COMPANY - Closing Performance Stories- Page 7

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 2:49pm

Another little moment I noticed and loved was when Angel blew Raul a kiss after she she had left the stage during their first scene together. It was so small but adorable.

[violet72]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 3:03pm

I have to say making the snap decision to go see the closing was one of the smartest decisions that I have made...and thank goodness my work has not but telecharge in their surfcontrol system, because I would have talked myself out of it....who cares if I am poor the rest of the summer(thank god my birthday is in a couple days..hopefully family will send money)

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 3:10pm

I didn't take many, because I wanted to just enjoy the moment without getting too caught up in the photography. The ones I did take aren't great, because I wanted to get them quickly, but here they are anyway. My apologies for stretching the page.

Raúl's last bow:



Cast bows:

[violet72]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 3:23pm

these pictures are great

[StarUsher]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 3:26pm

I was there too. Every member of the cast was really in the zone. It was one of the most moving pieces of theater I have seen in some time. It's funny, have always enjoyed the music of Company and thought the show was really good when I saw it the first time but there was something about yesterday's performance that moved me more than I expected it to. I guess it was a combination of being a really emotional closing performace and me truly realizing recently that I am in the same position as Bobby, looking at all their happily paired friends and have them ask me the same questions and make the same comments they do. I have always thought the highest compliment someone in the theatrical field can say about a show is that it made them remember why they want to do theater and I know I walked away from this show remembering.

Posted: 7/2/07 at 3:28pm

thse photos are gorgeous; you can feel the love.

[Katecab99]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 3:46pm

Yay for them selling up to 83.7% in their last week. Too bad people couldn't have come out sooner to support it though.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 3:57pm

luvtheEmcee: Where were you sitting exactly when you took those pictures? It looks like the mezzanine. Just wondering because I want to show my mom the pics and convince her that the front mezz doesn't always have bad seats!

Also, when did Heather Laws have her baby?

Updated On: 7/2/07 at 03:57 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:01pm

Third row mezzanine, stage right aisle of the center section. Perfect view, especially for this show.

Updated On: 7/2/07 at 04:01 PM

[Katecab99]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:39pm

obsessedjb, i just noticed that you posted about angel and raul in that scene. too cute.

i also loved when raul extended his arm to elizabeth during "barcelona" and she stood up and kinda swung it back at him.

there were a lot of little subltleties that were really fun yesterday, but i noticed alot of them happening pretty often throughout most of the run. you could always really see and feel how close they all are and how much fun they were having every show.

i was also really surpised yesterday at how composed everyone was - i saw glimpses every once in a while of someone having a little moment, but they were all so professional (not that i'm suprised).

and great pictures everyone (one is the wallpaper on my computer at work now)! i'll post mine tonight when i get home.

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:42pm

and Em, you were absolutely right about the show being beautiful from the front mezz. As much as I loved the front box it was perfect from there. A couple of times I really felt like they were looking right at me, so selfish, but especially during Kelly and Raul's scene.

[Sondheim Geek]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:47pm

I was there... there's not much more to say, really. Sort of tried to curl into a ball and avoid civilization... but with the threat of being out of the loop on this board, I had to come back :)

I just wanted to.. I dunno... put myself on this thread.

I was really happy that the ushers weren't bitchy about taking photos at curtain call. They're usually such ball-busters about even having your cell phone out.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:47pm

I think Heather had her baby in October or November, not positive.

[GoSmileLaughCryClap]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:49pm

In Florence, Italy, a woman leapt from the Duomo clutching a picture of Raul Esparza and cursing clueless theatergoing tourists.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:49pm

I knew at the very beginning that that was where I wanted to be when I saw Bobby step into the light for the last time. At first I was bummed out that I couldn't see facial expressions as well as you can from the orchestra, but in the end, I know it was the right decision. My last memory of Bobby blowing out his candles is perfect.

[Katecab99]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:53pm

i never saw it from the mezz because i always got student tickets, which is why i'm really looking forward to the PBS recording. i feel like it'll be like seeing a different show.

[Fantabulous428]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:54pm

The lighting is absolutely gorgeous from above. I hadn't sat in the mezzanine for a while, and sitting there yesterday, I felt like I was seeing a different show. I had completely forgotten how different everything looks from that angle. Sitting in the front row, you would never know the people sitting in the mezz are seeing something so drastically different.

Updated On: 7/2/07 at 04:54 PM

[Ariella]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:02pm

Right - seeing the entire scope of the show is equally impressive.

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:25pm

Now do I go see Company in Australia when I'm there?

[misschung]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:27pm

I realized that I was holding my breath during Ladies Who Lunch, until that moron's cell phone went off. Then I held it again until Raul's ovation - I didnt even notice until afterwards. I will never forget seeing him blow out the candles for the last time, it was perfect.

I don't think anything compares with the performance after the Tonys, but this came pretty close. I loved all the little moments between the cast members throughout the entire show - they just have such an incredible chemistry that I'm going to miss so much. Katecabb, you're right - those little moments happened during all the other performances as well. That's why I'm so sad there won't be more

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:34pm

The performance after the Tonys was so powerful, I think, because it was normal one minute, but then totally explosive and completely unique the next. Yesterday didn't really have one singular high point like that; the entire performance was emotionally charged. I'm hesitant to use this word, because it has such a negative connotation, but there did sort of seem to be an anxious kind of tension in the room -- in the best way possible, though. It was this strange combination, I think, of sadness and excitement, that seemed to form the kind of appreciation the show deserved.

Updated On: 7/2/07 at 05:34 PM

[Sondheim Geek]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:40pm

I guess I was expecting yesterday to be amazing...that Tuesday I didn't know what I was in for. I don't know which performance I enjoy more, and I'm not even going to try to compare them....

None the less, it's more than scary that this is over. I just can’t stop thinking about the moment Raul stopped playing… I’ll never forget every minute, but that was the moment I really broke down.

God, I doubt the cast is even this f*cked up...

[misschung]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:43pm

Yeah, definitely. And actually I think that the excitement and anxiety was prevalent in the audience as well. Just things like the extensive applause at his entrance, after songs, after intermission, and before he even finished Being Alive - the audience just wanted to express their appreciation at every possible moment, it seemed. With a closing performance, that's expected, but the after Tony thing was just so spontaneous

[Sondheim Geek]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:50pm

This is entirely random, but has ANYONE on earth bought this?http://www.broadwaynewyork.com/Item.aspx?ItemId=34907">this? I didn't even see them selling it in the theater.

Personally, despite the whole Being Alive saga after the Tony performance, I think the best part was the "Must have been the apartment across the hall". When everyone started laughing, even Raul, there was this amazing connection established between the audience and the cast. I’m just glad I was there both performances.

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 7/2/07 at 5:53pm

Yeah Sondheim_Geek, when he stopped I broke down as well and then after that his voice seemed more powerful then I had ever heard before.