Question: Joy Franz, is an American actress and singer, born in which year, best known for her stage work, she played Susan in the original 1972 West End production of company, by Stephen Sondheim, an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre?

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Katie Rowley Jones: Katie Rowley Jones (born c. 1978) is a British musical theatre actress best known for her portrayal of Nessarose in the West End production of "Wicked" and Sister Mary Robert in the West End production of "Sister Act".

Stephen Sondheim: Stephen Joshua Sondheim ( ; born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre.  Sondheim has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom.  He has been described by Frank Rich of "The New York Times" as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater."  His best-known works as composer and lyricist include "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Company", "Follies", "A Little Night Music", "Pacific Overtures", "", "Merrily We Roll Along", "Sunday in the Park with George", "Into the Woods", "Assassins", and "Passion".  He also wrote the lyrics for "West Side Story" and "Gypsy".

Ben Wright (American actor): Ben Wright (born September 3, 1969) is best known for originating the role of "Jack" in the Tony Award-winning musical "Into the Woods".  Wright's professional acting career started with George C. Wolfe's Off-Broadway production of "Paradise" at Playwrights Horizons.  He then went on to originate leading roles on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's "Into The Woods" and the Tony nominated "State Fair", for which he received a Drama Desk Nomination.  He also created the role of Nanki Poo in Hot Mikado at the Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He has worked extensively with some of Broadway’s greatest talents, including Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine, Bernadette Peters, James Hammerstein, Paul Gemignani and Joanna Gleason.  Wright's feature film credits include the Academy Award winning "Born on the Fourth of July" with Tom Cruise as well as Penny Marshall's "Renaissance Man" with Danny DeVito.  Wright's television credits include starring opposite Judd Nelson in NBC's "" and the ABC drama series "Capital News" with Lloyd Bridges and Helen Slater.  Wright has performed at the Tony Awards two times and can be heard on several albums, including the original cast recording of State Fair and the Grammy Award winning recording of "Into the Woods".

Julie Atherton: Julie Atherton is a British actress, who is best known for her work on stage.  On 3 October 2009 she finished playing the roles of Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut in the West End production of "Avenue Q".  She released her debut album, "A Girl of Few Words," on 2 October 2006.  After signing with the Speckulation record label, she released her second album titled "No Space for Air" in the Summer of 2010.  She starred as Sister Mary Robert in the first UK tour of "Sister Act: The Musical" in 2011.  In 2013 she was featured as 'French Teacher' in the world premiere of the musical 'LIFT' by Craig Adams and Ian Watson, at the Soho Theatre.  This was followed in 2014 by the title role in 'Thérèse Raquin', again by Craig Adams with Book and Lyrics by Nona Shepphard.  After a sold out run at The Finborough Theatre the production transferred to Park Theatre in Finsbury Park.  Julie wrapped up a stellar year in 2014 with the release of her third album titled 'Rush of Life', with songs written for her by Craig Adams, Dougal Irvine, Lance Horne, George Maguire and Benedict.

Kate Buffery: Katharine Winifred Buffery (born 23 July 1957) is an English actress.  She is known for her numerous roles on British television, including the ITV drama series "Wish Me Luck" (1988-1990), BBC miniseries "Close Relations" (1998), Channel 5 legal drama "Wing and a Prayer" (1997-1999) and the ITV police drama "Trial and Retribution" (1997-2002).  Her stage work includes the 1983 original West End production of "Daisy Pulls it Off", which earned her an Olivier Award nomination.

List of roles and awards of Catherine Zeta-Jones: Catherine Zeta-Jones is a Welsh actress who, as of 2017, has appeared in 27 films, 8 television productions and 8 theatre productions, and is the recipient of 19 awards from 32 nominations.  Her first stage appearance was at the age of nine as one of the orphan girls in a West End production of the musical "Annie".  She also played the title role in another production of the musical at the Swansea Grand Theatre in 1981.  As a teenager, she played roles in the West End productions of "Bugsy Malone" and "The Pajama Game", following which she had her stage breakthrough with the lead role of a chorus girl-turned-star in a 1987 production of "42nd Street".

Joy Franz: Joy Franz (born June 13, 1941, Modesto, California) is an American actress and singer, best known for her stage work.  She played Susan in the original 1972 West End production of Stephen Sondheim's "Company", and the role of Cinderella's Stepmother in the original 1987 Broadway production of Sondheim's "Into the Woods".

Finishing the Hat: Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954–1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes is a book by American musical theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.  The book contains Sondheim's lyrics from his first professionally staged show, "Saturday Night" (1954) through "West Side Story", "", "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Anyone Can Whistle", "Do I Hear a Waltz? ", "Company", "Follies", "A Little Night Music", "The Frogs", "Pacific Overtures", "", and ending with "Merrily We Roll Along" (1981), stopping just short of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Sunday in the Park with George" (1984) which contains the song from which the title of the book is taken.

Nicholas Young (actor): He was trained at the Corona Stage School London and made his professional debut in 1964 playing a lead in the film "Eagle Rock".  He made numerous television appearances during the 1960s including featured roles in individual dramas and in series such as "Front Page Story", "Kate" and "The Flying Swan" as well as film roles in "The Haunted House of Horror" (1969), "The Day Of The Jackal" (1973), "Three for All" (1975), "Eskimo Nell" (1975), "It Could Happen to You" (1975), "Adventures of a Private Eye" (1977), "Home Before Midnight" (1979) and "S.O.S. Titanic" (1979).  His stage work included playing at the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh in 1966 and a leading role in the West End production of Alan Bennett's "40 Years On".

The Sondheim Review: The Sondheim Review is a quarterly magazine published in Chicago, United States, since 1994 and, per its tagline, is "Dedicated to the work of the Musical Theatre's foremost composer and lyricist," Stephen Sondheim.  It is edited by Cincinnati theatre critic Rick Pender, and its editorial board includes theatre columnist John Olson and drama critic Eric Grode.  Sondheim himself has written occasional short items for the magazine, although he is not formally connected with the magazine in any way.

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Answer: 1941