Company Reviews (and beyond)- Page 23

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/5/22 at 6:50pm

Thank you for sharing! So Archie and Benson's absences yesterday (and Benson Saturday) weren't Covid-related then. Makes me feel a little bit better about them making it through this week, since they're not really down to no one left who's available (and about trying to see it one more time this week! Was really worried...)

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/5/22 at 6:54pm

Appreciate it. Nice to see Etai & Terence back from there non-COVID absences. They just gotta stick it out through Friday.

[GiantsInTheSky2]

Posted: 4/5/22 at 8:41pm

Intermission update: You would never know that this was Britney’s Bobbie debut. She is so grounded, and lovely, and that voice! She’s stellar. I’m so grateful to have seen both Nikki and Britney. 
 

Rest of the cast is great (as always). Cute little line flub before the end of “Another Hundred People” when Britney went up on a line. I love this show, and that’s not the vodka stinger talking (am I trash or are these kinda good?)

[BroadwayRox3588]

Posted: 4/5/22 at 8:44pm

ACL2006 said: "Appreciate it. Nice to see Etai & Terence back from there non-COVID absences. They just gotta stick it out through Friday."

*their

(sorry, that just bothers me so much)

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 12:19am

I’ve just witness one of the best theaters night of my life. God bless Sondheim, Marianne, LuPone and this cast! What a dream!
 

Coleman’s debut was a 10 for me, this cast is insane!

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 1:44am

Heath Saunders made a cryptic post about going to see them Wednesday:

https://twitter.com/feeltheheath/status/1511524526672203778

When someone suggested they might be going on as Jamie, the only part they cover they haven't gone on for yet, they liked it.

Maybe we'll see multiple people in different parts?

Updated On: 4/6/22 at 01:44 AM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 6:19am

Please let Jeff go on as David today!!

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 8:23am

I just got a ticket for tonight through TodayTix (no fees, mercifully) and hoping that not-so-cryptic tweet of Heath’s indicates some fun understudy action. If seeing Jennifer Simard go on for Joanne taught me anything, it’s that this cast - principals, understudies, and swings - is stacked and any opportunity to see them get to have a little extra fun is worth the trip.

[hollebolle]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 9:22am

Heath confirmed on Twitter that they’re making their Jamie debut today!

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 11:53am

Curious who Javier is playing then unless he had a prescheduled absence for today?

[getatme]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 12:02pm

Javier will just be back in his track today. I think they're just giving Heath the chance to go on.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 12:54pm

Is anyone else back that was out last week, otherwise someone else is going on as Theo today? Or are they just shuffling around the u/s?

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 12:59pm

I think Katrina and Doyle will be back Saturday, any word for Sieber, Fitzgerald and Simmard?

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 1:28pm

ACL2006 said: "Is anyone else back that was out last week, otherwise someone else is going on as Theo today? Or are they just shuffling around the u/s?"

The only other Theo understudy (assuming Manu and Jacob still have Covid) is Jeff. It would be fun if they let him go on today...to prep for tomorrow and do the "I was meant to be a husband" scene opposite Nikki.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 2:22pm

Jeff Kready is Theo for both shows today. Matt Wall & Tally Sessions are both in the same role they've been doing. Javier, Nic and Anisha are New Yorkers.

 

Fitzgerald, Sieber, Doyle and Lenk should all be back on Saturday. Simard should be back next Tuesday. Jacob Dickey should be back on Sunday.

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 2:29pm

The pic Nikki posted of the two of them in Theo/Jenny costume is adorable...but if they don't have him go on opposite her tomorrow (after having him play opposite a different Bobbie), that's just silly.

[Bryce 2]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 4:13pm

Pretty impressive that Elder was able to avoid Covid despite his intimate scenes with Lenk

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 4:23pm

Bryce 2 said: "Pretty impressive that Elder was able to avoid Covid despite his intimate scenes with Lenk"

He had it in late December.

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 4/6/22 at 6:00pm

ACL2006 said: "Jeff Kready is Theo for both shows today. Matt Wall & Tally Sessions are both in the same role they've been doing. Javier, Nic and Anisha are New Yorkers.



Fitzgerald, Sieber, Doyle and Lenk should all be back on Saturday. Simard should be back next Tuesday. Jacob Dickey should be back on Sunday."

I will try rush for Saturday matinee, hope they principals are back, at least Lenk and Doyle. 

[Bill Snibson]

Posted: 4/7/22 at 2:10am

MemorableUserName said: "The pic Nikki posted of the two of them in Theo/Jenny costume is adorable...but if they don't have him go on opposite her tomorrow (after having him play opposite a different Bobbie), that's just silly."

Jeff and Paige were hired during the height of Omnicrom. Pretty sure they were/are there as extra coverage and used only on a “need be” basis. 

 

[Rudy2]

Posted: 4/7/22 at 2:57am

I got a digital rush ticket for tomorrow's performance, and I'm absolutely thrilled! I'm a little disappointed to not be seeing Nikki, but I'm glad to hear Britney is also terrific! What a cast this is! I want to see every possibly arrangement of them I can!

[Bill Snibson]

Posted: 4/7/22 at 4:04am

Rudy2 said: "I got a digital rush ticket for tomorrow's performance, and I'm absolutely thrilled! I'm a little disappointed to not be seeing Nikki, but I'm glad to hear Britney is also terrific! What a cast this is! I want to see every possibly arrangement of them I can!"

I believe Nikki is scheduled for Thursday and Friday. 

[Rudy2]

Posted: 4/7/22 at 4:11am

^^^ Oh, interesting. It sounds like I’ll see a great show either way. Fabulous. Thanks! 

[Bill Snibson]

Posted: 4/7/22 at 5:23am

I saw Nikki as Bobbie and she is phenomenal and sounds glorious. The understudies at Company are doing incredible work. You’d never know they weren't the original cast. Truly. Bravo to all the unsung heroes who are keeping these shows open. 

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 4/7/22 at 8:11am

I wish more shows would allow a regular rotation of understudies and swings like this, because last night’s performance was electric. It felt so fresh and nuanced and you would never know this was not the original cast if you weren’t familiar.

Starting from the top, Britney Coleman is exceptional as Bobbie. Warm, funny, flirty, but also a little messy. The voice is stunning. A truly wonderful performance, and she lends the show an extra charge of fun since her Bobbie is someone you genuinely want to be around.

Heath Saunders was so much fun as Jamie. Their mic was a little quiet during the patter parts of “Getting Married Today,” but they really made that scene - particularly the book scene - their own. It really felt like a theme of the whole night, that you could feel the actors listening more intently to each other and playing so many new shades than their regular counterparts. The Jamie/Paul/Bobbie scene at the end of act one was the best example of that: 3 great actors listening to each other and delivering the scene fresh.

I could praise literally every cast member on that stage. They’re all doing incredible work, and clearly having an absolute blast. The Jenny/David scene was charged in a new way with Matt Wall on as David, Kathryn Allison and Tally Sessions are hysterical in their opening scene, Patti and Terence have discovered so much meaning in their brief scene post-“Ladies Who Lunch” that I would watch an entire play just in that club with them, Virginia Woolf?-style.

Now is a great time to see Company or see it again. I can’t praise this production or the cast enough.

Updated On: 4/7/22 at 08:11 AM