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A Conversation with Claybourne Elder

On Company, Road Show, The Gilded Age, and the kindness of strangers

Feb 18, 2026
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It’s a joy to welcome Claybourne Elder to The Sondheim Hub. Claybourne’s path into Sondheim’s world runs from a farming town in Utah and a stranger’s life-changing gift of a Sweeney Todd ticket to creating the role of Hollis in Road Show and redefining Andy in Marianne Elliott’s gender-bent Company. In this conversation, he reflects on the letter from S…

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