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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0014381448023
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Enhanced, NTSC, Widescreen
Label: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Manufacturer: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 20, 2008
Running Time: 132 minutes
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
Theatrical Release Date: February 20, 2008
Sales Rank: 2177
MPN: ID4480EKDVD
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the dvd was in excellent condition....but the actual production was very amateur..not very entertaining....great show..bad production
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I watched the PBS HD broadcast of this amazing production of Stephen Sondheim's Company with Raul Esparza, and when I saw that it was available on Blue-ray DiskCompany [Blu-ray], I knew I had to have it for my collection.
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If you're looking for one word: genius.
If you're looking for a few more, however....
This is perhaps Stephen Sondheim's greatest work. Arguable, but certainly a matter of opinion. His lyrics are incomparable, and the tone of the music is conversational - perfectly suited to George Furth's casual-style book. The emotional release in Being Alive sends a timeless message, not only in context of the show, but outside it as well. Any composer or lyricist who can make a song apply so perfectly both inside and outside of a show is, without doubt, genius.
Now - the direction. Everyone has their opinion on John Doyle's actors doubling as musicians. In Sweeney I found it to be distasteful. Instead of that, ... Read More:
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Well, FINALLY!! An actual "Broadway" type performance captured on the modern entertainment medium of DVD!!
This is really not only a breakthrough in home entertainment but without doubt, the finest performance of a Stephen Sondheim classic it has ever been my pleasure to watch! It ranks with "Into the Woods" as a masterpiece in production values. Now, perhaps, Broadway will wake up to the fact that there are a vast number of us out here who can't ever hope to see an actual original performance of a show but who would be absolutely beside themselves to obtain these shows on DVD and applaud them in the confines of their own home. All it should take are a couple of cameras, a competent sound man and a professional director to transfer the ... Read More:
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Live Theatre is chemistry between the audience and the actors
Very evident in this DVD.
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