COMPANY starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone will open March 22 - Page 29
COMPANY starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone will open March 22
#700Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/2/19 at 5:59pm
Today is 6 months until the first preview!
Hamilfan2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/28/15
#701Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/3/19 at 3:52pmIt seems to be pretty much known at this point that Matt Doyle will be playing Jamie. Any other casting rumors?
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Posted: 9/3/19 at 7:02pmThere’s some speculation that Chris Sieber and Judy Mclane will be Harry and Sarah.
#703Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/3/19 at 7:08pm
Holy crap, the new promo video is cool as hell.
https://www.facebook.com/156781348447542/posts/485713128887694?sfns=mo
oldfriends
Chorus Member Joined: 2/10/18
#704Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/3/19 at 8:43pm
Hearing rumors that Ethan Slater will be in this!
#705Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/3/19 at 8:47pmThe only role Slater would be appropriate for is Theo, which is a small role.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
Steven A2
Chorus Member Joined: 8/31/19
#707Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/3/19 at 10:59pm
ljay889 said: "Holy crap, the new promo video is cool as hell.
https://www.facebook.com/156781348447542/posts/485713128887694?sfns=mo"
Genuinely curious, how is this cool as hell?
#708Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/3/19 at 11:25pm
CurtainPullDowner said: "Who is Theo?"
Kathy
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#710Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/4/19 at 2:43amI find it cool and kind of cinematic but I wonder if the tone is a little different than the actual show. Although I imagine that Katrina will give off more of that vibe (cool, underground, mysterious, sexy) than Craig (girl nextdoor, warm, loveable, cute).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#711Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/4/19 at 10:57pm
Group tickets are on sale now. The official site says they are on sale through 12/20/2020. It doesn’t appear that this will be sold as a limited run.
Updated On: 9/4/19 at 10:57 PM
#712Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/5/19 at 7:42amAmex tickets go on sale 10/3!
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Posted: 9/7/19 at 1:19pm
A little interview with Katrina Lenk from the opening night of Betrayal !
https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/company-broadway-katrina-lenk-patti-lupone.html
#714Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/7/19 at 1:52pmInteresting that she didn’t see the show in London and that she calls cast recordings soundtracks #thebatttleislost.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#715Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/7/19 at 1:56pm
qolbinau said: "Interesting that she didn’t see the show in London and that she calls cast recordings soundtracks #thebatttleislost. "
Why is it interesting that she didn’t travel to London to see a show while she was starring in a show on Broadway?
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#716Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/7/19 at 1:58pmWell, that might explain it 😂.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
luisacontini
Swing Joined: 7/30/19
#717Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/18/19 at 1:32pm
Heard that Claybourne Elder is Andy.
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Posted: 9/18/19 at 1:39pm
luisacontini said: "Heard that Claybourne Elder is Andy."
If this is true I'll be buying premium seats.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#720Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/18/19 at 1:56pm
Id say he certain fits the "Young hot stud who's shirtless" in this production. Ah, perfect!
luisacontini
Swing Joined: 7/30/19
#721Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/18/19 at 11:02pm
Also heard that Jennifer Simard is likely Sarah, which would be incredible if true!
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Posted: 9/18/19 at 11:37pmI wonder when we’ll get the full cast announcement.
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Posted: 9/18/19 at 11:51pm
ljay889 said: "All of the lyrical and book revisions were literally done by Sondheim himself, with guidance from Elliot. It’s not like some random hack did them."
Well, it wasn't his book to revise, but Furth is dead, so I guess someone had to. Agree with the comment above that Sondheim's revisions of his own work don't always go so well. I'm not crazy with the sanitized version of the lyric to "You Could Drive A Person Crazy" that's been used since the 90's. Yeah, the original is ugly, but the girls have had it up to hear with him. Why would they say something in a polite way to the man who's frustrating them so deeply?
I do think this is an interesting take on the material. One could argue whether the issues Bobby faces are equally true for both genders and therefore whether a female lead works as well, but any one character of whatever sex (or race, or religion, or sexuality) can feel anything, so artistic license. Would be nice if they'd hire singers for the pit like the original production had, as the songs always sound a little thin without them. (Isn't it odd that we never see those singers in the documentary on the cast recording--they are on the recording, but unlike the couples and Bobby, whoever sang in that chorus doesn't seem to be present, isn't on camera anyway).
Steven A2
Chorus Member Joined: 8/31/19
#724Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 9/19/19 at 12:58am
"One could argue whether the issues Bobby faces are equally true for both genders and therefore whether a female lead works as well"
Um, the pressure to be married at age 35 is far more relevant and common for a female than it is for a male. If anything this core plotline works better in this version.
