WickedElphie
Damn it MTV! You have taken a show I liked and ruined it for me! They had a bunch of 15 year olds (or at least people that ACTED like 15 year olds) in the audience that hooted and hollered every time someone entered, on every joke, INCLUDING in the middle of songs. It's shameful! You NEVER hoot and holler in the middle of a show! It's bad form! Now people are gonna see this and think that that's OKAY to do at the theatre. Way to go MTV.
I've learned to live with that, since it seems to be the tourist thing to do. Ben Brantley wrote a blog from his trip to London where he talked about how relieving it was to not have to give an obligatory standing ovation. I have a feeling that MTV prompted the audience to be as enthusiastic as possible, since they did give away the entire orchestra section for free to 18-25 year olds wearing pink.
I really hope that this works well for the show and that they begin to sell TONS of tickets. While I'm not very thrilled about the "let's take a movie script and throw songs in it" trends (which is a topic that most of could rant on for pages, I'm guessing), I mainly hope that this prompts shows to begin filming and broadcasting to increase ticket sales. That way, I can watch all of the movie-adaptation shows that I wouldn't want to spend more than $20 on in the first place and save my money for theatre where the main goal isn't to be a spectacle but to stimulate on an emotional and intellectual level.
Which brings me to Company. They filmed it, but they haven't shown it yet on PBS. I just hope that it doesn't get lost, since (after lots of pondering) it is the most amazing production I have ever seen, if only because of Raul Esparza and John Doyle.
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