Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” with the New York Philharmonic Breathe in life 2021-12-04 | This New York Philharmonic gala concert production of “Company” is directed by Sondheim veteran Lonny Price and stars Craig Bierko (as Peter), Stephen Colbert (as Harry), Jon Cryer (as David), Katie Finneran (as Amy), Neil Patrick Harris (as Bobby), Christina Hendricks (as April), Adam Lazar (as Paul), Patti LuPone (as Joanne), Jill Paice (as Susan), Martha Plimpton (as Sarah), Anika Noni Rose (as Marta), Jennifer Laura Thompson (as Jenny), Jim Walton (as Larry), and Chryssie Whitehead (as Kathy).
The Hours: “Missus Dalloway Said She Would Buy the Flowers Herself” Breathe in life 2023-03-19 | As Virginia Woolf begins to write the first sentences of her novel, Mrs. Dalloway, in a suburb of London, 1923, Laura Brown cracks open the finished novel in Los Angeles, 1949. While they read out the novel's first sentences together, the opera fully transitions from Virginia to Laura.Sung by Joyce DiDonato as Virginia Woolf and Kelli O'Hara as Laura Brown with the chorus of The Hours, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin during the Live at the Met broadcast on December 10, 2022.
Leontyne Price - “Pace, pace mio Dio!” | La forza del destino | Metropolitan Opera (March 24, 1984) Breathe in life 2022-10-15 | ...
David Hobson - “Che gelida manina” | La bohème | Sydney Opera House, Australia (1993) Breathe in life 2022-10-15 | ...
Original Cast Album: Company (1970) Breathe in life 2022-09-25 | This holy grail for both documentary and theater aficionados offers a tantalizingly rare glimpse behind the Broadway curtain. In 1970, right after the triumphant premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s groundbreaking concept musical Company, the renowned composer and lyricist, his director Harold Prince, the show’s stars, and a large pit orchestra all went into a Manhattan recording studio as part of a time-honored Broadway tradition: the making of the original cast album. What ensued was a marathon session in which, with the pressures of posterity and the coolly exacting Sondheim’s perfectionism hanging over them, all involved pushed themselves to the limit—including theater legend Elaine Stritch, who fought anxiety and exhaustion to record her iconic rendition of “The Ladies Who Lunch.” With thrilling immediacy, legendary filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker offers an up-close view of the larger-than-life personalities, frayed-nerve energy, and explosive creative intensity that go into capturing the magic of live performance.
Company: A Musical Comedy Breathe in life 2022-02-14 | Directed by 2006 Tony Award winner John Doyle, the production stars Raúl Esparza, Barbara Walsh, Keith Buterbaugh, Matt Castle, Robert Cunningham, Angel Desai, Kelly Jeanne Grant, Kristin Huffman, Amy Justman, Heather Laws, Leenya Rideout, Fred Rose, Bruce Sabath, and Elizabeth Stanley. Company features musical direction and orchestrations by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, set design by David Gallo, costume design by Ann Hould-Ward, and lighting design by Thomas C. Hase.
