| "While still a teenager living in Flushing, my friends and I took the 7 train into the city in the hopes of getting standing room (the only thing we could afford then, the going price was $5) for some show I forgot. Because the show was sold out, we wound up getting tickets to a new musical (in previews) called 'Company.' We didn't know anything about it. When the curtain went up, my jaw literally dropped and eyes got wide at the beautiful structure of a set that was in silhouette against a brilliantly electric colored backdrop. I must have stayed in that position, in rapture, for the whole show. I totaled 14 times seeing it over the next two years." CLIFF SIMON |
| "I have never been so profoundly moved as I was by the John Doyle production. I walked around the Times Square area in a daze for an hour afterwards. The combination of the music, the story and the performers who sang, acted and played all of the instruments was magical. Of course, Raul Esparza singing 'Being Alive' was, for me, a once-in-a-lifetime moment." LINDA TROUT |
| "My parents saw the show right after it opened in 1970, with Elaine Stritch as Joanne and Larry Kert in the lead. They loved the show so much they decided to take 'the kids,' meaning me (age 14) and my two younger sisters to see it again. The curtain came up with I believe Larry Kert in the lead, but Elaine Stritch was not Joanne. Instead we saw Jane Russell! Being all of 14, what did I know about the subject matter? But I knew Ms. Russell was, well, she was just O.K." MARK ZETTLER |
| "For those of us old enough to have seen the original Broadway production — which was mind-blowing on many levels — it was the difference in performances of 'The Ladies Who Lunch' when Stritch was sober and when she was not, each thrilling in its own way. When not sober, there was a sense of being drained of everything when she sang 'Here's to the girls who just watch.' Memorable …" TED CHAPIN |
| "I was starting to get chubby at 14 years old and envied the slim bodies of the female actors. How someone could wear a slip onstage in 'Barcelona' comfortably and attractively, amazed me. I wanted to be an actor, too, but once the compulsive overeating and a nearly-overnight transformation to 'fat girl' took hold, I just noticed the chasm between my body size and the dimensions of the women on stage and screen. Since then, I have been in a 12-step program for food for 33 years, and, at 64, am pursuing various passions, including acting." SUSANNE KATCHKO |
| "The 2017 production at Barrington Stage in Pittsfield, Mass., was extraordinary. I saw the national company of the original Broadway show starring George Chakiris and Elaine Stritch in L.A. in 1971 and also the Esparza revival. And this one rivaled them both. Talk about 'Being Alive'!" MICHAEL KAZAN |
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