COMPANY: Signature Theater
COMPANY: Signature Theater
#1COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:06pm
Previews start tomorrow and I was curious if anyone is going. I have tickets for early June and am thrilled to see a full production of Company again!
I know Signature has a history of performing Sondheim, but I am pretty unfamiliar with the company. Anyone have anything to offer about this cast?
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#2COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/20/13 at 12:47pm
I am going in June too. Most of the cast are Signature regular players and 3 of the couples are couples in real life:
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Updated On: 5/20/13 at 12:47 PM
regnad kcin
Leading Actor Joined: 8/26/05
#2COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/20/13 at 1:02pmI'm going next Sunday. This is a very solid cast of mostly Signature regulars, and with Eric Schaeffer directing is a good bet to be excellent.
#3COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/20/13 at 1:34pmIs Sherri Edelen the only character actress in D.C.? Every time I read about a musical there with a role for an older woman, she's inevitably playing it. I've heard rumors she's playing Rose in Signature's GYPSY in the fall too.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#4COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/20/13 at 1:34pm
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Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 5/20/13 at 01:34 PM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
regnad kcin
Leading Actor Joined: 8/26/05
#5COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/20/13 at 1:43pmSherri Edelen is certainly the go-to choice for musical character parts at Signature. Donna Migliaccio used to get many such roles at Signature, but for whatever reason she has not for a while.
#6COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/20/13 at 10:26pmSorry, after seeing FOLLIES at Signature years ago (a total desecration), and the recent poorly-directed KC/Broadway revival, I've had just about enough of Mr. Schaefer. He's right up (there or down there) with Rob Ashford. Back to the bush leagues, boys!
regnad kcin
Leading Actor Joined: 8/26/05
#7COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/27/13 at 12:46pmThe consensus was that Eric Schaeffer did a terrific job with the recent production of Folllies, but reasonable persons can, of course, disagree. I thoroughly enjoyed Signature's production of Company. The cast, especially Matthew Scott, Sherrir Edelen, and Erin Weaver, were marvelous, and the staging worked nicely.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#8COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/28/13 at 1:52amWhat's the design like? Is the stage always in a thrust?
regnad kcin
Leading Actor Joined: 8/26/05
#9COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/28/13 at 10:20am
This photo gallery from Playbill http://www.playbill.com/multimedia/gallery/5278/A-First-Look-at-Signature-Theatres-Company-Starring-Matthew-Scott-as-Bobby/?pnum=1 shows it pretty well - certainly better than I can describe it.
#10COMPANY: Signature Theater
Posted: 5/29/13 at 10:06amI saw it last week and was surprised to say that for a show that I have previously not loved, I enjoyed it a lot. Erin Weaver nailed Not Getting Married Today and Matthew Scott turned in a good leading Bobby. The cast is solid. I think you'll enjoy it.
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