Company to Broadway??

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Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 5:29pm

Is there any chance the new version of Company will be coming to Broadway anytime soon?? I've heard the new version that's staged like Sweeney Todd is really good. I loved Sweeney and would love to see Company as well.

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#2

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 5:30pm

It's a liiiiittle bit too soon to say, no?

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#3

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 6:06pm

I think you are confusing Company with Sunday in the Park with George that is currently running in London.

#4

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 6:08pm

No, there's a revival of Company at a regional theatre in Cincinnati. It's being directed by John Doyle, who directed the current production of Sweeney, and he'll be using the concept of actors-as-musicians that he used in Sweeney.

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#5

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 6:12pm

A semi-staged Company was announced a few days ago. I think the chances of Doyle's coming to NYC are not so great at this point unfortunatley.

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#6

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 6:21pm

"I think the chances of Doyle's coming to NYC are not so great at this point unfortunatley."

Why? Sweeney has been a relative success both critically and popularly, I say that Doyle has a very good chance.

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#7

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 6:29pm

1. Because the NY Philharmonic just announced an upcoming semi-staged production.

2. The one-trick pony theory.

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#8

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 6:41pm

This is possibly a stupid question, but what does "semi-staged" entail? A cross between a concert version and full production?

#9

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 6:48pm

This has a slim to none chance of making it to broadway. I hate myself for saying it, but I believe it to be true.

#10

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 7:16pm

sweetestsiren, its gonna probably be like the Sweeney Todd in concert dvd. Dialogue with main emphasis on showcasing the songs and minimal prop usage, some pantomimes
Any Company can come on here! I'll take concert, Doyle production, Dean Jones can get his ass back here, I frankly don't care!

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#11

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 7:30pm

I heard some talk of a Sam Mendes/Roundabout production
with a certain Tony Winner in the lead.

#12

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 7:30pm

SS, "concert stagings" are kind of like the way the Actors' Fund shows are, or if you've ever seen any of City Center's Encores! shows. The orchestra will be on stage, most likely, and there'll be blocking and stuff, with minimal sets. So yeah, pretty much a cross.

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#13

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 7:34pm

Thanks for the info! That's what I was picturing, but I just wanted to be sure.

#14

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 7:40pm

Curtain, if you can't give actual information, just don't post at all, because it's not worth anyone's time to read incredibly vague and completely unsubstantiated rumors.

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#15

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:04pm

The Roundabout did a production of COMPANY no too long ago. It wasn't well received. I doubt that they'd be mounting another production of it so soon.

There is, however, good buzz that they are considering A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC for next season--and I got the info from a very reliable source.

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#16

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 8:25pm

Oh GOD! I'd loooove for that to come back. It hasn't been revived before right?

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#17

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 9:42pm

If it were to come back, I really think it should be done well meaning...
1) Restoring the FULL original orchestrations
2) Restoring the 1970 script and songs (Didn't care for "Marry Me a Little")
3) Elaborate set. "Company" is the kind of show that I think need to have that large, looming steel look to work. (It can work smaller though.)

#18

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 9:43pm

Marry Me a Little is supposedly in the Cincinnati production.

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#19

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 9:47pm

That hollow steel frame work represents fantasically the lonely, hollow feeling that the city can be known for and with Another 100 People it makes sense. The set gives off the cold, dissonant feeling that the show pulls from the city.
And it not only fits well with the show, but just is impressive IMO

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#20

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:08pm

I thought I did give some info
and unfortunately the Incredible
Boris Arronson is dead
What a set that was...

#21

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:13pm

It may be an unsubstantiated rumor (the Roundabout/Sam Mendes revival of his Donmar staging for Company rumor), but it is one that I've heard as well.

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#22

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/15/06 at 11:22pm

thanx smaxie
sorry orange
i did hear it from someone at the Roundabout

#23

re: Company to Broadway??

Posted: 2/16/06 at 12:30am

Company does benefits from an elaborate set because Stephen Sondheim wrote the score after meeting with the set designer and Hal Prince. The whole title number is about the set more than anything and like someone already said, "Another Hundred People" works a lot better with an elaborate set like the one from the original production.
Company was revived about 10 years ago in a not so great Roundabout production so I doubt they'll revive it again. This is an amazing show with a fabulous score but it needs a great director to work. I completely hate "Marry Me A Little" and I believe it's the worse Act I finale in any two-act Sondheim show, so they should take it out.