Company Was Great

Just back from Company

Much to my surprise, it is a first rate revival. Esparza sang the hell out of the part. The set was just right. The entire cast was quite good. A few are not quite the greatest voacally but are adequate. It is head & shoulders over Apple Tree for revival. We shall see how it fares against 110 In The Shade

The staging by Doyle , at least for Company , was fine. I still cannot see every show done this way but it was very good here.

The house was a lot of TDF'ers & the last 2 or 3 rows in the orchestra were empty. We sat row M in the orchestra & saw fine

Go see it

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I was wrong & I readily admit it

Very glad we saw it.

I still like full orchestras though but seeing this would not stop me from seeing another staging like this. It would depend on the show

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At first I thought I was gonna open the thread up and get a big "April Fools". I am glad that you actually did enjoy it.

Just a question, who did you think was not as vocally strong? As much as I love the original cast recording, those vocals were far from perfect. I thought the vocal performances in this revival are actually pretty wonderful.

Anyway, I'm glad you liked the show.

I just saw the same performance and I have to agree. I was in row BB and wanted to just touch Raul. He was everything I expected.

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His "Being Alive" was great

Inserting "Marry Me A Little" where they did was a stroke of genius

I got it on TDF but you can get them discounted on Broadway Box
Discount good thru June 3 for $ 65 tops

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Updated On: 4/1/07 at 08:04 PM

I saw the original with Dean Jones

Raul has a tad better voice than did Mr Jones. I could see Cuccioli in the role & would love to hear his rendidtion of "Being Alive"r

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I think it's on the TKTS board fairly often, but in addition to that, the discounts, and the TDF performances, if you're a student, rush is $36.25 (front row and/or boxes). You can also buy rear mezzanine seats in advance for the same price.

This production choose where to insert Marry Me a Little; it's been used before, but I agree, it's a brilliant moment.

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Not saying that this is the status quo, but the last time I rushed there was no checking of the IDs. I wondered then if they had switched the policy to general rush. It might just have been an off day, though.

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Are you refering to the girl who played Marta? I felt like she could have been a little bit stronger.

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