Being Alive - Company OBC, 1970 - Dean Jones
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Uploaded by BestArtsSondheim on Dec 17, 2008
Disney film star Dean Jones ("Love Bug")gave a brilliant performance of "Being Alive" in Sondheim's 1970 original production of "Company." Then two weeks into the run, he dropped out due to marital problems.
Jones was replaced by Larry Kert, famous for originating the role of Tony in "West Side Story." Kert received a "Best Actor" nomination for "Company" and his performance of "Being Alive" was added as a bonus track to the cast album when it was reissued in 1998.
This excerpt is from the highly recommended Region 1 DVD "Company: Original Cast Album" of the 1970 recording session. See more 1970 excerpts at
http://www.theBestArts.com/CompanyOBC/
For videos from the 2006 revival, see
http://www.theBestArts.com/CompanyRevival/
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3 people are dead...
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this song always makes me cry
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This has to be one of the most intimate and moving Broadway moments ever captured on video. It's x:30 in the am in a winowless studio and Dean gives it everything with the cast, orchestra and production leaders all listeniing in support. Wow.
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He just came and spoke to my university, which was his alma mater.
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Sondheim is such a brilliant man.
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I'm probably one of the few who didn't know Dean could sing like that. This is by far the best performance of this song I have ever heard - so much emotion and passion in it that just breaks your heart. Few performers move me like this, and he's now counted among those few.
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Mother Fucker Jones. Hah.
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@rr7firefly1 Could it be George Coe you are referring to?
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Mother Fucker Jones
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1:07.....Time travaling Kevin Spacey?
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@dirtyblondny Actually, the major reason he left thew show was because he was going through (an extremely difficult) break-up with his first wife, who was in L.A. The show really got to him. Much of the brilliance we see here in this recording session comes from a very real, true, painful place. It's a heartbreaking and devistating performance, isn't it?
scottreiburn 1 year ago 7
"I think I've got one more in me" Um, yeah.
ivelosthewilltolive 1 year ago 4