Raúl Esparza in Sondheim's "Company" 06/07 revival on PBS

[5stringriot]

Raul Esparza is quite possibly one of the greatest stage performers of our era. I have no doubt that the revival of Company and especially the ending number "Being Alive" will be talked about for years to come and not easily forgotten.

[singingsammage]

Everyone in this production plays an instrument, except the actor who plays Joanne.

[pipesoflirael]

Joanne plays triangle, which technically classifies as an intstrument. Bobby only plays piano for part of one song, though, when he has his mental breakdown.

[bluebettle]

Let's not forget the kazoo!

[SpeakOut26]

He should have gotten best actor over David Hyde Pierce.

[Fabala2007]

I love this performance. I missed it when it was on PBS but bought it the second it became available on DVD. Exciting!

[banthonywhite]

You have to remember that he was trained as an actor, not a singer. For someone who falls under the role of an actor who can sing, I think he does an amazing job.

[ieatglue44]

I personally think this is his worst song in the production. I much prefer his Being Alive to Dean's. Although, I love watching Dean on the DVD...I don't like just listening to him though. It's weird.

[guitarmy039]

Not only is it cool to see the actors playing instruments, but they also double on quite a few. Amy plays horn in this and then in Side By Side By Side she plays trumpet (not the biggest jump, but still neat.) Also, April plays oboe in this and tuba in Side By Side By Side. Also, I'm not sure of the character's name, but one of the trumpet players plays trombone later on.

[kudos4kkms]

This was a lovely production.

[WeTubeCreationz]

I had no idea this was on pbs.

wth.

-is disappointed-

[Genevieve993]

Fantastic!!!

[mwp2paris]

Posting here and everywhere...saw this on Broadway and Raul was amazing...thank you to PBS.

[ieatglue44]

Oh man, Raul on that last note. What a guy.

[psychicbooty]

I loved this production. Watching this on PBS was amazing. It's a shame they don't do this for more Broadway shows (that aren't touring), for those of us that can't make it up to NYC.

[ieatglue44]

The only problem with that is that then less people go to New York to see shows. Don't get me wrong, I wish they could do this with more shows, but you gotta look at it from a perspective of business.