Changing Amy to Jamie in Broadway's "Company" | Keeping Company with Sondheim

Changing Amy to Jamie in Broadway's "Company" | Keeping Company with Sondheim | GP on PBS

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2 жыл бұрын

Matt Doyle, Patti LuPone and Etai Benson discuss what went into gender-bending "Not Getting Married Today," and how the added anxiety surrounding gay marriage added to the overall anxiety of the scene. Includes clips of the cast of "Company" performing the iconic song by Sondheim.
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@dylansmith1833 2 жыл бұрын

Matt Doyle’s performance in COMPANY is one of the most hilarious performances I’ve ever seen on a Broadway stage! He NEEDS to win a Tony this year!

@emmalongsjo6917 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so so glad he just did

@marthasilva7720 2 жыл бұрын

He just did🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏

@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343 Жыл бұрын

Probably Top 5 performances I've ever seen on Broadway. He stole the show. Both times I went, the guy got more applause than Patti. That's how good he was.

@foylepoirot1437 2 жыл бұрын

l love Tony Award winner Matt Doyle & am thrilled he's finally getting the recognition he deserves!!!

@WillScarlet16 Жыл бұрын

This version made me understand the attempted proposal from Bobby in a way I never did before - Bobby is asking Amy/Jamie for a marriage based on convenience instead of actual love, because Bobby doesn't understand the difference yet, but Amy/Jamie does. Adding the subtext of asking a gay man to have a convenient straight marriage made me understand that. And it's true whatever gender Amy/Jamie is played as.

@Freelobsterrolls 2 жыл бұрын

Matt Doyle was awesome. I never listened to Company before. If I did, my Spotify was probably playing random songs, and I didn't notice. Shame on me. I did, however, watch that Documentary Now episode of Co-Op that has a song influenced by Getting Married Today. When Matt was singing this song, I was just enjoying every moment of it, but I could also hear Alex Brightman's character singing about blowing a rail and shitting his pants. Still an awesome experience.

@juliaholzschuher 2 жыл бұрын

Tony Award Winner Matt Doyle 😭

@radsical1392 2 жыл бұрын

Ok but are they going to release a soundtrack for this Broadway version? I really want it!!!!

@Nacho-Mamma 2 жыл бұрын

@@randyseay4855 Actually, “Cast Recording” & “Soundtrack” are both acceptable & valid references. So, you really don’t have to be such an ass to people asking a LEGITIMATE QUESTION!

@NicholasAaronRutter 2 жыл бұрын

@@randyseay4855 no need for the tude

@musicnart4582 2 жыл бұрын

Of course there will be a cast album silly.

@molls127 2 жыл бұрын

@@musicnart4582 i don't know

@KirkLinnDeGrassi Жыл бұрын

The British version of the same production beat it to the punch

@Peter-oh3hc 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, this is perfect. Thank you

@muzyqman 8 ай бұрын

Actually, a number of lines have been changed. For example, "when I'm only being nice" was originally "like Eliza on the ice."

@callatait5607 Жыл бұрын

I'll say it until I die, we could do so much with theatre if we were more flexible with gendered casting. It would open up so many casting possibilities, and add so many nuances for certain characters with a queer or genderbent element.

@muzyqman 4 ай бұрын

This is a brilliant performance. But in truth, there were multiple changes of lyrics from the original version.

@freshname Жыл бұрын

Patti LuPone is a true actress, she has that absolute tabula rasa of a face, so you could paint basically any character on it. And I live her Joanne.

@MM-cy1tc 2 жыл бұрын

HE WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! THIS WAS THE ENTIRE SHOW APART FROM PATTI!

@MissPerriwinkle 2 жыл бұрын

awesome !!!!

@MrJimmy1953 2 жыл бұрын

The genius of Sondheim.

@emilyblenn 2 жыл бұрын

with enough talent, stories can be told and characters can be played by anyone of any gender, race, or background. he said himself the script hardly changed and it shouldn't! its the same story

@faerynvandenberg5339 Жыл бұрын

Patti casually being an activist

@dallasfitzmartin7277 2 жыл бұрын

Is that Matt Doyle?

@AliaOfTheKnife10191 2 жыл бұрын

Hey is that Matt Doyle?

@rachelsisk9677 Жыл бұрын

Is that....Matt Doyle?

@kvom01 3 ай бұрын

I saw the show in New York. I wasn't a fan of gender bending Bobby at the time. In retrospect the show did hold up.

@they65 21 сағат бұрын

Is that?…Matt Doyle?

@natefame 2 жыл бұрын

All due respect to Matt Doyle, but calling Not getting married the most challenging song in musical theater history is really presumptuous. What about And I’m Telling You, glitter and be gay, defying gravity…etc etc

@MrDmcty1 Жыл бұрын

I think lyrically it is one of the most challenging songs in MT history, And I am telling you Stamina wise, glitter and be gay vocally, and defying gravity vocally but as a belt.

@jnkenoyer 2 жыл бұрын

Little behind the times. There's not much need to change this classic. How about writing something new that fits what is going on today? Or better yet, Amy should have been a trans woman.

@davidjeffreys6646 2 жыл бұрын

I guess we'll never get past this kind of stereotype

@steventharp 2 жыл бұрын

What stereotype would that be? Gay men afraid of marriage? People afraid of marriage? Nervous gays? No, we probably won't, lol.

@TheReturnOfStephan1 2 жыл бұрын

So, that's how you F up a great musical...

@athepaki7706 2 жыл бұрын

No that's how you reinvent a great musical

@ariannajanae8192 2 жыл бұрын

I personally went to this exact play on a trip with my Theatre Guild to New York and it was absolutely amazing.

@davidscott6933 2 жыл бұрын

It's a two and a half minute video hahaha

@PeanutsAssorted 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, how dare a musical be slightly gayer... the travesty of it all

@Nacho-Mamma 2 жыл бұрын

Well, first they ruined “On A Clear Day You Can See Forever”, and now “Company”! NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE GAY! Sincerely, A GAY MAN DISGUSTED OVER THIS KIND OF CRAP!

@xpiscean3162 2 жыл бұрын

The internalized homophobia is strong here

@castlegarden2999 Жыл бұрын

Not everything NEEDS to be but like... What if ppl WANT it to be? You know, as a treat