Company

Madeline Kahn reprising her show stopping song "Getting Married Today" on PBS Great Performances.

"All but forgotten?" It just had a major revival in London AND on Broadway.

Elaine Stritch singing The Ladies Who Lunch

[quote] I love this musical, but seems all but forgotten.

????

It had a major Broadway revival just last year, and before that in 1995 (with Boyd Gaines) and 2006 (with Raul Esparza)

"And one for MAHLER!"

I loved Margaret O’Brien in this!

R6 Who?

'05

[quote]but seems all but forgotten.

Jimmy Swaggert did less revivals than this show.

This thread has to be a troll.

Was this at the Mr. Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre in Jupiter, Florida?

[quote] Madeline Kahn reprising her show stopping song "Getting Married Today"

When did Madeline play Amy before this performance?

Not a troll. I did not realize Company was as big as it was. A lot of people I know are not familiar with it.

R12 Madeline was the original Amy I thought

Fair enough, OP.

If you're never seen it, check out D.A. Pennebaker's cinema verite documentary on the recording of its cast album. I believe it's currently on the Criterion Channel and/or HBO Max.

The original cast concert in 2000 for the 30th Anniversary

19993; not 2000!

[quote] Madeline was the original Amy I thought

You thought wrong. Beth Howland originated the role.

I don’t think Madeline has ever played the part.

It's shockingly wrong that Beth Howland play Amy and Linda Lavin has not!

Beth Howland’s replacement was someone named Marian Hailey.

What a librarian name.

It’s the little things you post together..

[quote]Jimmy Swaggert did less revivals than this show.

Oh, dear!

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Did no one comment on the checked jacked and turtleneck in the original post? Didn't Bobby have friends to help him or give feedback on his fashion choices? Though the original male Bobbies did have nice chests in the "Barcelona" scene.

I posted in the Bway thread that when Stritchy is braying the ending it kind of sounds like, “Writhe! Writhe! Writhe! Writhe! Writhe! Writhe! Writhe!”

And one for OP!

jacket, that is

[quote]r9 Jimmy Swaggert did less revivals than this show.

[quote] R22 Oh, dear! fewer fewer fewer fewer fewer fewer fewer fewer

You should pick on people fewer!

[quote]Not a troll. I did not realize Company was as big as it was. A lot of people I know are not familiar with it.

Three Sure, Jans and a couple of Jessica Walter eye roll gifs, OP.

The recent London revival was probably the best version.

It's strange that Patti LuPone says that she had a hip replacement. She was never a dancer like Liza, so why would she need a hip replacement?

[quote]why would she need a hip replacement?

The original was worn down by the weight of the chip on her shoulder.

R29 Have you seen what she's lugging around?

Not only dancers have hip problems, r29...

Isn't it warm? Isn't it rosy?

r22 But you didn't bother to correct SWAGGART?

"Barcelona" by Dean Jones is one of my favorite Sondheim songs.

R23 A houndstooth check jacket with a turtleneck was very much of the era.

DD Ryan the costume designer was a well connected NY socialite with a rather fascinating career.. She knew what she was doing.

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The Hindi movie version from 2002 is one of the best Indian films I've ever seen.

[quote] It's strange that Patti LuPone says that she had a hip replacement. She was never a dancer like Liza, so why would she need a hip replacement?

No, it's not even slightly strange. You must not know many people over age fifty.

Plenty of people need hip replacements, especially after that age.

I'd love to get OP and r29 together so they can exchange sweeping generalizations based on their mutual ignorance.

"I'VE never heard of a city called 'Kuala Lumpur' before, so it must not exist!"

"Obviously, since I'VE never heard of it either!"

[quote]r36 DD Ryan the costume designer was a well connected NY socialite with a rather fascinating career.

What an odd career trajectory for hubs:

[italic] In 1954, she helped out with costumes for the Harold Arlen Broadway musical “House of Flowers,” for which Mr. Capote had written the book. She married the stage manager, John Barry Ryan III, the scion of a family of financiers and civic benefactors, who went on to be a general partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Company, the investment bank. They divorced in the 1980s. [/italic]

(from her obituary)

And speaking of loud sport coats with turtlenecks: Sondheim with DD in 1970.

What is your favorite song?

I like The Little Things You Do Together, Have I Got a Girl for You, Getting Married Today, Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You?, Poor Baby, Barcelona, and The Ladies Who Lunch.

Here's Jonathan Bailey accepting the award for best supporting actor for Company in 2019.

The cameraman thinks Bailey's boyfriend is actually Bailey when the nominees are grouped together on the screen. A modest amount of hilarity ensues.

This starts at 1:25 in the linked video.

Are Bailey and Oliver Jackson-Cohen dating?

Bailey's boyfriend in the video at r44 is James Ellis. Most sources on the Internet indicate that Johnathan is private about his personal life and hasn't confirmed that he is dating anyone. (Private, except when he was kissing Ellis on camera when he won that award.)

OP is not of legal age and has yet to leave Des Moines.

In a decade, he will look back at this post and chuckle at his youthful ignorance.

this is a spot on hilarious spoof

the soundtrack is amazing

[italic]WRITHE!

Move out of Podunk, toots. There's a thing called Broadway.

The cast really was spectacular