Great Performances to Premiere New COMPANY Revival Documentary

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 1:15pm

Great Performances will present a documentary exploring the legacy of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical Company, part of the series' fifth "Broadway's Best" lineup.

Filmed over two years, the broadcast takes an inside look at Tony-winning director Marianne Elliott's creative process of bringing the reimagined gender-swapped production to Broadway during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a cast including Tony and Grammy winner Katrina Lenk and two-time Tony and two-time Grammy winner Patti LuPone.

Featuring rehearsal and performance footage, plus new interviews with Elliott, Lenk, LuPone, Sondheim, and members of the original 1970 cast, Great Performances: Keeping Companywith Sondheim (w.t.), a #PBSForTheArts program, premieres Friday, May 27, at 9 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings), pbs.org/broadwayonpbs and the PBS Video app.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/GREAT-PERFORMANCES-to-Premiere-New-COMPANY-Revival-Documentary-20220118

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 1:27pm

Exciting!

[ashley0139]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 1:30pm

This is so exciting, I can’t wait! 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 1:32pm

Looking forward to this.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 1:35pm

Wonderful!

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 1:58pm

COMPANY remains one of the most documented Broadway shows, perhaps matched only by Peter Pan, Annie, and Sweeney. Company has had Original Cast Album doc, filmed productions with Adrian Lester, Raul Esparza, and NPH, and now this doc. (and Documentary Now as a bonus!)

Looking forward to this, and hoping it will explore the aftermath of Sondheim's death.

Updated On: 1/18/22 at 01:58 PM

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 2:53pm

SWEENEY: Original Cast Album doc doesn’t exist!  

[Rudy2]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 2:59pm

How wonderful! It’s certainly an historic production, so this is welcome and warranted.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 3:08pm

Sucks we have to wait until May, but I'm so excited! 

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 3:53pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "SWEENEY: Original Cast Album doc doesn’t exist! "

Not what they were saying. They said Company "remains one of the most documented Broadway shows, perhaps matched only by Peter Pan, Annie, and Sweeney," and then proceeded to list the ways in which it was documented, including the Original Cast Album doc, etc.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 4:11pm

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "SWEENEY: Original Cast Album doc doesn’t exist! "

Not what they were saying. They said Company "remains one of the most documented Broadway shows, perhaps matched only by Peter Pan, Annie, and Sweeney," and then proceeded to list the ways in which it was documented, including the Original Cast Album doc, etc."


This is how it was written, yo.

COMPANY remains one of the most documented Broadway shows, perhaps matched only by Peter Pan, Annie, and Sweeney: Original Cast Album doc, filmed productions with Adrian Lester, Raul Esparza, and NPH, and now this doc. (and Documentary Now as a bonus!)

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 4:14pm

g.d.e.l.g.i. said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "SWEENEY: Original Cast Album doc doesn’t exist! "

Not what they were saying. They said Company "remains one of the most documented Broadway shows, perhaps matched only by Peter Pan, Annie, and Sweeney," and then proceeded to list the ways in which it was documented, including the Original Cast Album doc, etc."

thank u.

there SHOULD be a doc about the Sweeney cast album tho :)

I've fixed the original sentence. Quit nitpicking, BrodyFosse!

Updated On: 1/18/22 at 04:14 PM

[fosterfan2]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 5:21pm

CAN'T. WAIT. I needed some good news today.

[wewdie]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 6:38pm

I'm still holding out hope for a cast recording with this beautiful cast.  Fingers crossed.

[fosterfan2]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 8:26pm

wewdie said: "I'm still holding out hope for a cast recording with this beautiful cast. Fingers crossed."

So am I. That would be amazing!

 

[Miles2Go2]

Posted: 1/18/22 at 10:49pm

Did anyone watch Great Performances: Reopening - The Broadway Revival tonight? I thought it was beautiful, but it was weird and sad seeing all these shows that reopened only to close or are now struggling.