You Could Drive A Person Crazy - Company revival

Kelly Jeanne Grant, Angel Desai and Elizabeth Stanley sing "You Could Drive A Person Crazy" in the 2006 revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Company."

This video is an excerpt from the highly recommended 2008 PBS DVD "Company." The DVD is Region 1 only (US/Canada DVD players or worldwide PC DVD players).

In 2007, "Company" won Tony Awards for "Best Revival of a Musical" and "Best Direction of a Musical (John Doyle)." Raúl was nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. The original 1970 production was nominated for 12 Tony awards and won 6 of them.

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[mzdebbee]

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[BestArtsMusic]

I deleted the earlier comment that you reference.  I allow negative comments that are constructive, but it was rude and didn't even make sense.

[angrywiggler64]

"Bastard!"

"You goddamn cockroach!"

"Grow some balls, you son of a bitch!"

"DIE!!!"

that part had me on the floor. I love this adaptation. =]

[inconceivable008]

i just adore this musical...and dang it, i love david hyde pierce, but i have to say that i can't understand why raul didn't win this tony. silly.

[puppetmaker77]

As much as I love this version of the musical, which I DO, I like the original version of this song better. The saxophones are clever, but it loses that catchy cute sound that the vocal harmonies had.

[sacredlunatic]

@tayneshia I disagree, about the instruments. This show is already designed to be presented as a slightly surreal trip through Bobby's mind and memory. The added surrealism of the instruments is easy to accept.

In Sweeney Todd what I really want is to be totally caught up in the world that is being created and the instruments did nothing to further that. If anything they served to take me Out of the imagined world and make me more aware that I was in a theatre watching a play.

[GreysSuperFan1001]

This has got to be the most interesting staging of anything I've ever seen. The fact that the actors are playing the score as well is just brilliant!

[Trixblitzen]

Why is it that I feel pretty much exactly how these women describe Bobby...?

[tayneshia]

I was fortunate enough to be able to see both this production and the Sweeny Todd revival. I agree that the use of the instruments worked much more seamlessly in Sweeney Todd. This felt a little more forced, but it was a v ery poignant moment, indeed, when Bobby finally "joins the rest of the world" and plays and instrument himself during Raul Esparza's excellent rendition of "Being Alive".

[ggfanjase]

it's snappy and cute, I prefer it to the OBC TBH.

[omerific55]

@carriewhite410 i completely disagree. i think they utilize instruments in a really creative fashion in this revival. the instruments that each actor plays or .. doesn't play, for that matter, not only makes the show that much more entertaining, but gives you some insight to their character. for example, barbara walsh only playing the water glass. or raul esparza not playing an instrument until he sings "being alive." i think it makes the performance that much stronger.

[lifeisart37]

the saxophones are a nice touch. great rendition.