COMPANY Revival On Tour - News & Discussion Thread — Page 9

Also sorry for the typos, I’m on my phone and the app makes it near impossible to edit a post lol

bwayphreak234 said: "Is the orchestra still onstage?"

It is not.

Bobbie - Marina Kondo, Beth Stanford Laird

Joanne - CJ Greer, Emma Young

Jamie - Kenneth Quinney Francoeur, Christopher Henry Young

Sarah - CJ Greer, Elysia Jordan

David - Matthew Christian, Christopher DeAngeles

Paul - KQF, Matthew Christian

Peter - Christopher DeAngeles, CHY

Harry - Matthew Christian, Christopher DeAngeles

Susan - CJ Greer, Elysia Jordan

Jenny - Elysia Jordan, Beth Stafford Laird

Andy - KQF, CHY

PJ - Matthew Christian, KQF

Theo - Matthew Christian, CHY

n2nbaby said: “Matt Bitter needs a lot of work. His Broadway counterpart is as hilarious, and he just didn’t nail any of the humor.”

Matt Bittner is currently out of the show and will rejoin the tour later. You saw one of his understudies.

Based on this video of the bows, looks like it was Matthew Christian (that's who the poster tagged):


https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyJ8vrAutek/

Updated On: 7/9/25 at 05:24 AM

seaweedjstubbs said: "n2nbaby said: "seaweedjstubbs said: "n2nbaby said: “Matt Bitter needs a lot of work. His Broadway counterpart is as hilarious, and he just didn’t nail any of the humor.”

Matt Bittner is currently out of the show and will rejoin the tour later. You saw one of his understudies.

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If that was the case, there was no slip in the Playbill and I’m 99% sure the cast board was empty.

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Tours rarely if ever use slips to announce understudies, but it should’ve been on the board. Trust me on this one, you saw one of his understudies. Matt is a close friend of mine."

I don't think i have been to an equity touring production that hasn't used a slip to announce an understudy, and I have been to many.

n2nbaby said: "seaweedjstubbs said: "n2nbaby said: “Matt Bitter needs a lot of work. His Broadway counterpart is as hilarious, and he just didn’t nail any of the humor.”

Matt Bittner is currently out of the show and will rejoin the tour later. You saw one of his understudies.

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If that was the case, there was no slip in the Playbill and I’m 99% sure the cast board was empty.

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Will Blum posted on his Instagram that he'll be playing David through the Philly stop of the tour.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyO3LUYvgfH/

seaweedjstubbs said: "jimmycurry01 said:
I don't think i have been to an equity touring production that hasn't used a slip to announce an understudy, and I have been to many.
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Interesting! Maybe it’s a show by show thing? None of the tours that I’ve worked on used understudy slips, and I genuinely can’t remember getting an understudy slip in any of my Playbills from tours I’ve seen recently."


IIRC, the contract stipulates you must have 2 of the following 3 things:

1) House Board (at this performance the role of ____ will be played by ___)
2) announcement before the show
3) slip of paper in the Playbill

Most shows opt for 1 and 3. The actors prefer seeing their names in writing so it helps from a morale/company management perspective, and it minimizes the audience going "uggghhhhhhhh"/running for the door if an announcer says "tonight, the role usually played by Hugh Jackman will be played by Max Clayton."

Really excited to see this in Detroit next week. I loved it in New York. I'm seeing the first and final performances in Detroit and can't wait to see how the show evolves over those two weeks.

I believe many touring shows recently switched to a QR code in the Playbill that has the ins/outs listed on a webpage rather than doing slips. Not sure if Company is doing this, but would explain why there wasn't a slip, but clearly a different actor on stage.

In recent memory, I've gotten slips for Band's Visit, Hamilton, Moulin Rouge, Hadestown, Frozen, Wicked, and DEH. I saw Beetlejuice last night and we had no slip, but there was a QR code at the bottom of the cast page in the Playbill that led you to the current cast for the night.



I second the ask for information on the musicians!

n2nbaby said: "Got out of the first performance a bit ago. I personally think that this revival is one of the best productions I’ve ever seen, so I was super excited to see it again (for the fifth time).
As I said above, the set is almost entirely the same as it was on Broadway and the automation went off without a hitch. The only thing that was cut was anything that came through the floor (like the Alice in Wonderland bit). This stuff comes from the ceiling now. There is also a big present that opens up to a door and a tiny cake in act 2 that wasn’t there on Broadway.
Britney Coleman is very talented, but I don’t think Bobbie is exactly the role for her. She is in excellent voice, but she does kind of fade into the background.
Judy McLane was quite solid. She forgot the words to Ladies Who Lunch and stumbled over the second verse, and then stopped the orchestra. But other than that, she was very good. Jennifer Simard is still my favorite Joanne.
Tyler Hardwick was quite the fine. Their Another Hundred People was a highlight for me. Jacob Dickey, who I saw on Broadway as well, was very good and hilarious. I have also seen Kathryn Allison as Sarah before and she is very funny.
Matt Bitter needs a lot of work. His Broadway counterpart is as hilarious, and he just didn’t nail any of the humor.
All in all, it is a very well performed production and the set is as impressive as ever. It is missing something that made the Broadway production so special - but America is lucky to have this show touring all over the country."

I don’t think your quote about Britney fading into the background is unique to her. Every time I have seen Company in any iteration, I have felt that about that role. It feels as if Bobby/Bobbie is an observer, watching how others view him/her, until the realization about what they really want hits at the 11:00 number. I felt the same way when I saw Katrina do it on Broadway. Also, for all the actors, you saw the very first performance. I imagine they are all still finding their footing.