COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022- Page 6
COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Georgeanddot2
Featured Actor Joined: 2/20/20
#125COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 6/29/22 at 7:40am
Anyone heard anything about the J*sh Gr*ban S*****y T**d? I wonder if Company closing early will impact the future of any Sondheim revivals. I hope not.
#126COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 6/29/22 at 7:48am
He literally just repeated what we knew here, even with the same analysis and speculation ...
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#127COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 6/29/22 at 10:24am
Broadway Bob* said: "It basically just explains in a little detail the copyright issues keeping them from making a cast recording of the Broadway production. He does mention at the end that these issues wouldn't get in the way of a pro-shot video and, really, if we had a pro-shot, someone out there could do an audio rip and make a sort of cast recording! It would be the best of both worlds. No?"
This is exactly why I would prefer a proshot. You can listen to a proshot but you can't watch a cast recording.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#128COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 6/29/22 at 11:14am
binau said: "Not to sound old but for those that don’t use Tick Tock (lol) what does it say?"
I hope this doesn't read snarky, but did you click on the link? Because I don't have Tick Tock, either, but I could watch the video no problem. Worth watching if you can, though as others said, it's basically repeating what has already been said here.
notyouringenue
Swing Joined: 3/30/21
#129COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 6/30/22 at 5:05pm
Anyone attempt rush after the announcement? Booked a flight to NYC next week just so I can catch it! Wondering how early to arrive...
#130COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 6/30/22 at 5:07pm
I got to the box office Saturday around 12:30 and got a $79 rear orchestra ticket for the evening performance. The row behind me was almost completely empty. They had the $59 and $79 for both performances that day.
#131COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 6/30/22 at 5:50pm
Yes it was asking for a log in (sorry if this is boring chat all). I guess to say something that isn’t as boring - anyone guess how much this show costs to run? I’m not saying they chose to close prematurely. In fact maybe part of the problem on Broadway is people just keep trying to make it a thing when it can’t be a thing. BUT could they have held out a LITTLE longer???
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
inception
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
#132COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 6/30/22 at 7:25pm
According to troynow I'm the Bwy Real Estate thread, Almost Famous is taking the Jacobs theatre, with a September opening.
Someone did the math, and figured closing end of July is best. They'll probably sell well for final weeks, then give time for turnover.
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#133COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/1/22 at 8:18am
I’ve got a ticket to the closing performance up for sale, right mezz row E. I paid $112+ with the fees, but I’m just looking for the face value of $99. Originally I was gonna go alone, but plans changed a few days later and a friend wanted to go, so I bought another pair and have no use for the single ticket. DM me if you’d like the ticket!
Updated On: 7/1/22 at 08:18 AM
#134COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/1/22 at 9:07am
I saw it for a 6th time last night and it was nearly sold out from what I could see. Rapturous applause throughout, the cast was firing on all cylinders, and the show only gets better each time I see it. They’re going into their last month strong.
#135COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/1/22 at 10:36am
Gulp! the final 5 weeks - I will miss my visits to the bernard b jacobs theater...
I will miss this company doing 'Company', but I will miss my Bobby, Bubbi, Bobby, Bubbi. Bobby Conte most of all... 
#136COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/1/22 at 11:12am
This show is perfection! I’ve seen it multiple times and every time I find something new. The cast never disappoints and is always electric. If you haven’t seen it…don’t miss it. If you’ve seen before…see it again. We don’t get these gems very often. We’ll miss you, Company, but thank you for a joyous broadway return!
#137COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/1/22 at 4:21pm
CarlosAlberto said: "Gulp! the final 5 weeks -I will miss my visits to the bernard b jacobs theater...
I will miss this company doing 'Company', but I will miss my Bobby, Bubbi, Bobby, Bubbi. Bobby Conte most of all..."
Me too.
#138COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/1/22 at 4:29pm
ColorTheHours048 said: "I saw it for a 6th time last night and it was nearly sold out from what I could see. Rapturous applause throughout, the cast was firing on all cylinders, and the show only gets better each time I see it. They’re going into their last month strong."
Same here - I even LOVED IT more this time and LOVED it months ago! Cast was on fire and the audience very enthusiastic and loudly applauding throughout! Now, Katrina Lenk WOWOWOWOW - she sounded amazing and she's added these comic bits to her performance giving a whole other dimension to her Bobbie. Missed the rain effect during the Act 1 finale - Marry Me a Little. How and hell did she not get nominated for a TONY my husband said after I told him that she did not!? She's having a blast and her chemistry with the cast especially Patti is something not to miss and Patti is far more sexier now and just loves working the audience and the stage. She must have held the last note in Ladies Who Lunch for 15 seconds ...WOW!!!! Jennifer and Matt are funnier than ever and those Orchestrations - How did they not win the Tony? If you haven't seen Company don't miss it and if you saw it back last fall - GO AGAIN before it closes! Company is the best musical production on BWAY!
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
Updated On: 7/2/22 at 04:29 PM
#139COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/3/22 at 1:39am
I guess the lesser mask restrictions has forced some new staging changes with the show. The pre-show announcement is different and basically just references taking pics/filming etc. Actors are no longer coming thru the audience. The opening doesn’t feel that different actually and still works but the reprise of Poor Baby definitely doesn't land as well. It works fine but just isn't as effective. Basically instead of showing up in the aisles, the 2 Christophers now pop out of the bedroom doors and then continue as usual. I’m a little surprised the show didn’t just stick with the mask mandate and finish out the run that way. Also, there is now pre-show NY music. When did that happen? Oh and also…Katrina Lenk is a musical theater goddess. She is so damn good.
#140COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/3/22 at 10:14am
Pre show NY music??? What is that??
That’s too bad about the aisle entrances. I loved it.
#141COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/3/22 at 10:45am
ljay889 said: "Pre show NY music??? What is that??
That’s too bad about the aisle entrances. I loved it."
It’s just a playlist of music someone Bobbie’s age would listen to. Nothing show-related.
#142COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/3/22 at 10:50am
That’s a little strange for a Sondheim show. Wonder why they added it so late in the run?
#143COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/3/22 at 12:01pm
Saw this for the 5th time last night and I keep scratching my head at how they manage to improve on perfection. As it stands now, it's one of the most robust and fully investigated works of theatre I've ever seen. And Katrina Lenk's Being Alive last night was absolutely unbelievable -- a titanic piece of acting and singing that outdoes the entire rest of the evening. I was literally shaking from excitement on my way out of the theatre.
The tragedy of this production is that in 10 years people will see that it ran less time than a year and got a pan in the New York Times and they will assume it was a mediocre or unsuccessful production. I hope those of us who love this production won't give up spreading the good word about it years down the line. I certainly won't!
ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure
Featured Actor Joined: 2/13/22
#144COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/3/22 at 12:18pm
I think all the awards love this production got should stop the uninformed from looking back and thinking it was mediocre.
#145COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/3/22 at 12:26pm
I have no doubt this production will be legendary.
UrNotAMachine
Stand-by Joined: 2/17/15
#146COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/3/22 at 1:42pm
Synecdoche2 said: The tragedy of this production is that in 10 years people will see that it ran less time than the Doyle revival and got a pan in the New York Times and they will assume it was a mediocre or unsuccessful production. I hope those of us who love this production won't give up spreading the good word about it years down the line. I certainly won't!"
The good news is that this revival is actually set out to beat the Doyle revival in number of performances by 52 (according to wikipedia, at least)
UrNotAMachine
Stand-by Joined: 2/17/15
#147COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/3/22 at 1:51pm
I think what stings the most about this show closing is that this show felt to me like a production that could have broken through to the mainstream in a way that Sondheim revivals very seldom (never) do. "Company" may have the stigma of being a somewhat confusing/cynical show, but I really think this revival had an energy to it, and a sense of scale and, most of all, a sense of fun that many Sondheim detractors say is generally missing from his shows. It really bums me out that it never caught on with audiences, because I think it's as close to a "crowd-pleaser" you can make from a Sondheim show that isn't Sweeney Todd or West Side Story.
My guess is that they would have held on until Fall if they could have secured any of the big names they wanted to replace Patti and Katrina. And when that fell through they saw no point in hemorrhaging money any further.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#148COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/3/22 at 9:54pm
I was able to see the show twice this weekend (trying to get as many viewings in before it closes, and I don't live in NYC). It's such a shame we are losing this absolute gem of a show. The Saturday evening audience was particularly into it, with partial standing ovations after Not Getting Married, Ladies Who Lunch, and Being Alive.
In a way though, I am glad they are not going to have to replace this cast, because each and every one of them is absolutely perfect and I am happy to remember the show this way.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#149COMPANY To Close On July 31, 2022
Posted: 7/4/22 at 7:44am
Yeah, I agree, there is a sense of, If this show couldn't break through...
With all the attention with his passing, the interest in the gender swap, the contemporary setting and relevance, a legend like Patti LuPone, the Tonys (that maybe came too late).
It had been so long since we saw a full production of a Sondheim piece, without truncated sets or orchestra.
I had high hopes, too.
Maybe Groban can make Sweeney a commercial hit...
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