play the lead in each playlet. When no producer would bite, he turned to Stephen Sondheim, who, in turn, showed the work to director Harold Prince. 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.

Won Broadway's 1971 Tony Award as Best Book (Musical) for "Company."

Furth appeared in Shampoo (1975) and Bulworth (1998), both vehicles of Warren Beatty, with whom he was friends.

He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in speech, and received a master of fine arts degree from Columbia University in 1956.

2000: Worked with Stephen Sondheim on 1981 Broadway musical "Merrily We Roll Along". It was awarded Best New Musical at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2001.