Sunday, February 4, 2007

28. "Company" by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth


My second trip to John Doyle's imaginative staging of the 70s era musical comedy of sexual manners was a treat, mostly because it was a special Actor's Fund performance, which means that the audience was highly enthusiastic and appreciatve. Raul Esparza never ceases to amaze me. His renditions of "Marry Me A Little" and "Being Alive" brought rounds of tears and his subdued, complacent Bobby made perfect sense. The ensemble has really tightened since the early preview I saw. Nevermind the Superbowl when there are moments like these.