Company

• Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific (The New Broadway Cast)
• In The Heights
• Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• A Catered Affair (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
• Gypsy - 2008 Original Broadway Cast
• Show Business - The Road to Broadway
• Young Frankenstein: The New Mel Brooks Musical
• Disney's The Little Mermaid (2008 Original Broadway Cast)
• Adding Machine: A Musical
• Xanadu on Broadway (Original Broadway Cast Recording 2007)

the dvd was in excellent condition.but the actual production was very amateur.not very entertaining.great show.bad production

I'm more and more captivated each time. You can see that Bobby is in constant thought, and it puts you into his shoes - you start to see what he sees, in order to grasp what he might be thinking about. This is enhanced particularly by John Doyle's cut of the finale. Having just watched Passion, that is something you don't get from that show.

But at the same time, the story does not end. There could not have been a better actor found, I think, to play Bobby in this revival. If you're looking for a few more, however. Sondheim and Furth supply closure without closing. The acting and singing is fantastic. The staging of Being Alive is the embodiment of theatre. I say it every time I watch it.

Robert's singing songs about marriage in his head, why would it be inconceivable for him to imagine his friends playing instruments in accompaniment to his musings. The motif of the entire play is the theme of the opening number, and Raul captures that chaos in his acting. His interpretation of Bobby is sublime. In Sweeney I found it to be distasteful. This is perhaps Stephen Sondheim's greatest work. It's all a concept show, and it all takes place in Robert's head.

Not only does it make sense, it just works. Everyone has their opinion on John Doyle's actors doubling as musicians. Instead of that, however, it simply suits this style of show. No more words need to be said, but I'll say them anyway. The entire show, you feel the build. Overall - near perfection on stage.

Any composer or lyricist who can make a song apply so perfectly both inside and outside of a show is, without doubt, genius. The emotional release in Being Alive sends a timeless message, not only in context of the show, but outside it as well. I could ask for a little more as far as instrumentals - meaning better - but I won't. Lastly, Raul Esparza. You feel this build in tension, and then you get a complete release of it all in Being Alive. The staging could almost not be better. Arguable, but certainly a matter of opinion. Now - the direction.

Unreal. The way he is able to contain his voice in "Someone is Waiting" is perfect. His lyrics are incomparable, and the tone of the music is conversational - perfectly suited to George Furth's casual-style book. If you're looking for one word: genius. Company is a complete release, a definite end to the story being told.

An actual "Broadway" type performance captured on the modern entertainment medium of DVD. And if the producers are worried it would result in fewer audiences attending the live performance, well then - wait until the FINAL NIGHT OF THE RUN and offer discounted prices to the live audience attending. 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. All it should take are a couple of cameras, a competent sound man and a professional director to transfer the show onto the digital media. Well, FINALLY. 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.

Live Theatre is chemistry between the audience and the actors. Very evident in this DVD.