Wait. Not THAT Duncan Sheik?Damien wrote:Spring Awakening Music: Duncan Sheik
(God help us...)
--OscarGuy wrote:So, I was at Borders the other day and I saw both Grey Gardens and the new Company sitting in their abbreviated theatrical recording section (more than half the section was missing and I couldn't find the rest of it). I tried listening to both. They didn't have Grey Gardens loaded. Company was and I was completely underwhelmed. While there were parts that I enjoyed of Esparza's work, I thought the reworkings of three of the film's best pieces were incredibly annoying.
Another Hundred People just sounded silly. I don't know who the actress was, but her vocal work on the song was severely lacking.
They don't play the full songs, so I only got to the first male part of Getting Married Today and up to that part, I was completely unimpressed. The male vocal wasn't terribly good.
The grand finale of the show, Being Alive, really had a poor re-working, IMO. I thought the original arrangement was simply marvelous (though, I don't care for what Larry Kent did with it...Dean Jones was perfect for the song, IMO), but this one seemed a little too modernized for the feel of the song. It made it feel far less ballady than normal. I didn't get to the end, but I'm not sure I would have wanted to.
Overall, I was unimpressed with this version of Company (though I was surprised that at times Barbara Walsh sounded strikingly like Elaine Stritch whose performance of Ladies Who Lunch is just marvelous).
and I'm curious. When I was looking at IBDB, they showed musical instruments with the cast. Did they do with Company what they did to Sweeney Todd? How farkin' irritating...
FrostNixon is a lot of fun, and very entertaining, but there's not a whole lot to it (there's almost no subtext). I'm fascinated by Nixon, but the play told me little I hadn't already known. Frank Langella is wonderful, but Michael Sheen seems to be channeling Dudley Moore much more than David Frost.dws1982 wrote:Was Frost/Nixon any good, Damien?
--Penelope wrote:--Damien wrote:I haven't seen Journey's End yet, but definitely will before it closes.
Has the closing date been announced? I have this fantasy that I have enough money to fly to New York to see it.
Has the closing date been announced? I have this fantasy that I have enough money to fly to New York to see it.Damien wrote:I haven't seen Journey's End yet, but definitely will before it closes.