COMPANY starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone will open March 22 - Page 38
COMPANY starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone will open March 22
magictodo123
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/18/19
#925Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 10:13am
ljay889 said: "Rehearsals are ready to begin!
Just confirming, for those who saw it in London, these new large block title letters are a new set piece right? It seems like they’re going to be prominent in the transfer.
https://twitter.com/companybway/status/1212387039833939974?s=21"
SO exciting!! Definitely one of the top shows I'm looking forward to this year!
#926Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 12:15pm
ljay889 said: "Rehearsals are ready to begin!
Just confirming, for those who saw it in London, these new large block title letters are a new set piece right? It seems like they’re going to be prominent in the transfer.
https://twitter.com/companybway/status/1212387039833939974?s=21"
The tweet and the new letters are getting some backlash from those that saw it in London. Curious how much is going to be changed?
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#927Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 12:39pm
Elliot said in August that it won’t be a replica of the London production. Also, designer Bunny Christie wrote on Instagram that she is inventing new ideas for Broadway.
I’m not surprised that this team is reworking the production.
#928Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 12:51pm
I only see one person complaining in response to that tweet.
Midnight Radio
Broadway Star Joined: 5/26/07
#929Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 1:08pmThe production design in London was nearly perfect. Not sure why they would change it
#930Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 1:22pm
Midnight Radio said: "The production design in London was nearly perfect. Not sure why they would change it"
Agreed! It was beautiful in London.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#931Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 2:16pmBacklash? Puh-lease. A changed set design isnt EVER going to effect ticket sales.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#932Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 5:12pmI wonder where/when/if these letters will be used?
"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
#933Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 5:21pmThey’re definitely being used. They were in Bunny Christie’s sketches that she posted on Instagram.
#934Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 6:54pm
Random prediction, what if they have actors pushing them on or around stage at random times or scene changes - letter by letter - something a bit ‘conceptual’. Then by the time ‘Being Alive’ is sung on stage they are all there (instead of the existing Company neon backdrop). I will admit that the stage always seemed a little bare for Being Alive. So it would help fill space and also help tie all the scenes together for Being Alive?
"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
#935Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 8:36pm
I agree, it’s definitely going to be conceptual. The sketch on Christie’s Instagram shows the letters scrambled/mixed up, which Like you said could happen in the beginning and they come together in order by the end when Bobbie makes her decision.
Updated On: 1/1/20 at 08:36 PM
#936Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 9:12pm
It's interesting how varied the productions of this show have been--it seems to me more so than anything else in the Sondheim canon, barring Merrily (also a Furth book), but the latter really is more related to changes in the script which then necessitate a change in the staging concept. Company has used (essentially) the same script in each production, but those productions vary enormously in terms of their staging concepts.
#937Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 9:22pm
Who else has noticed that from the letters in COMPANY you can spell NYC?
(Also COPAY, CAMPY and PONCY, but that's neither here nor there.)
#938Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 10:26pm
My wife and I just bought tickets to see this show, and I could not be more excited. I really enjoyed the London cast recording, adore Marianne Elliott's, and have been in love with Katrina Lenk since The Band's Visit. And need I even mention the inimitable Ms. Lupone?
All that being said, I can't help but think: that Marianne Elliott sure does love neon, huh?
#939Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 10:27pm
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
Updated On: 1/1/20 at 10:27 PM
#940Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/1/20 at 10:29pm
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#941Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 1:12pm
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#942Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 1:55pm
I wonder when they're going to announce the rest of the cast? Was there an ensemble in the London production or were they just used as understudies?
#943Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 2:08pmTheir Facebook just posted PJ’s look for this production, and its even worse than George Blagden’s look in London. What are they thinking?
#944Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 2:38pm
London cast had 14 as well
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
#945Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 5:23pm
Robbie2 said: "London cast had 14 as well
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The London cast also had 5 understudies, I wasn't sure if they did any ensemble work or not.
#946Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 6:32pm
ljay889 said: "I wonder when they're going to announce the rest of the cast? Was there an ensemble in the London production or were they just used as understudies?"
Company never had an ensemble. The original production had a "vocal minority" who also understudied various roles. No previous revivals have used the vocal minority.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#947Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 6:40pm
I know Company doesn’t have an ensemble, although the Philharmonic concert did, but that doesn’t really count.
I didn’t know if this production used any extra bodies for the wedding and club scenes or not.
copathetiic
Understudy Joined: 12/4/19
#948Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 6:54pm
ljay889 said: "I wonder when they're going to announce the rest of the cast? Was there an ensemble in the London production or were they just used as understudies?"
According to The Ensemblist, the show will not be employing an ensemble.
#949Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 6:57pmSo I guess the five understudies that haven’t been announced yet are basically standbys, they were listed as understudies in London.
