Great Performances: Company: A Musical Comedy (2007)

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   traistboar

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fhW00fU1uQ 3 years ago
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   Siskoid

   The Great Performances version of Company (2008) starring Raúl Esparza in the lead worried me at first. The sober cocktail wear, the deadpan Bobby, and the first couple's relationship being much more tense than what I was used to all made me think this would be a very caustic, cynical adaptation. But it fully won me over in short order. The conceit of having each character play an instrument and doubling as the orchestra is something I still can't wrap my head around in terms of casting and arrangements, an achievement unto itself (and actually adds another layer to Bobby's situation since he doesn't carry one). This is the most delightful version I've seen, musically. The dialog and lyrics are so crisply recorded, I'm hearing individual voices much more clearly, and hearing certain illuminating lines for the first time. Heather Laws is the fastest singing Amy I've ever seen and a total joy. It's all quite sharp, only sometimes cuttingly so, and while the minimalist staging I found sometimes a bit odd, this is one I'd be happy to revisit on occasion. 3 years 8 months ago

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