PBS to record COMPANY this Saturday?- Page 4
PBS to record COMPANY this Saturday?
#76Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 2:03amhttp://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967763.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
SondheimGeek: Is it slightly pathetic that you guys get to be Jedi bitches, and I'm Bitchy the Hutt?
LizzieCurry: No, you're more memorable
LizzieCurry: No, you're more memorable
#77Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 2:45am
Sondheim Geek, I was about to make a comment like that, but with the touchiness on these boards...:P
Still, it would be hard to imagine Raul in his Armani suit in the middle of Texas.
(I should go to sleep.)
"My muffin top is all that/whole grain and low-fat/I know you want a piece of that/But I just wanna dance!"
#79Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 2:58am
It's hard to get away with wearing that much black unless your in New York or going to a funeral.
Waaay too tired to care about touchiness.
Random - too early for tour Bobby speculation?
SondheimGeek: Is it slightly pathetic that you guys get to be Jedi bitches, and I'm Bitchy the Hutt?
LizzieCurry: No, you're more memorable
LizzieCurry: No, you're more memorable
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#81Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 3:28am
I'm so happy that there will be a recorded version of Company, I hope PBS will air it this summer and then release it on DVD asap. And if a tour happens that would be even better. But I agree with what someone said earlier, it would probably only do the major markets like SF, Chicago, and LA. Luckily I happen to live on one of these markets. I think someone mentioned in another thread that it was already on the roster for a tour booking agency. But I'll believe that a tour will happen when an offical press release comes out.
Link to said agency
Updated On: 6/28/07 at 03:28 AM
DrTheatre
Broadway Star Joined: 9/23/05
#82Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 4:06amMost likely if PBS does tape this, it probably wont air till the holiday times...too soon for them to air it this summer...the show just closed, why want to see it on TV...I have a feeling that if they air it, it will air like over the holiday pledge drive.
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You can have your say,
You can set you goals
And seize the day,
You've been given the freedom
To work your way
To the head of the line-
To the head of the line!"
---Stephen Sondheim
#83Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 8:08am
My biggest fear now is the editing.
I would hate to see it all chopped up, with camera shots jumping all around like an MTV video.
Hopefully it will be treated with the care and respect it deserves!
It will be the first time I've seen an OBC that has been captured on film! CAN'T WAIT! WOOHOO!
"To love another person is to see the face of God!"
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#84Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 8:37am
Again...everyone is getting too overly excited about this. Yes, they ARE filming both performances this coming Saturday but that's it. It hasn't been sold nor bought by anyone, not even PBS. The article clearly states that they are hoping PBS buys the recording to air on there, but it's not official, etc. This 'film' could sit on shelves for years if no one is interested.
PBS is NOT behind this filming, so it's not a 'PBS' production nor a Great Performances program. They are HOPING that PBS is interested and airs it as such, but until further notice -- all that's happening is that a private company is filming the 2 performances this Saturday.
Don't mean to sound like a naysayer 'cause I'm not -- I'll be the first one DVR-ing this and buying the DVD on release day...but things like 'not finding distribution' happens ALL the time. I just hope this filming/recording of COMPANY doesn't suffer that fate.
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#87Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 8:53am
"Again...everyone is getting too overly excited about this."
Thank goodness we have you to bring us back down.
<::lifts dress over head and spins::
Quick! Somebody get the Ritalin gun!
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
Updated On: 6/28/07 at 08:53 AM
#89Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 9:04am
Sondheim Geek--
Since the Clampett clan moved to Beverly Hills we've gotten pretty civilized here in Nowheresville, KY. Most of us now wear shoes and take baths more than once a week. I hear tell that some of the women are no longer barefoot and pregnant and actually have jobs. Many of us are now actually literate and know what an Armani suit is. Hell, some of the rich folks hereabouts actually wear designer clothes!
Sorry if this makes me "touchy" but those of us who live in these places are sick of the stereotypes. I live in Kentucky, have traveled to NYC to see "Company," and look forward to its broadcast and possible tour. We have many wonderful theatre companies locally that are well-supported by local residents. Louisville is getting "Sweeney Todd" on tour and it wouldn't surprise me if we got "Company."
Believe it or not, Sondheim has many fans in Nowheresville, KY. And need I remind you that "Company" originated at at theatre not too far from Nowhereseville, KY!
I felt your comment was uncalled for as it had little to do with the thread topic.
Updated On: 6/28/07 at 09:04 AM
#92Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 9:12am
.... am I supposed to take that personally?
And yes, the THEATER FANS in small towns are appreciatve of the tours. But the general public? Probably not as much. Most people probably could not care less.
#96Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:40am
Em - I agree with your earlier point that it is pretty ambitious to record two shows (with 9 or 10 cameras) without a deal pretty close to completion. That's just a reality of realizing that time is not on the side of waiting for i's to be dotted.
And just to add $.02 about non-NY theater-goers: I live in Raleigh. Yes, we have a lot of well-educated theater-goers here but the sad reality is that not every mid-major market can support a week of a show that isn't either family-friendly and/or a big name (i.e., a Phantom, Mamma Mia, Wicked - if we ever get that here - Spamalot, Disney, etc.). The theaters are usually pretty large and that's just the sad reality. Plus, the budgets for advertising usually just aren't there.
But regardless of all that -- yeah for being recorded!!!! Raul and Barbara were great in this and I'm glad that this production will be preserved for the public (since most of us will never get to see the archives)
"She sang each word, the angels heard ... They closed her mouth and shipped her south. The woman's done."
Updated On: 6/28/07 at 10:40 AM
Sondheim_Geek
Broadway Star Joined: 2/20/07
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#99Yes.
Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:51am
"Even if it isn't broadcasted on PBS, isn't it possible for another backer/publishing house to pick it up and send it straight to DVD?"
Yes. It can air on Bravo, it can air on HBO, Showtime, A&E, whatever. It can be released on DVD with no television airing. For the latter all they need is a distributer (and the channels I mentioned do their own DVD distributing).
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