Song:Side By Side/What Would We Do Without You?
Album:Company: 1996 London Cast Recording
Adrian Lester won an Olivier award for playing Bobby in the 1996 London production of Stephen Sondheim's musical Company. The most interesting thing about this is that Lester is black. He is mostly a TV and film actor. This is his only appearance in a musical. He was born Anthony Harvey Aug. 14, 1968 in Birmingham, England. His parents are Jamaican immigrants. There is a British director named Anthony Harvey so Lester changed his name to avoid confusion. He started performing as a teen at the Birmingham Youth Theatre. And he studied for three years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. He won a Time Out award for his performance in the 1991 production of As You Like It. He also appeared in a 1993 production of Sweeney Todd. Sam Mendes directed the 1996 production of Company at the Donmar Warehouse in London. It ran for about six months and Lester won an Olivier award for his performance as Bobby. The show was broadcast on BBC and the entire show can be seen on Youtube. Though Lester has returned to the stage occasionally, he hasn't appeared in any other musicals. In England, he is best known for playing Michael "Mickey Bricks" Stone on the BBC series Hustle. He also appeared in the UPN sitcom Girlfriends in 2002 and the 1998 film Primary Colors. His recent TV appearances include the 2016 BBC series Undercover, the 2017 Sky Atlantic series Riviera, the 2018 ITV mini series Trauma, the 2019 Starz mini series The Rook and the 2019 BBC One mini series Life. Here's Adrian Lester performing Side By Side/What Would We Do Without You? from the 1997 BBC broadcast of Company.
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