Who's seeing COMPANY tonight?- Page 2

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 5:08pm

I'll be there for the Saturday matinee and CANNOT wait! I think it's going to be epic. So excited about this!

[matonad44]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 5:13pm

I'll also be attending the Saturday matinee! SOOO excited!!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 5:43pm

Seeing it Friday. Peeing a little.

I expect all who go to applaud a little extra for me

I've got you covered, Emcee.

[GatorNY]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 6:46pm

I'm going to the matinee Saturday. Been listening to the revival from the mid nineties in anticipation.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 10:45pm

I hope we get some reports soon!

[mar97]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 10:48pm

Going Saturday night. Premium orchestra seats AND invited backstage after the performance. It doesn't get any better than this! It will be one of those "only in New York" nights.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 11:16pm

Going Friday night. Very excited.

Orchestra seats.
(Not as good as the ones I had for Ted/Kelli/Nathan, but those were ridiculously fabulous!)


I'll applaud for you, Em.
And, no, there won't be any 'links' from me, Jordan.

[MusicAndPassion]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 11:22pm

Quick report (more tomorrow):

Sat in Orchestra HH. Packed out, big haired lady in front of me.

Overall, I loved it! It's one of my favorite pieces of American Theatre, and Neil Patrick Harris has been an idol of mine for years. His Bobby is pure, curious and playful. He really brings a quality to the role that makes him a friend (its easy to see why and how his friends are concerned with him still being a bachelor). His charisma was remarkable, and made the audience fall in love and understand his Bobby.

Patti LuPone was perfection! An absolute delight as Joanne, and Ladies Who Lunch blew the roof of off AFH (in my opinion).

The final 20 minutes of monologues, Ladies Who Lunch, dialogue and Being Alive made this concert worth while.

The rest were fine. Katie Finneran flubbed (I believe) on a number of occasions.

Tick Tock was a delight.

The staging was simple and coherent (sometimes concerts are messy).

More tomorrow! I loved it, and am very glad I saw it. Also, Aaron Lazar needed to be in it more, because he has the best male voice in the cast by far!

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 11:25pm

What version of the book was it???

[thismyshow]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 11:40pm

how was colbert? also does anyone know is there a traditional stage door at NYP?

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 4/7/11 at 11:48pm

Going tomorrow, but on my way back home from the Met tonight, I bumped into an adorable gay couple on the subway who said Patti was divine but NPH was no Raul. They also enjoyed Finneran.


...for what it's worth.

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:02am

NPH was good but yeah no Raul. He spoke a lot of Being Alive which was interesting. Loved Patti. Too tired to write any more.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:07am

According to ATC, they aren't using the opening answering machine messages. ugh.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:08am

He spoke a lot of Being Alive which was interesting.

... hrm?

Thanks, PJ and Addy.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:09am

How was Anika Noni Rose?

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:11am

She was great! Her "Another Hundred People" was pretty fabulous.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:15am

Was Patti's big scene intense?
Updated On: 4/8/11 at 12:15 AM

[xoffender45]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:16am

I'm gonna disagree about Anika Noni Rose. I was underwhelmed by her Another Hundred People. To me, Katie Finneran definitely stole the show with her Not Getting Married Today. Also, Side By Side By Side was a highlight.

There were definitely no answering machine messages unfortunately

[Blockhead24]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:20am

I loved Katie's book scenes but I wasn't wowed by her "Getting Married Today"--I think it's because her pacing was a bit off.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:21am

Ugh, bummer about the answering machine.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:21am

I never liked the answering machine messages so am glad they left those out.

I'm sure everything will only improve by the weekend. Seeing it tomorrow and can't wait

[uncageg]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 12:41am

I love the answering machine messages.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 1:27am

this is being filmed correct?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 1:30am

Yes.

[viola13]

Posted: 4/8/11 at 2:26am

I had a wonderful time tonight; yes there were some flubs here and there, but I'm sure it'll just get stronger over the next three performances.

I personally LOVED NPH's Being Alive. He acted the crap out of it, imo. I didn't really notice that he spoke part of it...starting off he didn't really hold out the notes as much as later on, but it's more than speak-singing. (If this makes no sense, I am SO tired right now, so apologies)

Another standout for me that hasn't been mentioned was Chryssie Whitehead's park scene- I normally don't really care about Kathy, but she was heartbreaking in the scene.

One thing that was annoying was that the sound mix was pretty off up in the top tier. Had trouble hearing sometimes, hopefully that'll be fixed, if it can be.

Seeing it again on Saturday from the orchestra, so excited.