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Because the all-star cast was largely committed to other projects and the rehearsal time for the concert was limited to several days, the staging of the nearly ten minute-long showstopper "Side By Side By Side" was taught individually to each of the eleven performers wherever he or she happened to be working. The number wasn't run as an ensemble piece until the day of the concert, and director Lonny Price was astonished to see it fall into place with only minimal tweaking needed.
This is a film of a staged (off-book) reading of "Company" that was performed four times by the New York Philharmonic on April 7, 8, and 9, 2011 (April 9 had both matinée and evening performances).
The galvanic "Tick Tock" was tailored expressly for dancer Donna McKechnie by choreographer Michael Bennett. It was, by all accounts, one of the most revelatory and iconic moments of the original Broadway and London productions, as Bennett utilized the chrome elevators of Boris Aronson's set to literally catapult McKechnie upward as she simulated the act of lovemaking as it occurred offstage between the characters of Bobby and April. In the years since, "Tick Tock" had either been cut or radically minimalized for each subsequent revival, with most directors and choreographers regarding the piece as either expendable or too intimidating to tamper with. For this concert rendition, Josh Rhodes became the first choreographer to recreate the number in its original form, with Chryssie Whitehead paying memorable homage to both the style and content of McKechnie's performance.
Both Stephen Colbert and Christina Hendricks made their musical theatre debuts with this production. While both are understandably tentative musically, they deliver two of the most compelling acting portrayals of the evening, with Colbert eschewing his 'late night' television persona entirely through his riotous, ultimately touching chemistry with co-star Martha Plimpton.
As written, the character of Jenny (originally played by Teri Ralston) leads the choir section of "Getting Married Today," but in most revivals, including this production, Susan (Jill Paice) has done the honors -- something of a mystery in that Jennifer Laura Thompson reveals herself to possess a sturdy soprano later in the show with her rendition of "Poor Baby."
