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Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#25
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:16pmBut he didn win. He still couldn't even be nominated?
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#26
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:28pm
I really hope they keep some of the straight couples. It seems pointless to me to "explore the issues of commitment in a fresh way" by just turning everyone gay.
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Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#27
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:39pmAnother revival of this?
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#28
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:42pm
But it's GAY.
And I really hope he does this with all his musicals.
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#29
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:45pm
If he were to play the role, he wouldn't be eligible again.
When Cabaret is on back Broadway, Alan Cumming won't be eligible for a Tony. That's the way it works.
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Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#30
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:46pm
"But it's GAY.
And I really hope he does this with all his musicals."
That would certainly be quite the magic spell on the Baker and his "Wife" at the end of Act 1 if he did that
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#31
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:47pm
I want to see:
"Into the Wood."
"Sweeney's Todd"
"A Little Night Club Music"
"Gayly We Roll Along"
"Sunday in the Dark With George"
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Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#32
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:49pm"In the Men's Room in the Park with George"
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#33
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:50pm
"Specific Overtures"
"Passion"
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Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#34
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:51pm
How about Back Side Story?
But Cumming win the Tony, Esparza didn't.
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#35
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:52pmBesty, you can't come up with anything for ASSassins? :P
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#37
Posted: 10/15/13 at 9:55pm
But Cumming win the Tony, Esparza didn't.
Doesn't matter. It doesn't even matter if you're nominated the first time.
If you're eligible once for playing a role, you can't be eligible for the same role again.
And ASS assin's doesn't need much help, does it?
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Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#38
Posted: 10/15/13 at 10:05pm
Can you really not be re-nominated for the same role? Even in an entirely different production, playing the part in an entirely different way?
I understand Alan Cumming not being eligible again, but if Raul were to play this revised Bobby I think it would be stupid to ignore him.
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#39
Posted: 10/15/13 at 10:07pmI agree it's stupid. I always just assumed that if that were to happen, then I course they'd be eligible.
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#40
Posted: 10/15/13 at 10:10pm
Evening Rimmed-rose
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#41
Posted: 10/15/13 at 10:19pmRaul wont be in this production so why are we even arguing about this!
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#42
Posted: 10/15/13 at 10:23pm
Because its wing used a an example to ask a question about Tony rules.
That ok with you?
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#43
Posted: 10/15/13 at 10:27pm
In the interests of clarity, (not that I ever doubt best12!), I just looked up the Tony rules and regulations on their website, and it only says if you've actually won before for repeating a role are you ineligible.
Also, in this case, Raul wouldn't be "repeating" a role, it would be a total re-interpretation.
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#44
Posted: 10/15/13 at 11:11pm
Dick Tracy
Flounce
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#45
Posted: 10/15/13 at 11:16pmomg you guys.
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#46
Posted: 10/15/13 at 11:20pmA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Forearm
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#47
Posted: 10/15/13 at 11:28pm
I wish them luck with this adaptation, but the Gaying of Company seems to be a Pandora's box, like the Spanishification of the Shark dialogue: once you make this gay, where do you stop?
If Bobby is gay, what is Marta? And what about her theory of the tight asshole. Is that all of a sudden sexual?
If Bobby is gay, what is April? And is he still going to Barcelona? (And what male name does he mix up with April if not "Ju-u-une"? Au-gust? No gay man is called "August" anymore.)
If Bobby is gay, does he still think about marrying Amy?
And what of all the girls' names in "Someone Is Waiting"? "A Susan-sort-of-Sarah, a Jenny-ish-Joanne..."
And what does Joanne (or is it just Joe now?) sing? "Here's to the gay boys who brunch?" Or does he still sing about the girls on the go? Or does he use "girls" and "ladies" as Queenish metaphors for guys?
And, please, spare me the Ladies Who Lunch scene in a dated gay "discotheque" like those horrible scenes in the American version of Queer As Folk.
And is Bobby gay in 1971? Or gay today?
And what the hell happens to "Have I Got a Girl for You"? Please tell me the men don't sing a song mistakenly thinking he's straight?
I do hope they let a man dance Tick Tock. There are several very eligible candidates out there...
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#48
Posted: 10/15/13 at 11:38pm
Completely agree, PalJoey.
I'm sure Sondheim must have some very clear ideas if he's actually onboard with this, but I'm really surprised to hear that he's doing it. It seems a little gimmicky for him...
Sondheim Working On A Revised (Gay) Version Of COMPANY#49
Posted: 10/16/13 at 12:08amThis is killing me. I wanted to mount a gay version of COMPANY in Los Angeles this year. AAAAAAAAAA!
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