Neil Patrick Harris to Star in COMPANY w/ NY Phil April 2011- Page 3

[Gothampc]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 4:28pm

It's not "Company" without Tick Tock. They should find a dancer and have Donna McKechnie teach it to them.

I'd like to see Kristen Chenoweth do Amy.

And I call on Janus to work your magic to leave Marry Me A Little out of the show.

[pli1018]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 4:37pm

Very excited for this, regardless of the cast.

Have these sort of NYP concerts offered student prices in the past?

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 4:44pm

"It's not "Company" without Tick Tock. They should find a dancer and have Donna McKechnie teach it to them."

That's why I suggested Jessica Goldyn. Here she is performing The Music And The Mirror:
Goldyn

[Papacusco]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 5:05pm

Hello

I am a friend of Lincoln Center.
just called and they were not accepting this as a valid group.
They were only accepting Friends of the Philharmonic Are you a friend of the Philharmonic
If you used your Lincoln Center membership how did you get on line
I would love to buy tickets
Would you be willing to give me the code ?
thank you

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 5:17pm

After hearing him brilliantly sing Being Alive in Sondheim on Sondheim, Norm Lewis would have been my first choice, but I think Harris will be wonderful.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 5:41pm

I'm glad they took my advice.
Don't worry, he has the chops for it.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 5:50pm

I love NPH, but there's no way in hell he can sing the score. He won't be able so sustain the long notes in the middle and at the end of Being Alive. And Lupone was terrible on the birthday celebration, so I hope they get someone else. Also, can Julie White please play Amy? I feel like she'd be so good.

[callitquits]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 6:38pm

Julie White would have made a fantastic Amy, but she's almost twenty years too old now; Amy is thirty-one in the script, and she states her age at one point in the scene after "Not Getting Married". I'm praying for Laura Benanti...

[Overkill]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 6:39pm

NPH is going to be a brilliant Bobby. Maybe not as great as Raul, but still. He has plenty of experience to sing a Sondheim score. He's done Assassins, Sweeney Todd, Evening Primrose. He's got this. Plus, that charm. How can you not want to be friends with someone as charming as that?

I really didn't think Patti was horrible on the Sondheim brithday celebration. And I usually am not a Patti fan. But that was a performance of her's I didn't despise. I really think they should call on Christine Baranski for Joanne, though.

[esparza 333]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 6:41pm

WONDERFUL NEWS. Company deserves a full orchestra. Neil Patrick Harris will be absolutely terrific. Lonny is a wonderful director. Patti and Laura for Joanne and Amy sounds wonderful.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 6:43pm

Julie White would have made a fantastic Amy, but she's almost twenty years too old now; Amy is thirty-one in the script

First of all, this is a New York Philharmonic CONCERT version. It's not like she has to be exactly the right age. (Lupone is too old for Joanne, but that's not going to matter). Secondly, Julie White very easily could look 31 from stage at Avery Fisher. The audience is going to be so far away from her anyway. Benanti would be good as well though (though she could totally milk Barcelona for all it's worth as April).

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 6:51pm

I'd love to see Jess Goldyn take on "Tick Tock." She's definitely age appropriate (where she really wasn't for Cassie, although I did like her dancing).

And if they leave out "Tick Tock," then I'm not gonna pay too much attention.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 6:53pm

Do they say how old Joanne is in the script? I'm sure I could be forgetting, but I don't recall her being given an age.

I'd love to see Benanti, but I'd also like to see Veanne Cox reprise the role, since I was just a little too young to have seen her in the 1995 revival.

[Joey.]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 7:27pm

I think that Patti could really knock it out of the park as Joanne.

Also, I would LOVE to see Laura Benanti as Amy. :)

[madbrian]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 8:37pm

I think LuPone as Joanne is an awful idea, probably bad enough to keep me away from this. I don't know if Joanne has a specific age, but Stritch was 45, and Barbara Walsh was 51. LuPone is 61. Even putting the age aside for a concert, I hated her take on Ladies Who Lunch. LuPone is old enough to be Bobby's mother.

[Q]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 9:11pm

I love the way these threads all follow the same pattern . . . "PERFECT!", "AWFUL!", "I love it!", "I hate it!".

I'll just throw out more of the same.

If Neil can make me forget ever hearing the last Bobby on Broadway, he'll be a success in my mind. At least I'll be thankful.

I don't think LuPone should be allowed to work in theater, so I'd rather see anyone else. Ms. Williams sounds pretty perfect.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 9:36pm

I don't think LuPone should be allowed to work in theater, so I'd rather see anyone else.

This makes me laugh because not only do you not want her to play Joanne, you don't want her in theatre AT ALL.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 10:33pm

NPH is an inspired choice for marketing purposes. Not to be too blunt, but who aside from theatre geeks has heard of Patrick Wilson?

And here's hoping they give it the same semi-staged work they did for CANDIDE. It wont be Boris Aronson's set, but I can live with that... I think.

[darquegk]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 10:36pm

Patrick Wilson has a film career arguably more prominent than his stage one, with Watchmen in particular being a movie in which he had a lead and was completely removed from his theatrical roots.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 10:42pm

But he's not a *name*; that's the point. People within the industry know who he is, sure... but people within and outside the industry know immediately who and what NPH is: a draw.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/10/10 at 10:45pm

But the Philharmonic isn't trying to sell tickets to tourists who see shows based on names. Mostly New York theatergoers will be seeing this concert, and they surely know who Patrick Wilson is. He is a two time Tony nominee, and Golden Globe and Emmy nominee.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 12/11/10 at 12:24am

I really think they should call on Christine Baranski for Joanne, though.

Ooh, I like this idea! I wouldn't say no to Patti either though...I really don't get all the hate for her "Ladies Who Lunch" on the Sondheim celebration, I thought she did a great job.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/11/10 at 1:26am

I think her "Ladies Who Lunch" from the concert is incredible. Such a fresh interpretation of the song.

[binau]

Posted: 12/11/10 at 1:41am

...and FWIW didn't Sondheim say that her performance was basically the best thing of the night in an interview? I don't get the hate either.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 12/11/10 at 2:10am

Hmmm. I'm so torn by this. He certainly wouldn't have been my first choice for Bobby. But I think it will be an interesting take. I adored him in Assassins, his "Finishing the Hat" is lovely, but by far, my favorite of his Sondheim performances is "If You Can Find Me, I'm Here".