re: Scene in COMPANY

[mrsparker]

Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:34pm

Somehow I don't remember the homosexuality discussion scene between Peter and Robert being in the'95 Roundabout production or the Kennedy Center production with John Barrowman. Is it a new scene added for the Doyle version or is my memory just bad?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 11/6/06 at 12:41pm

It's not a new scene for the Doyle production; it's in my copy of the libretto, which is a few years old.

Updated On: 11/6/06 at 12:41 PM

[philcrosby]

Posted: 11/6/06 at 1:02pm

It was not in the original Broadway production. It was added for the Donmar revival, and is an option to use (as is MARRY ME A LITTLE). But I had heard Sondheim was not fond of the scene.

[NBC]

Posted: 11/6/06 at 1:17pm

It wasn't in the Roundabout production, either. Apparently the scene (or a scene like it) was in an early draft of the script. I think the first time it was put back in was the Donmar Warehouse production. (1996?)

[nobodyhome]

Posted: 11/6/06 at 1:37pm

Yes, the Donmar Warehouse production was the first production in which the scene appeared.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 11/6/06 at 1:40pm

The version of this scene that's in Doyle's production is slightly revised and, I think, a bit less ambiguous than the Donmar version.