I'm impressed. Most producers try to keep it going for a month or two, under the delusion that a deus ex machina will suddenly show up and save the day. I commend the producers, who decided to go with reality instead.
And as for the two writers who created it, best of luck to you. You're really quite young, and even Sondheim didn't win a Tony award for Best Music till he was 40. Company, and the other times before that were just for his lyrics only.
By the way, did you know that the year of Company's original Broadway production, for the first and only time, the Tonys for Music and Lyrics were split into two categories? (and, Sondheim won both awards)
The fantastic podcast Broadway Bullet has a great free digital CD available [i.e. download-able MP3s], which is filled with the 21 best live, in-studio performances. And as a special bonus track is the studio recording of Broadway Abridged Live! - Wicked. If you haven't yet heard the live version of my spoof, do listen. I'm pretty proud of it.
To get it:
Log into www.broadwaybullet.com. If you've never registered, do so (Michael's a good guy, he wouldn't spam ya).
After you log in, you will see a button on the top right of the website that says "Offers".
Click on it to find the link to this CD, and check back often for other exclusive offers for registered Broadway Bullet users.
Note: Don't see the link to the CD? You may be using Firefox... try Internet Explorer. I let Michael Gilboe know, he's good at fixing that sort of thing pretty quickly.
Some of you have been wondering privately, "why hasn't Gil been abridging anything lately"? Some of you have been downright accusing me.
What I've been busy with is completing my first full-length non-musical play, "Time, et. al.", and I'd like to invite my faithful readersto come see a staged reading of it next month, where I'm thrilled to assume that you'll be just as crabby as you are in my blog comments, which is probably exactly what I deserve.
It's a 3-person science fiction play. Pretty typical: boy meets girl who's 85 years in the past, boy falls in love with girl, boy and girl defeat the odds, boy and girl learn that they weren't really all that compatible. I'd label it "Dramedy", but I think that's just a silly word.
I thought didhelikeit.com was pretty cute... You basically have little tiny cartoon Ben Brantleys showing shows and whether he liked... disliked... or was indifferent about a show.
Shame the real Brantley isn't anywhere near as adorable as this lil' guy!
