Wow. What a ride it has been, music-directing and conducting this production of Sondheim and Furth's Company at The Barrington Stage. Tremendous cast, great audience energy (complete with the wonderful and endearing Tveiter-Tots —Aaron Tveit's Super Fans— who came to see the production over a dozen times), positive reviews, and as of last night, the approval of Stephen Sondheim, himself. It will be hard to let this one go, but as we were recently extended a week to September 10th, I won't have to! And that's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's really about, really about!
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: 'Prince of Broadway' and 'Company' Reviews: A Broadway Icon Pays Tribute to Himself
"Role for role, this is the best-sung "Company" I’ve ever heard—not just in regional theater, but anywhere. Dan Pardo, the music director, doubtless deserves a big slice of credit for the quality of both the singing and the playing of the nine-piece orchestra."
THE BOSTON GLOBE: Living single in a married world in Barrington Stage's vibrant 'Company'
THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE: Barrington Stage is fully committed to Sondheim's 'Company'
THE NEW YORK TIMES: In the Berkshires, Musicals With Ambitions Not Always Realized
"Mr. Sondheim’s score remains thrillingly incisive, dramatizing every issue in its path. Problems of interpretation tend to dissolve when the songs are sung and played as well as they are here."
RURAL INTELLIGENCE: A Welcome Revival of 'Company' at Barrington Stage
CURTAIN UP: Barrington Stage's 'Company' is so right
BERKSHIRE ON STAGE: Review, 'Company' at Barrington Stage
"The orchestra, only nine strong, led by Dan Pardo, honors Sondheim’s musicality with strength and depth."
THE DAILY GAZETTE: 'Company' a smart, funny exploration of relationships
"Indeed, the entire production, backed by Dan Pardo’s super pit orchestra, works splendidly in the nooks and crannies of Sondheim’s musical and literary imagination."
THE SARATOGIAN: Barrington Stage updates Sondheim's timeless 'Company'
"The expert music direction and conducting, of the nine-member pit orchestra, is by Dan Pardo"
PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Rader
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