Annie Get Your Trombone
12/01/06 Filed in: Tommyrot
I'm
intrigued by the concept for "Company",
John Doyle's everybody-plays-an-instrument version
of the Sondheim classic, but I think it may not
work as well as it did for his "Sweeney Todd".
It did take a bit of getting used to, what with
Sweeney and Mrs Lovett stopping now and again to
fiddle, as it were, but "Sweeney Todd" is an over
the top piece that lends itself to wacky
interpretation. "Company", on the other hand, has
never struck me as a show that
needs wacky
interpretation. What it does need is a better book,
or a different take on the insufferable Bobby. Great
songs, though.
I hope the concept doesn't catch on. I do not want a revival of "The King and I" where Anna whips out her clarinet, say, or "South Pacific" where Nellie Forbush lugs around an Upright Bass.
At Amazon:
Company - A Musical Comedy (1970 Original Broadway Cast)
,
Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Revival Cast)
I hope the concept doesn't catch on. I do not want a revival of "The King and I" where Anna whips out her clarinet, say, or "South Pacific" where Nellie Forbush lugs around an Upright Bass.
At Amazon:
Company - A Musical Comedy (1970 Original Broadway Cast)
,
Sweeney Todd (2005 Broadway Revival Cast)
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