COMPANY starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone will open March 22 - Page 45
COMPANY starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone will open March 22
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/17
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Posted: 2/28/20 at 11:31pm
NYfanfromCA said: "Thanks for posting these amazing pics, CT2NYC! Getting very excited for this show!"
Welcome! I figured it was appropriate to post them, in honor of the first preview!
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/17
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1101
Posted: 2/28/20 at 11:49pm
Double post
Updated On: 2/28/20 at 11:49 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/17
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Posted: 2/28/20 at 11:53pm
SouthernCakes said: "Can i get your ticket? Jk haha
But I feel like $60 for partial view means it can’t be that bad?"
Since the ends of row L of the orchestra and row D of the mezzanine are full-view, the least partial of the partials would likely be row K of the orchestra and row C of the mezzanine, obviously. In general, I think all the mezzanine partials would probably be the safest bets for a minimally obstructed view.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/28/13
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1103
Posted: 2/29/20 at 12:31amMan this is awesome. Hope it sticks around long enough for me to see it in December. I know groups are on sale until then, so fingers crossed!
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1104
Posted: 2/29/20 at 11:16amI was row A partial view for Betrayal and really didn’t miss too much. So might go for the Mezz and hope for the best!
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Posted: 2/29/20 at 12:33pm
Just got tickets for Wednesday night and can't wait! Got Row B front mezz, partial view. Judging from A View From My Seat and seatplan.com, the view isn't that bad.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/13
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Posted: 2/29/20 at 12:39pmYou all know they redesigned the set from London, right?
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Posted: 2/29/20 at 12:46pm
It's definitely going to be a different production from London, Marianne has said that since August. The basics of the set look very similar, but right now the biggest mystery is how the large title letters will be used.
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1108
Posted: 2/29/20 at 8:57pm
I hope someone gives feedback tonight on the boards, of course positive only...
I'm so freaking excited for Monday night.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1109
Posted: 2/29/20 at 9:01pm
ljay889 said: "It's definitely going to be a different production from London, Marianne has said that since August. The basics of the set look very similar, but right now the biggest mystery is how the large title letters will be used."
They're only used in one number
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1110
Posted: 2/29/20 at 10:05pmMy friend said it’s amazing but that’s it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1111
Posted: 3/3/20 at 7:37am
I will be recommending this to everyone (in addition to Come From Away). I love what this musical is. I've never seen a production before, let alone the first preview of a production of this show. I do have to admit it felt like some parts were a little slow? But that can be smoothed out during previews. I think by opening night this show will be in FANTASTIC shape. Buy your tickets ASAP because I predict a big hit!
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1112
Posted: 3/6/20 at 3:58pm
I didn't want to put this in the previews ahead, but Rosalie has finally opened up about not transferring with this.
"When Company arrived in the West End at Christmas in 2018, there was talk of Craig going to Broadway with it. Before the run finished last Easter, however, she had a “difficult conversation” with her great friend Elliott and Elliott’s producing partner, Chris Harper. They had to tell Craig that they couldn’t take her with them. It makes no sense, commercially or culturally, to take a relatively little-known British performer to New York to play a New York part in a New York show. Craig understood that, painful as it must have been."
“Last year was very much a year for me to grow up and learn about the business aspects of the industry,” Craig says. “Company was an amazing time, one that I will never, ever forget. It’s incredible that people get to see it in America, that’s wonderful, but I think in my naivety I thought that I would be going with it.”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-how-rosalie-craig-became-a-star-of-the-west-end-7ld0spzp9
As we expected at the time, this was pretty painful for her.
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1113
Posted: 3/6/20 at 4:07pm
ljay889 said: "I didn't want to put this in the previews ahead, but Rosalie has finally opened up about not transferring with this.
"WhenCompanyarrived in the West End at Christmas in 2018, there was talk of Craig going to Broadway with it. Before the run finished last Easter, however, she had a “difficult conversation” with her great friend Elliott and Elliott’s producing partner, Chris Harper. They had to tell Craig that they couldn’t take her with them. It makes no sense, commercially or culturally, to take a relatively little-known British performer to New York to play a New York part in a New York show. Craig understood that, painful as it must have been."
“Last year was very much a year for me to grow up and learn about the business aspects of the industry,” Craig says. “Companywas an amazing time, one that I will never, ever forget. It’s incredible that people get to see it in America, that’s wonderful, but I think in my naivety I thought that I would be going with it.”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/interview-how-rosalie-craig-became-a-star-of-the-west-end-7ld0spzp9
As we expected at the time, this was pretty painful for her."
IMO, Rosalie was wonderful. I prefer her interpretation to Katrina Lenk's portrayal. I do plan to make a return visit to the Broadway production after opening.
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Posted: 3/6/20 at 4:47pmFortunately Craig is already back on the London boards in City of Angels.
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Posted: 3/6/20 at 4:53pm
Craig's portrayal in London was also divisive. Let's not rewrite the narrative with Lenk's polarizing performance that Craig was universally loved in the part, and that because of that she was robbed of the chance to come to the states with it. There was also a very mixed opinion of Craig's understudy in London. People have complained about all three women who have played the role now (West End and Broadway) and I maintain some of this is because these people - despite their joy at this revival and excitement about the idea of seeing a female reinvention of the leading role - aren't fully buying the way that reinvention actually plays.
Updated On: 3/6/20 at 04:53 PM
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1116
Posted: 3/6/20 at 5:19pm
If Rosalie Craig was Bernadette Peters in 1997 and her understudy was Patina Miller instead of (sorry forgot her name), I personally don’t think I’d be complaining. Some People either ‘got it, or you ain’t’.
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1117
Posted: 3/6/20 at 5:20pm
Michael Bennett! How wonderful to so you round these parts!!!!
Can there also be another issue at play? Is it possible that the actual role of Bobby/Bobbie is divisive? I feel like there were divisions over Raul, NPH, Boyd Gaines and probably as far back as Dean Jones and Larry Kert.
Personally, I have some complicated feelings about the role being a cypher and BEING ALIVE not actually being justified in terms of character arc, but I love living with those thorny issues and watching actors grapple with them.
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Posted: 3/6/20 at 5:25pm
SonofRobbieJ said:
Can there also be another issue at play? Is it possible that the actual role of Bobby/Bobbie is divisive? "
I think this is exactly the case. Some newcomers to the show have been saying how they are surprised that Bobbie mostly observes and listens, etc. It's a confusing role, but I feel Marianne Elliot does a nice job at developing an arc for Bobbie, and she literally never leaves the stage in this production.
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1119
Posted: 3/6/20 at 5:34pm
My best friend saw it last night. He raved about it and then paused and said the only thing he wasn't crazy about was Lenk. He said she was good and he didn't have a problem with a woman playing the part, as it worked, but he just didn't feel she was the right choice. He said he thought it had to do with the songs themselves and a woman singing them. He said they seemed to be less powerful.
Could it be that these songs were written for male actors/voices and just don't have the same impact when sung by a female? So it may not be these three actresses performances but the material itself. (Does that make sense?)
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Posted: 3/6/20 at 5:59pmSorry to sound jaded, but context of a lot of these reviews are very "woman, but not this woman".
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1121
Posted: 3/6/20 at 6:00pm
I think it's an interesting point to bring up because I see Marry Me a Little as more "true" to a man's perspective, where traditionally men are portrayed more as the one to want a casual relationship without putting in the work to build the relationship. But I think Someone is Waiting almost works better for a woman who may be more of a romantic but also satisfied with her current life and just wants a partner who can love and respect her as much as her friends. I suppose in this sense Being Alive skews more male because it's overcoming the barrier in Marry Me a Little, but it really could go either way.
Of course these are pretty broad generalizations but it could be something that's a factor in how we see these songs portrayed when gender swapped. And since they were originally written for men, there will probably always be a bit of friction. But I think it's also exciting that the new portrayal is challenging the traditional gender stereotypes in love and marriage.
Joined: 12/31/69
Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!#1122
Posted: 3/6/20 at 6:48pm
qolbinau said: "If Rosalie Craig was Bernadette Peters in 1997 and her understudy was Patina Miller instead of (sorry forgot her name), I personally don’t think I’d be complaining. Some People either ‘got it, or you ain’t’."
Elliot seems to have deliberately eschewed traditional musical theatre belting in this part. And most of the big Broadway voices you can imagine were seen for the role when they cast the show for New York; clearly Elliot is specifically seeing (or rather hearing) the role of Bobbie in a certain way.
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