I caught this late night on pbs about 10 years ago. I was on shrooms and stumbled upon it right at the beginning. Watched the whole thing and was blown away!

Barbara Walsh's voice is to DIE for in this song....

Guy sure knew how to write a killer opening to a musical. :)

The best Bobby!!

Sondheim's over 80 now and won't be around forever, so you should appreciate him. Some day he will be considered the Mozart or Bach of the present time.

@chrishsmith451

Жыл бұрын

Yup

Good lord Raul is fucking amazing

God...this is so incredible. This was my first Broadway show, and I had no idea it would be this awesome.

@LupusMayoVampirKilla

3 жыл бұрын

You remind me of when I was 9 years old in 1970 and my older brother came home from a school trip to see the strange new play that had recently opened in New York... He was very enthused by it, and when I heard the original cast album, I sensed (as far as a 9 year old can "get" such things) that this was something very different from cornball school productions of "Hello, Dolly" and such I was familiar with. This was no Boy-Meets-Girl Happy Ending fluff, but a seriously deep (and deeply funny) look at the realities of singlehood and marriage. Any younger person watching this as their first theatrical experience I would expect to be immediately impressed, as I was, with the more profound possibilities of the musical genre and theatre in general.

my professor played this in my class called the history of the american musical. this was my favorite song from it. that was 2013 i believe

Right? I LIVE for 2:19 and 2:39 She makes "having people in Saturday night" sound like a once-in-a-lifetime event.

She's the reason I listen to this song!!! Ugh, I love her.

Love the "Company" song! And this musical!

this is why I love sondheim.

I've never seen this show, nor am I that familiar with it, but I love it already.

I only knew him from the Law and Order. Damn he's good!!!!

i love this song sm

@gh0st.gutz_

Жыл бұрын

mainly cause of raul, but the beat/tempo for the revival vs the og is a lot better

@EmiCru01 i totally agree about the instruments thing. i just watched this whole show last night... and kept thinking how i could turn it into a movie... and i kept thinking that the instruments would HAVE to stay! at first i was weirded out by it, but it just worked so well. this was a GREAT show though. very honest... but very very very FUNNY and GREAT SONGS!!!! i have a raging hard on for Sondheim now!

Thank for all the great Company clips you are very kind to me, have a nice weekend...Paulxx

This bobby reminds me of J Pierrepont Finch from _How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying_ , the original played by young Robert Morse during the 60s.

Thank you for the musical theatre posts.

gotta love Company :)

Ahhh thanks for posting this! It took me a while to find... couldn't figure out how to search for the song "Company" specifically rather than the musical _Company_ as a whole.

stupendo

check out Rauls Hallelujah....AMAZING

you can buy it on Amazon

totally agree. he had me at Ab (or A#?)

@oliverdelica2289

4 жыл бұрын

It's Ab

@mrjuly it's the very beginning of the show.

can anyone give me a reason to hate Sondheim's music? no? didn't think so... genius

@tommytimp

4 жыл бұрын

I can give you a lot about why I don't like this production, though.

@summer2543-

3 жыл бұрын

tommytimp What in particular do you not like about this particular production?

@chrishsmith451

Жыл бұрын

@@summer2543- some people don’t like the how the gimmick of the actors playing every instrument. As it limits staging and the scope of the Orchestra. Also the show leans into a less comedic tone than other productions. I love it tho

replay

@TedSmash hahah I have been in the exact same situation 3 times in the past month.

Late great Larry Kert made a great Bobby, too.

@tangotto817 I saw the director do the same thing with Sweeney Todd the year before. Instead of having an orchestra the cast plays the music. Worked out really chillingly in Sweeney Todd and I can see how it would bring more of a personal touch in Company. Not sure how many other musicals it would really work for though.

@tomshea8382

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think it works very well at all. Purely a cost-cutting measure. (Doyle admitted as much.) This number (and the whole score, especially most of "What Would We Do Without You") is lame as hell without the percussion.

ok am i the only one who sees this as a movie

My name is Bobby lololol

Not even the 2011 cast I love Neil but they werent as good they were great just not as great as this cast.

I do! It could be really great! But it could also turn out to be crap if done wrong, as with any adaptation... :/

Sometimes it's good life isn't a musical. It would drive me up a wall if I had a million people singing my name at me all at once >_

I think any old crowbar would do.

yeah but for some reason, the vibrato that would piss me off in any other actor just sounds like his character. I think it works, but only for him.

Sondheims best - but original cast cast be beat!

Love it. Love Esparza... but he can get a bit nasally sometimes.

Is that a question on whether or not it's an A flat or A sharp... it's flat if you wanted the clearification. If not then, nevermind! haha.

I've seen it done with the Sweeney Todd revival...honestly, it doesn't work with Company as well as it did with Sweeney...

My favorite musical but the actors playing the orchestrations is so gimmicky. Not a fan.

I know I’m in the minority, but I don’t like the instruments. I think it’s too much of a gimmick

God I hate John Doyle revivals, he just sucks all the life of the originals, his Sweeney and Pacific Overtures should be considered a crime

Really? I can't stand this cast at all. Give me Dean Jones on the OBC album or Neil Patrick Harris with the New York Philharmonic cast all the way!

@marmiteishere3483

5 жыл бұрын

Are you kidding me?

@enialb

5 жыл бұрын

Skyler Queen saying you prefer NPH over Raúl is like choosing three-year-old frozen pizza over a hot and fresh Chicago deep dish ok

@azvascos7542

Жыл бұрын

Raul's voice is so rich, I listen to his Being Alive all of the time, so powerful and emotional! This was an amazing cast. I really wanted to see the gender bent revival but my 17 year old daughter overrode that with her list of shows. Sondheim writes real life misicals like no other!