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Riedel: "Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007"
#50re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:19pmMatt Castle? He was such a sweetheart.
#51re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:19pm
YAY MORE PICTURES!
http://cincyplay.com/gallery/company_gallery2.php
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#52re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:30pmWas that his name, em?
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#53re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:31pmI think so. Piano player/guy-who-hit-on-Bobby?
#54re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:51pmhttp://www.playbill.com/news/article/98627.html
#55re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:59pm
Love the new avatar, Em. 
#56re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 12:59pm
TonyTonyTonyTony.
#57re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:00pm
But.. I did want to see the Philharmonic production which would've had the original amazing orchestrations, and most likely would've included TICK TOCK - with a wonderful Broadway triple threat.
The only reason Tick Tock was included in Company in the first place was to show off Donna McKechnie's skills. There's no reason why it HAS to be in Company, it does nothing to progress the plot. The only thing I can really imagine it doing for a production is making Kathy's role bigger.
On the other hand, this is the first production in awhile to use Marry Me A Little, so I think it's a tradeoff for the best.
I mean, I wouldn't kick him off of my grand piano.
Thank you. He does look really good in that suit.
I want to be excited, but I don't want to jinx it. *bites nails anxiously, waiting for more news*
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Wanting life but never knowing how
Updated On: 3/22/06 at 01:00 PM
Wanting life but never knowing how
#58re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:03pm
I'm getting excited, even though I still don't fully agree with taking it off of the thrust stage. I mean, how can I NOT be psyched? I just don't want to be let down if it doesn't happen.
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#59re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:33pm
Yes, Orange.
TICK TOCK was obviously for the amazing Donna. It doesn't really do all that much for the plot. Kathy just dances in place of showing Bobby and April having sex.
Also it is some fantastic orchestrations.
Charlotte d'Amboise also danced TICK TOCK.
I also think it adds more depth to Kathy. And it adds some more juice to act 2.
The first revival had both TICK TOCK and MARRY ME A LITTLE. So I think the only reason TICK TOCK is cut nowadays, because it saves them from having to cast an amazing triple threat in the role of Kathy.
Updated On: 3/22/06 at 01:33 PM
#60re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:34pm
Wait. I am so confused.
And this is potentially stupid, but why isn't the dance sequence Bobby and April, if they're having sex? On the CD, you hear them talking, so I think I just assumed that's what it was.
So. Perplexed.
#61re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:37pmWith "Tick Tock" included, wouldn't the actress playing Kathy technically have to be a quadruple threat? It's probably good that Doyle's productions aren't heavy on the dancing-- that's too much to ask of anyone in addition to acting, singing and playing multiple musical instruments. That's not even considering whether it would work in this production.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#62re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:37pmCareful, Em. Combine all of Riedel's news and what do you get- a Tony standoff between Esparza and a certain Really Big Star. (Who, in fact, would probably be the best choice for "stunt casting" Bobby if they decided to go that way.) That would be a helluva race, in any case.
#63re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:38pm
Well on the OBC liner notes, it says Kathy dances in lieu of seeing Bobby and April having sex.
I wish I could see how was it staged, and I really want to know what the choreography was like.
#64re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:40pm
Plum, then we'd really have to break out the foam swords.
Really Big Star already has his Tony. 
I saw an excerpt from some version of the script (whichever is published) and there are stage directions for Bobby and April going to bed and starting to make love, which I guess is in addition to the Tick Tock sequence. hmmm.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#65re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:42pm
Yep, I'm just saying it's a bit soon to be making assumptions on any side.
(I have a friend who adores both of them- I think I might have to counsel him through this if it happens. :P)
#66re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:43pm
No assumptions, just drooling fangirl hope.
TWO pints of ice cream if he loses again.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#67re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:46pmTie! And they make an acceptance speech together. That sound you'll hear will be the sound of fangirls (and boys) exploding with joy.
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#68re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:46pmBobby should not be recast. I think that Raul is the perfect Bobby! Perfect, I tells ya!
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
#69re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:47pmIn all of his cymbal-crashing, high-kicking glory.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#70re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:49pmI loved the cymbals. Hell, I loved it all. I wanted to make sweet love to the cast as a whole for their amazingness.
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#71re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:50pm
Hee.
Here's how I'll think of it- I've seen great productions of 2 of my 5 all-time Sondheim favorites. This will be number 3. Well, if it happens.
Updated On: 3/22/06 at 01:50 PM
#72re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:53pmWhat were the two? Sweeney Todd and--?
#73re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:55pmThe cymbals. just. win.
#74re: Riedel: Expect Company to open on Broadway 2006-2007
Posted: 3/22/06 at 1:57pm
sweetestsiren, I thought the same thing about Kathy. Singing, acting, dancing AND playing an instrument is excessive. Even Donna McKechnie and Charlotte d'Amboise probably couldn't handle that.
I've mentioned this before, but if it does open next season, it will be up against A Chorus Line for best revival. And I'm sorry, not even casting Raul as Bobby and Adam Pascal as Peter to discuss their homosexual experiences together would make me pick Company over ACL.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Updated On: 3/22/06 at 01:57 PM
Wanting life but never knowing how
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