The Official Raúl E. Esparza "Spread the Love" Thread, part two — Page 82

I was just listening to TTB in the car with my mom, and do you guys ever notice that sometimes the ending of "Louder than Words" will be like it was in the show (just the Happy B-Day theme with one last piano cord) and sometimes it will actually finish the song with the word 'words'? I used to think I was crazy, but I swear I've heard it do both from the SAME CD. It's so weird.

Shiksa, there are two different versions of Louder than Words that are recorded. The one from the cast recording ends with "Happy Birthday," and I'm pretty sure the one where they say the final "words" was recorded to as a single.

Oh, that makes sense. Still, it's weird. Ugg, the photo place near me is having problems with it's one-hour photo machine, so I don't know when I'll have my picture with Raul . I am very impatient about this, lol.

I'll second that. His voice, it's so soothing, and he just fills me with peace. Sometimes you just need to crank up the volume and just let his talent fill your ears.

I think that (well, I hope!) people will realize that if Sweeney closes when Company comes in, Company's transfer probably isn't the only reason. The Sweeney contracts will be up around that time, I think, and -- I was just saying this on another thread -- re-casting is going to be a nightmare, which might mean they just close then. And Sweeney fans are Sondheim fans. Fans of that production are fans of Doyle's work. So they're gonna like Company too much to really give it a lot of backlash, I bet.

---

Better a small orchestra than just a bunch of synthesizers...

So, my friend found this picture of the real Phillip Sallon, which you all may have already seen, but I hadn't, so I thought I'd share. Also, a picture of the real Nicola, which is cool.