BWW Video Show Preview: COMPANY

[Craig]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:17am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=14106

[Color and Light]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:22am

Wonderful! Thanks a ton!

[WesternSky2]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:23am

Fabulous!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:25am

I was just about to go to bed. I'm apparently never going to catch up on the lost hours this week!

Off to watch...

[gumbo2]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:32am

Thank you! Great video...now I am just reliving what it was like seeing the show.

[moulinrougehk]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:33am

me too.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:34am

Poor Raul Esparza - why was he the only one in the cast who was shot from below - nobody looks good from that angle and he's the star...

I wonder if this production might actually be better on television than in the theatre. I wonder if would actually be considered for such a telecast...

I'm still not sold on this production, but I wouldn't mind my next apartment looking like that set...

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:34am

Some of the panned angles are a bit dizzying, and sort of disconcerting -- it wasn't meant to be seen from so close.

But, the clips are nonetheless beautiful.

[gumbo2]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:36am

Yeah the woman who plays April (I forget her name) has some pretty bizarre looks when she is really close to the camera.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:39am

I mentioned that yesterday. It's weird to see the panning. It was carefully staged to be seen in a specific way, so it kind of loses something with all the close-ups and angles.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:41am

I really appreciate seeing Being Alive from that close, for the sake of the facial expressions, but the parts where it's close up AND weaves throughout the cast is a bit much.

I'm so glad the karate and plate-licking clips got put in!

[blaxx]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:58am

I dare not speak until I see, but that video is not exactly exciting publicity IMHO.

[Craig]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 2:59am

I think it goes without saying that it's probably worth the price of admission just to hear Raul sing "Being Alive"...

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 3:04am

I think they all look great, especially Elizabeth and Raul!

[logan0215]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 3:45am

I love the cinematic feel of this preview and really cannot wait to see the show.

This cast looks amazing.

From seeing the production done at my school, and now from this preview, I do have to say that Sherie Rene Scott seems like she could have been a perfectly cast April. Her comic timing would have been amazing in the role. Alas, maybe in a future concert version she can play her.

Kaitlin Hopkins comes to mind as a great Joanne as well..

[EugLoven]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 3:50am

Effin' awesome video footage!
Effin' awesome-r "Being Alive"

[Shiksa Goddess2]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 3:51am

Anyone else dieing for a cast recording?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 5:32am

Elizabeth Stanley does resemble Sherie Rene Scott physically.
Stanley, Laws, and Walsh all sound quite good. It's nice to see Stanley playing the role more similar to the way Susan Browning sounds on the recording. I hope the show is running in February so I can get a chance to see it. I am not too keen on the funeral-atmosphere the production seems to give off though.

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 6:57am

Amazing!

[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 7:22am

What are the karate and plate-licking gestures all about? It looks strange.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 7:33am

That video renewed my interest in seeing this show. Sorry, but after reading the reviews, this went down my list of shows to see, but now...its back at the top :)

The cast looks great, and I would seriously go to this show just to see Barbra Walsh sing "The Ladies Who Lunch." She looks awesome!

[sunflower12063]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 8:16am

I saw them in Cincinnati and did not think I would want to see it again when it moved to Broadway. I was wrong.

Updated On: 12/1/06 at 08:16 AM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 9:00am

Phone rings, door chimes...

[moulinrougehk]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 9:37am

Maybe I have high expectation, I'm a little disapointed after watchng the preview, esp. the "What would we do without you" scene.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 12/1/06 at 9:46am

DIZZYING???? I thought the staging of the video was BEAUTIFUL!! GREAT direction/cinematography/whatever! It ADDED to the show, IMHO! I can definitely see this televised...and now just pan-shot with three cameras cutting in with close-ups. Just the way Craig shot it.

I'll DEFINITELY be seeing it on my December trip!! Judging by this video alone, it looks as if it works SO much better than SWEENEY TODD.