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Company | 
 enlarge | Director: John Doyle
Actor: Raul Esparza
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 2412
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Enhanced, Ntsc, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 132
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: ID4480EKDVD
UPC: 014381448023
EAN: 0014381448023
ASIN: B0014IC31G
Theatrical Release Date: February 20, 2008
Release Date: May 20, 2008
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Condition: Five Star Seller!!! New, factory sealed US Region 1 DVD. Item is 100% guaranteed not to be a bootleg or import. Item is shipped directly from our warehouse. Easy exchange if item defective or damaged in shipped.
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Product Description
"Winner of the 2007 Tony Award!Sweeping all the major theater awards for Best Revival of a Musical, a beloved era-defining classic is stunningly reinvented in this powerful Broadway production, featuring an explosive starring performance by Raul Esparza. Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, Company is a funny, sophisticated exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his single state and his enthusiastically married, slightly envious friends. With a wise and witty Stephen Sondheim score including ""Another Hundred People,"" ""Side by Side by Side,"" ""The Ladies Who Lunch"" and ""Being Alive,"" Company offers musical comedy at its finest."
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 company August 25, 2008
the dvd was in excellent condition....but the actual production was very amateur..not very entertaining....great show..bad production
 Astonishing "Company" August 16, 2008
I watched the PBS HD broadcast of this amazing production of Stephen Sondheim's Company with Raul Esparza, and when I saw that it was available on Blue-ray DiskCompany [Blu-ray], I knew I had to have it for my collection.
It Doesn't Get Better August 15, 2008
If you're looking for one word: genius.
If you're looking for a few more, however....
This is perhaps Stephen Sondheim's greatest work. Arguable, but certainly a matter of opinion. His lyrics are incomparable, and the tone of the music is conversational - perfectly suited to George Furth's casual-style book. The emotional release in Being Alive sends a timeless message, not only in context of the show, but outside it as well. Any composer or lyricist who can make a song apply so perfectly both inside and outside of a show is, without doubt, genius.
Now - the direction. Everyone has their opinion on John Doyle's actors doubling as musicians. In Sweeney I found it to be distasteful. Instead of that, however, it simply suits this style of show. It's all a concept show, and it all takes place in Robert's head. Robert's singing songs about marriage in his head, why would it be inconceivable for him to imagine his friends playing instruments in accompaniment to his musings? Not only does it make sense, it just works. The staging could almost not be better. The acting and singing is fantastic. I could ask for a little more as far as instrumentals - meaning better - but I won't.
The entire show, you feel the build. You feel this build in tension, and then you get a complete release of it all in Being Alive. Having just watched Passion, that is something you don't get from that show. Company is a complete release, a definite end to the story being told. But at the same time, the story does not end. Sondheim and Furth supply closure without closing. This is enhanced particularly by John Doyle's cut of the finale.
Lastly, Raul Esparza. No more words need to be said, but I'll say them anyway. His interpretation of Bobby is sublime. Unreal. The motif of the entire play is the theme of the opening number, and Raul captures that chaos in his acting. You can see that Bobby is in constant thought, and it puts you into his shoes - you start to see what he sees, in order to grasp what he might be thinking about. The way he is able to contain his voice in "Someone is Waiting" is perfect. There could not have been a better actor found, I think, to play Bobby in this revival.
Overall - near perfection on stage. The staging of Being Alive is the embodiment of theatre. I say it every time I watch it. I'm more and more captivated each time.
Broadway comes of age! August 15, 2008
Well, FINALLY!! An actual "Broadway" type performance captured on the modern entertainment medium of DVD!!
This is really not only a breakthrough in home entertainment but without doubt, the finest performance of a Stephen Sondheim classic it has ever been my pleasure to watch! It ranks with "Into the Woods" as a masterpiece in production values. Now, perhaps, Broadway will wake up to the fact that there are a vast number of us out here who can't ever hope to see an actual original performance of a show but who would be absolutely beside themselves to obtain these shows on DVD and applaud them in the confines of their own home. All it should take are a couple of cameras, a competent sound man and a professional director to transfer the show onto the digital media. And if the producers are worried it would result in fewer audiences attending the live performance, well then - wait until the FINAL NIGHT OF THE RUN and offer discounted prices to the live audience attending.
 Nothing Like Live Theatre August 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Live Theatre is chemistry between the audience and the actors
Very evident in this DVD.
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