Doyle's COMPANY will transfer with full Cincinnati cast intact
Doyle's COMPANY will transfer with full Cincinnati cast intact
#0Doyle's COMPANY will transfer with full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 5:55pm
It's official. Here they come...
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/99743.html
AHH SO EXCITED.
Edited for mistake in the title. I was so excited that I couldn't write a proper sentence.
ihearttheatre
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/12/05
#1re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 5:56pmGreat news! I can't wait.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#2re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 5:58pmCan't wait. Raul's going to be great. I hope I get a chance to see it next summer.
#3re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 5:58pm
I'm excited. 
#4re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer with full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 5:59pm
I can't wait for more people to be able see Raúl do this. And, you know, to drool over the reviews.
#5re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer with full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:01pm
And to see it more times than you saw Chitty? 
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
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Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:01pm
"Doyle reset the action of the work in 2006 with characters dressed in very upscale, very urban black costumes."
So he modernized the show? How can this work be put in 2006 without acknowledging such things as the internet, HIV/AIDS, no smoking in bars (Joanne), etc.
#7re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:02pm
I'm really surprised they're bringing in all those Ohio actors. I know Raul was supposed to be great and Walsh, a mixed bag, but what of the rest of the cast? How were they?
TT
Johnnytoc
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/04
#8re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:04pmI'm very excited to see this!
#9re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:05pm
They don't reference a year; everything is very minimalized in an elegant, chic sort of way -- it's very clearly updated and taken out of the 70's, but it's not clear if it's just "updated" or "contemporary." There are a few things that are a bit awkward with regards to the book, like all of the pot-smoking and a few dated word references, but other than that, it's not an issue, really, because they've made it sort of timeless, whereas keeping it in the 70's would probably call complaints that it was dated. I don't think it's an issue that they don't acknowledge the internet, and other such things. You don't need it.
The cast is... they're wonderful, and the majority of them are New Yorkers, not Ohio natives. I thought Walsh, actually, was one of the only two that were expendable, the other being the actress who played April. Walsh was... less-than-perfect, and she and Raul didn't do anything for me in their scenes together. With regards to the other actress, whose name I'm blanking on right now, she just didn't have chemistry with him; I don't know who's to blame, or whatever, but it was just kind of blah. The rest of them are positively perfect, especially the women. I was on the fence about whether or not I agreed with one critic's assessment that this was the best performance of Raúl's career, because I had something else in mind, but he may be right. Genius.
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
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Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:07pmHow has it been reorchestrated? Sweeney was obviously redone, but it seems that Company relies so much on percussion and guitar/bass that it would be difficult to pull off without them. I'm really interested to hear/see it.
#11re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:08pmWay less trippy, not-so 70's, but not small or weak by any means. I like the new orchestrations better than the originals, for what it's worth -- though I've never heard the '95 revival recording -- and they're really beautiful.
#12re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:09pmOo so exciting!
FoscasBohemianDream
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
#13re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:12pmI was hoping for a more exciting choice for Joanne, I haven't seen Walsh but she has never appealed to me in her previous roles. I am just excited to see Raul Esparza returning to Broadway in such a great role, and perhaps we'll get a new cast recording of Company that's not as dismissable as the 1995 one.
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Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:13pm
If this doesn't get recorded... *shakes fist*
What might dictate that, though? The producers are the same as the ones for Sweeney; might that be indicative of whether or not there'll be a CD?
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Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:18pmAhh, Raul back on broadway where he belongs.
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#16re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:23pmI would hope as long as the drive and electricity of the original score is still intact that it will be fine. The revival lost all the spark of the original with it's reorchestration. It was really unfortunate.
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Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:48pm
So excited! Raul Esparza singing Being Alive... phenomenal.
Regarding the question about them being regional actors. To reinforce Em's statement, many of these performers have Broadway and off broadway credits.
Of course there is Raul, and Barbara Walsh, who was in Falsettos/Hairspray/Big/Blood Brothers. Others include:
-Fred Rose was in Cabaret and Phantom of the Opera.
-Keith Buterbaugh, also in Phantom and two off broadway shows
-Heather Laws, covered the Judy/Liza roles in Boy from Oz
-Leenya Rideout, ensemble of Cabaret.
I'm so looking forward to this! I also wouldn't mind them bringing the theater with them as well. Comfy seats and spacious.
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Posted: 5/17/06 at 6:49pm
s.w.e.e.t.
i'm SO excited!!!
#19re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 7:13pmI'm so excited!!!
To Kill A Mockingbird
#20re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 7:38pmTo add to Harpo's post, Heather Laws is also a Cabaret alum; for obvious reasons, there are several in the cast.
kristin3
Swing Joined: 3/21/06
#21re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 7:53pmThere are four Cabaret alum in the show.
ElphieDefiesGravity
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/27/04
#22re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 9:33pm
Oh, the excitement!
Wishes come true, not free.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#23re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 9:47pmWas there speculation that they would recast? Why ruin the perfect cast? To quote Doyle, how many people can play the French Horn and sing Getting Married Today?
#24re: Doyle's COMPANY will transfer will full Cincinnati cast intact
Posted: 5/17/06 at 9:50pmIt has imperfections, at least according to a lot of opinions, anyway. I think there was speculation they'd make a few changes, even though most of the indication -- especially in the past weeks when the press releases said offers went out to all -- was that they'd all stay.
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