Nia, after seeing it, I think the chances are kind of slim,
especially while Sweeney is still running, because even though they've incorporated the actor-as-musician concept into the plot and the atmosphere of the show, it's just too similar. I don't think the lack of transfer that'll probably happen would have to do with the production not being good by any measure, but because of the similarity. I wouldn't even blame it on the fact that Company's "dated," because this production has made it pretty timeless, I think.
(Oh, and he looked like he was greatly enjoying the hardcore cymbal playing. He looked like a little boy, totally amused by how loud they were, crashing them over someone's head. And then he'd sort of dance around hitting it with a drumstick...brush... thing. I was in stitches.)
Namo, for you, next time I shall be more specific.
In response to the discussion about Company's structure, I don't think I meant incomplete the way it's apparently being taken; I don't mean that because it's non-linear -- that I was fine with. I think it just sort of somewhat randomly meanders around throughout these lives, and while it makes its point well, I felt like something was just not there -- the more I think about it, the thing I can best put my finger on is a
clear resolution for Bobby, though I definitely understand why it isn't that way.
ljay, the orchestrations don't sound
all that scaled-down, but they do sound smaller. They're certainly modernized, but like I said before, because the physicality of the production is not period, the music fits right with it. Simple, yet very elegant.
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