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#1

Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 4:53pm

Well, with A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Assassins, and The Frogs either on Broadway or coming to Broadway, I thought we should discuss another Sondheim gem: Company. I recently got the cd, and I love it! (I now have Sweeney, Assassins, Sunday, and Company on cd)

#2

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 4:55pm

The original cast recording of Company is one of my favorite Sondheim CDs. I love Another Hundred People and Beth Howland's Not Getting Married is tops! And then, of course, there is the incomporable Stritch. It's a real gem.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#3

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 4:59pm

Company wont be revived for awhile b/c the '95 revival didnt do so well...and they made some bad changes to the script for the revival.

Two examples: They made a reference to Prozac, which came around in the 90's and Company is very much a 70's piece. If you try to update the script all sorts of problems arise, like having to change April's occupation b/c in the '70's an airline stewardess was the icon of the sexual revolution.

Also they changed the lyrics in "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" from:

"I could understand a person if its not a persons bag
I could understand a person if the person was a fag"
to
"I could unserstand a person if he said to go away
I could understand a person if he happened to be gay"

WHY?? there was no point.

The revival made stupid chnages, but COMPANY is an awesome show with a spectacualr score.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#4

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 5:06pm

I love Company and I hope it comes back to Broadway soon. I don't know who I would cast as Bobby though...any thoughts?

"First up was Max who sang "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" [...] I haven't seen that big of a reaction to a stair descent since Audra left the attic in Ragtime." --Seth Rudetsky

#5

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 5:08pm

Though I'm not a big fan....John Barrowman would be great as Robert.

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#6

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 5:30pm

Barrowman was a terrific Bobby in the Kennedy Center Sondheim Festival's "Company" two summers ago.

I've also heard good things about Norm Lewis's Bobby -- incredible singer and actor

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#7

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 6:19pm

One of the people considered for the Kennedy Center Company was Hugh Jackman. I still think he'd make a great Bobby. Though John Barrowman, by all accounts, was quite good himself.

In any case, Company was my introduction to Sondheim, and holds a special place in my heart for that reason. I'd love to see a great professional staging of it some time.

#8

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 6:38pm

StickToPriest-I'd just like to say that I love all of your different icons. What's up next? Assassins?

#9

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 6:38pm

I really enjoyed this work but I know a number of people who found it "heartless" (their words not mine!)I think the trick is to play it as a real period piece, going slightly overboard on the seventies clothing to anchor it. Updates simply damage it. It is very much of its time.

Updated On: 6/24/04 at 06:38 PM

#10

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 6:39pm

Thankyou, sabrelady! Exactly!
And thanks gov!

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#11

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 7:26pm

CAMELOT was my first original Broadway cast recording (on vinyl), but COMPANY was my first Broadway show on stage. I guess it was the National Tour, I saw it at the Dade County Auditorium, oh so long ago. George Chikiris played Bobby.
I would love to see it again, on the Broadway stage.

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

#12

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 7:35pm

I never listened to the revival, but i loved the original! (I didn't see it i'm only 13) The songs are soooo good! I'm also getting into sunday in the park w/ george, follies, little night music, anyone can whistle (some older ones)

Bobby is my hobby and I'm givin' it up!

#13

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 9:04pm

I haven't seen the broadway production of Company, but I saw a few years ago, the spanish version... and I almost get sleep in the theatre. totally boring....

Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!

#14

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 9:10pm

Pol- I've got a question- Does your signature have to do with monty python and is your icon from young frankenstein? (if so you rock sox down 12 new york city block, if not then just ignore this post)

Bobby is my hobby and I'm givin' it up!

#15

re: Company

Posted: 6/21/04 at 9:15pm

You're right!
monty python + young frankenstein = that's me!

Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!

#16

re: Company

Posted: 6/22/04 at 1:53am

Are songs from Company and good for auditions?

#17

re: Company

Posted: 6/22/04 at 1:58am

Depending on your vocal range, "Being Alive" would be a good audition song.

"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"

#18

re: Company

Posted: 6/22/04 at 2:00am

Being Alive is WAY overused....WAY overused!

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#19

re: Company

Posted: 6/22/04 at 3:23am

As a reply to who could play Bobby.

I recently saw the Los Angeles Reprise! of "Company" with Christopher Sieber, and though he was excellent. He could definitely do it, I have no doubts. He may not seem like the kind of person of "Bobby", but he did a marvelous job.

Deet: Shira, I Love You!

#20

re: Company

Posted: 6/22/04 at 11:44am

I've been to hundreds of auditions and NEVER heard Being Alive being used. A lot of the old standards just aren't sung any more in favor of hip newer songs that are overused, like anything from Chess, Jekyll and Hyde, Scarlet Pimpernel or Rent.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#21

re: Company

Posted: 6/22/04 at 12:20pm

I don't think I've ever head 'Being Alive' at an audition either. Now at cabaret shows, that's another story.

#22

re: Company

Posted: 6/22/04 at 12:37pm

That's wierd, 'cause I hear it all the time at auditions... that and "Corner of the Sky"

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#23

re: Company

Posted: 6/22/04 at 8:33pm

Try "Another 100 People" instead also(maybe more) powerful as "Being Alive" for an auditon. And am I the only one who thinks "Barcelona" is a hoot?

"OH- Gawwwwwwwd!"

#24

re: Company

Posted: 6/22/04 at 8:43pm

Book your flights to Rochester NY, because in June 2005 the celebrated (and very Equity) Geva Theatre Center present's 'Company' on it's mainstage. It's sure to be a beautiful production.

Company
May 25 - June 26, 2005
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by George Furth; Directed by Mark Cuddy

Winner of the 1971 Tony Award for Best Musical, Company is a Sondheim classic, filled with sensational songs and biting comedy. It's Robert's 35th birthday, and all his married friends gather to wish him well - and persuade him to finally get married. Their example doesn't exactly instill him with confidence, however, as we follow Robert through comic encounters, love affairs and his search for the perfect mate. A cast of fourteen sing such Sondheim favorites as "You Could Drive a Person Crazy," "Another Hundred People," "Side by Side by Side," "The Ladies Who Lunch" and "Being Alive" in this season-ending musical romp.

Taken from:
the 2004-2005 Season Press Release

Hamlet's father.

Updated On: 6/22/04 at 08:43 PM

#25

re: Company

Posted: 6/22/04 at 8:53pm

Chris- you & the missus wanna join me on the"Breeze" for a little Rochester visit?

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