COMPANY revival recording
COMPANY revival recording
#1COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 1:45pm
I really need a cast album of the (soon to be) current COMPANY revival. Could they possibly find a safe way record during the covid-downtime ?
Updated On: 3/24/20 at 01:45 PM
#2COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 1:50pm
I can't imagine Equity would allow the entire company and orchestra work at the minute. I also can't imagine the producers would want to part with the money it takes to record a cast recording right now - the priority is to have enough money to ride out the next few weeks and re-open when things get a bit better.
#3COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 2:06pmIf you really need it, then they should make it happen.
#4COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 2:26pm
...their priority right now is focusing on whether they can re-open at all, not spend more money.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#5COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 2:45pm
It's a fun thought, but not feasible whatsoever. As Kad said, their main focus is ensuring this production is able to return when Broadway reopens. Chris Harper (lead producer) has said multiple times on social media that they will be back, but obviously anything can change.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#6COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 2:47pm
This is about safety, not your own need for a cast album. Yuck.
#7COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 3:08pm
Sutton Ross said: "This is about safety, not your own need for a cast album. Yuck."
The OP specified the condition that it would be need to be done safely. Clearly that’s unlikely to be possible but come on what is this false outrage.
"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
#8COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 3:18pm
If the production doesn't end up opening––hopefully hopefully hopefully not the case––then I'd really hope they record it when safely able. It would be a shame not to have this almost entirely new cast and the updated orchestrations preserved...
#9COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 3:19pm
hak5 said: "I really need a cast album of the (soon to be) current COMPANY revival. Could they possibly find a safe way record during the covid-downtime ?"
Seriously? Are you not paying attention to what is happening around the world?
Just give the world Love.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#10COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 3:47pm
uncageg said: "hak5 said: "I really need a cast album of the (soon to be) current COMPANY revival. Could they possibly find a safe way record during the covid-downtime ?"
Seriously? Are you not paying attention to what is happening around the world?
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I just don't get it either. This issue has also brought out people's entitlements like I never imagined.
Yes, let's put dozens of people together in a studio right now. No one can go out, but let's all hang out to record a show that may not even open.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#12COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 4:26pm
PianoMann said: "If the production doesn't end up opening––hopefully hopefully hopefully not the case––then I'd really hope they record it when safely able. It would be a shame not to have this almost entirely new cast and the updated orchestrations preserved..."
This is one I would hope would reopen as currently cast, but I have no idea what it will add to the opening budget if performances don't start until June, July or August, as some have proposed as possible (not to mention how slowly it will be for box-office momentum to build). I would think that, if some cast members are unavailable, the only one who would both sell tickets and be pretty irreplaceable would be Patti Lupone. There has certainly been a lot of disagreement re Lenk's performance, and I am not sure how many tickets Lenk sells beyond the type of people on this board.
Replacements may not be as good as some of the people currently cast, but we all know that there are an incredible number of talented people out there who Coldplay the roles brilliantly, if given the opportunity.
I mention this because, other than possibly Lupone, this is not a situation like Va Woolf or The Hangmen, i.e., limited engagements with roles harder to replace if needed. It seems to me that it comes down to finances and Lupone.
fosterfan2
Broadway Star Joined: 8/7/11
#13COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 5:05pm
blaxx said: "uncageg said: "hak5 said: "I really need a cast album of the (soon to be) current COMPANY revival. Could they possibly find a safe way record during the covid-downtime ?"
Seriously? Are you not paying attention to what is happening around the world?
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I just don't get it either. This issue has also brought out people's entitlements like I never imagined.
Yes, let's put dozens of people together in a studio right now. No one can go out, but let's all hang out to record a show that may not even open."
Especially as one cast member has already tested positive for COVID-19. Although I'm a big fan of Katrina Lenk and would love to one day own a BCR of this show,it will definitely have to wait. Not a priority right now.
#14COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 5:15pm
If it remains closed and after the disease dies down, I hope all cancelled shows do cast albums. To give us a bit cheer.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#15COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 5:29pmConsidering most of those albums would be a further loss of $$,dont HD your breath.
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.
AlanB3
Stand-by Joined: 2/26/20
#16COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 5:33pm
I really don't see the value in pouncing on people's posts when it is so easy to be a bit more generous with a response:
"I'd love a cast recording too, but there really isn't a safe way to do that right now. Hopefully, we'll still get one in the future even if the show doesn't open."
Updated On: 3/24/20 at 05:33 PM
#17COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 7:48pm
The OP just made (I believe...) a comment meant to be a bit over the top to express their wanting to hear/see that show. I found it to be quite endearing actually, in a “well, I got nothing better to do” kind of way. It’s optimistic, and I like seeing it. The OP certainly doesn’t deserve anyone’s sanctimony.
While acknowledging that the request is an improbability, it certainly would cheer up many on this board if it came to fruition...me included.
#18COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 8:05pm
hak5 said: "I really need a cast album of the (soon to be) current COMPANY revival. Could they possibly find a safe way record during the covid-downtime ?"
we all want one but not till the virus is gone and probably won't get one till end of the year or next year-we are practicing social distancing here in NYC and pretty much shut down and no way to find a safe way as nobody is working (outside their home) unless you are an essential biz...btw, where do you live?
"Anything you do, let it it come from you--then it will be new."
Sunday in the Park with George
Updated On: 3/24/20 at 08:05 PM
BdwayLife
Stand-by Joined: 8/29/15
#19COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 8:56pm
ToitallyEffed said: "If you really need it, then they should make it happen."
Why are you so rude? I'm genuinely curious as to what motivates you to take the time to type a response like that.
#20COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 9:01pm
BdwayLife: I feel the same way. Same with all those who attacked this really innocent post. All this talk about "don't you know what's going on in this world!!!!" and yet these same people continue to be...rude. It's not difficult to be nice. We need that a lot more than usual.
#21COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 9:02pm
Matt Doyle reiterates multiple times here that he is very confident that Company will return. The producers are in for the long haul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8P0Hk3GikM
BdwayLife
Stand-by Joined: 8/29/15
#23COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 9:22pm
Play Esq. said: "BdwayLife: I feel the same way. Same with all those who attacked this really innocent post. All this talk about "don't you know what's going on in this world!!!!" and yet these same people continue to be...rude. It's not difficult to be nice. We need that a lot more than usual."
Thanks Play Esq. The OP was being hopeful, joyful, and I agree, there was an endearing quality to his/her plea. Sometimes I wonder if some people on here forget this is a theatre chat board.
In response to several threads created over this past week, these same people criticise their value, even shaming them for having hopes, disappointments, fantasies, etc. It's so demeaning.
Let a person express disappointment over their favorite show being cancelled, or trip cancelled, etc. People don't need to respond with "you're entitled, people are dying, loosing their jobs, etc."
We are all well-aware of what is happening in our world.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#24COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 9:37pm
No, we didn't forget we are on a chat board, but I think you did. People on chat boards come from all over the world, with different backgrounds, and all have different opinions on different things. We also express things differently and that's okay. I think it's a tone deaf post, you can think differently. And that's a beautiful thing.
If you are too sensitive, "triggered" or think our views are "bullying", feel free to go somewhere else.
#25COMPANY revival recording
Posted: 3/24/20 at 9:46pm
Sutton Ross:
I’m neither sensitive, triggered, or think what is occurring here is bullying, per se.
All that I’m trying to say, and I believe BdwayLife agrees, is that we can all just try to be less rude and express a little more niceties to people. Even if it’s just for now. A pretty simple idea that people from
all walks of life, from different backgrounds, and those with different opinions would probably all agree is the right thing to do.
I seriously don’t understand why this is so hard, but I’m sure you or someone else will explain that one to me.
