COMPANY starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone will open March 22

Woohoo!!!

https://www.companymusical.com

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Marianne-Elliot-COMPANY-Currently-In-Talks-For-Broadway-Transfer-20190627

https://twitter.com/bazbam/status/1144367828675551233?s=21

Updated On: 9/2/19 at 06:56 PM

CATSNYrevival said: "I’d want to see it for Patti but I think I’d have a hard time with the changes and ultimately leave more irritated than entertained."

Same here.

The Broadway is way too bug. The Longacre is apparently taken. The Booth & the Golden are too small(IMO). I could see this fitting in nicely into the Jacobs.

Jordan Catalano said: "To be fair, Sondheim isn’t always great at making changes to his stuff. For the most part, I liked this COMPANY but there definitely are parts that in my opinion didn’t work at all. So hopefully they can fix it."

That is absolutely true. The changes he made to 'Merrily We Roll Along' and 'Into the Woods' after their initial Broadway runs hurt more than they helped. Still, I'd like to see a new production of 'Company' on Broadway. Maybe it would help erase the memory of that godawful production of John Doyle's "everybody-plays-an-instrument" version in 2006.

I heard a rumor a while back that they were eyeing the Jacobs.

I too saw this amazing production in London, and yes even though i was thoroughly enraptured with all gender changes made, i saw it the very first week it started its limited engagement and thought a couple of the numbers didn't work...for various reason including the cast, which i thought in some places, were not strong enough actors...but in talking to others who saw this production later in its run, it seems they worked out a lot of those kinks...IMHO Johnny Bailey has to make the crossing to be on Broadway...enough said!

Oh one more thing, i would cross the US to see this again on Broadway...Patti shines brighter than ever as Joanne...there, now enough said!

I was just going to post that a transfer of the original London cast as did the FERRYMAN limited run with A New York cast take over after that. With possibly Stephanie J. taking over the lead,

I don't understand people asking if Patti will "come over" with the show. She lives here, a block away from me as a matter of fact.

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Also worth noting that she also did Sunset Boulevard in London and then didn't do it in NY.

I know those were entirely different circumstances, and also it's not fair to compare her experience on Company to experience in Sunset. I'm not really making a point one way or the other, I think it's intriguing that if she doesn't reprise her role in Company, it will be the 3rd time she has played a role in London and not come back to play it when it transferred to Broadway. Which is obviously an unusual situation for a New York-based actor.