One's impossible

So I’m watching Company on PBS. It’s the same director who did a version of Sweeney Todd, wherein all the actors play instruments. I saw the Sweeney Todd in London and loved it, but wasn’t sure about doing the concept over and over and over for, like, all Sondheim shows ever.

But I’m enjoying it. I’m still not sure about the concept, but Raul Esparza is totally selling Bobby. I’m a sucker for the role, anyway; as the only single with a lot of coupled friends, I find myself relating. His face is just incredibly expressive, and seeing his reactions is giving me some new insights into the show and the characters. Well, Bobby, at least. Although right now he’s kind of reminding me of Ted from How I Met Your Mother. Well, third season Ted—the one not necessarily looking for a wife.

I saw Company a few years back, as part of the Kennedy Center’s Sondheim celebration. John Barrowman was Bobby and I remember loving that, too. Great voice, but I can’t remember much about the characterization.

I’m debating turning it off soon. Partly so I can watch another episode of Veronica Mars, but partly to avoid “Being Alive.” That song absolutely kills me. It’s one of the songs that just makes me cry pretty much every time I hear it. Again—I relate just a tad too much.

Anyway, they have April carry around an oboe. They know the way to my heart.