COMPANY starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone will open March 22 - Page 39
COMPANY starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone will open March 22
#950Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 7:00pmI do wonder why there is such a mystery and hype around making changes for Broadway etc.... while I still maintain that NYC standards for musicals are higher than the West End I hope they aren’t going overboard over-engineering changes and that they still can maintain the spirit of the original ‘revisal’.
"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
copathetiic
Understudy Joined: 12/4/19
#951Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 7:04pmMy guess is they will have one or two of the main cast understudy Bobbie and then have a group of swings/standbys to cover the rest of the roles.
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#952Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 7:42pmI wonder if they are making the show “cheaper?” It seemed kind of tech heavy in London. And this seems to be smaller scale with actors pushing letters around?
#953Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 7:58pm
SouthernCakes said: "I wonder if they are making the show “cheaper?” It seemed kind of tech heavy in London. And this seems to be smaller scale with actors pushing letters around? "
Not sure, but we’re the actors pushing around letters, actually confirmed, I thought that was a guess on how the letters might be utilized. But, the photo Robbie2 posted, the Broadway cast is standing in front of the 3 door set, that looks like the one they used during “You Could Drive A Person Crazy” in London. So it seems some of the set is staying the same.
#954Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 8:04pmThey’ve posted a couple set models on social media, it looks like the same set to me. I think the letters are just an addition.
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#955Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 8:28pm
Just noticed the letters were on rollers.
theatregoer3
Broadway Star Joined: 3/8/13
#956Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/11/20 at 11:13pmThe set model that’s been posted looks exactly like the London production. The letters must be new additions.
SamanthaCH
Swing Joined: 7/3/18
#957Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/12/20 at 6:09am
The London production did have an ensemble. They appeared here and there: the Another Hunded People montage, the nightclub scene with Joanne, the Tick Tock sequence... The five of them took a bow at the end of the show.
In London they had an understudy for Andy, PJ and Theo; an understudy for Joanne and Sarah; an understudy for Paul, Peter and Jamie; an undestudy for David, Harry and Larry; and an understudy for Jenny and Susan. Jennifer Saayeng, who played Jenny, also covered Bobby. She went on quite a few times. I can see Nikki Renee Daniels and Rashidra Scott covering the role on Broadway.
#958Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/12/20 at 10:00am
SamanthaCH said: "The London production did have an ensemble. They appeared here and there: the Another Hunded People montage, the nightclub scene with Joanne, the Tick Tock sequence... The five of them took a bow at the end of the show.
In London they had an understudy for Andy, PJ and Theo; an understudy for Joanne and Sarah; an understudy for Paul, Peter and Jamie; an undestudy for David, Harry and Larry; and an understudy for Jenny and Susan. Jennifer Saayeng, who played Jenny, also covered Bobby. She went on quite a few times. I can see Nikki Renee Daniels and Rashidra Scott covering the role on Broadway."
Thank you! I knew I wasn’t crazy thinking that there might’ve been an ensemble in London. I didn’t see it in London, so I wasn’t totally sure.
trpguyy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
#959Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/12/20 at 10:14am
SouthernCakes said: "I wonder if they are making the show “cheaper?” It seemed kind of tech heavy in London. And this seems to be smaller scale with actors pushing letters around? "
What makes you think actors are pushing letters around?
#960Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/12/20 at 10:16pm
The Instagram Page posted a clip of 'You could Drive a Person Crazy' to their Story!
SouthernCakes
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/19
#961Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/12/20 at 10:17pmThey’re on rollers! At least in the pic.
#962Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/12/20 at 10:18pm
benfox2 said: "The Instagram Page posted a clip of 'You could Drive a Person Crazy' to their Story!"
The short clip sounds great! I can't wait to hear Katrina though.
#963Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/12/20 at 10:24pmI wonder what press event they’re rehearsing for? They sound great.
copathetiic
Understudy Joined: 12/4/19
#964Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/12/20 at 10:30pmI don’t know what press event in particular, but on one Instagram story they mentioned being in Omaha
trpguyy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
#966Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/13/20 at 6:52am
SouthernCakes said: "They’re on rollers! At least in the pic. "
Of course they are. How else do you expect them to be moved in, out, and around the rehearsal studio?
Zion24
Broadway Star Joined: 3/27/19
#967Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/13/20 at 3:24pm
their latest pictures on instagram include a number of understudies... i only recognize the voice-from-the-gods Anisha Nagarajan...
#968Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/13/20 at 3:26pmCan we assume Nikki Renee Daniels is coveting Bobbie? In London the actress that played Nikki's role also covered (and performed) Bobbie.
#969Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/13/20 at 5:24pm
If I had to guess, it'd be for a group sales event.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#970Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/13/20 at 6:15pm
https://twitter.com/companybway/status/1216785693386661890?s=21
Here’s the pic with the yet to be announced understudies, swings, ensemble, whatever they’re calling it.
Looks like some great diverse additions to the cast.
ElphabaGoodman
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/10
#971Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/13/20 at 6:24pm
ljay889 said: "https://twitter.com/companybway/status/1216785693386661890?s=21
Here’s the pic with the yet to be announced understudies, swings, ensemble, whatever they’re calling it.
Looks like some great diverse additions to the cast."
The female standbys are Kathryn Allison, Britney Coleman and Anisha Nagarajan.
#972Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/13/20 at 6:27pm
Thank you for the names!
I don’t see a Joanne aged understudy yet, maybe it hasn’t been cast yet? Maybe Simard is covering the role, which would be kind of odd?
#973Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/18/20 at 1:23pm
They’re already starting promote this as Friends meets Sex and the City, and I can’t blame them. I’ve said before that they need to tap into the Sex and the City audience.
Updated On: 1/18/20 at 01:23 PM
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#974Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY!
Posted: 1/18/20 at 2:15pm
ljay889 said: "They’re already starting promote this as Friends meets Sex in the City, and I can’t blame them. I’ve said before that they need to tap into the Sex and the City audience."
Is there a "Sex in the City audience"? The show ended 16 years ago!
