The Good Companions (musical) a San Francisco company whose mission is to present staged concert revivals of "lost" musicals, the rights to present the American premiere of "The Good Companions", which it did in August 2000. The Good Companions (musical) The Good Companions is a musical with a book by Ronald Harwood, music by André Previn, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same title by J. B. Priestley. The plot focuses on the trials and tribulations of a touring concert party known as the Dinky-Doos who are stranded in the English countryside when their manager absconds
The Nice and the Good Time". This is Richard Biranne's favourite painting, depicting what he calls "the only real kiss ever represented in a picture". Paula goes to see it in the National Gallery during their estrangement, and they meet in front of it when they decide to reconcile. The cover of the first English edition of "The Nice and the Good" is based on a detail from the painting. "The Nice and the Good" was widely reviewed and generally well received, although Bernard Bergonzi, writing in "The New York Review of Books" found it "readable, certainly" but an "unimportant book", and suggested that its