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| In the 'Company' of unusual billing | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 08:44 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 08:34 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: That is weird, thanks all! -- I agree - BroadwayTonyJ 06:51 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| The 1970 Playbill of ''Company'' appears to put the entire cast above the title; the names run down the left-hand side of the page. Larry Kert's name tops the list and is the largest one and in bold face. Followed by Barbara Barrie in slightly smaller type size and in bold face. The other names follow in slightly smaller type size, except for Elaine Stritch, whose name is the same size as Barrie's (but it's not bold-faced). At Tony time, Elaine Stritch (Joanne) and Susan Browning (April) were nominated for Best Actress. And Barbara Barrie (Sarah) and Pamela Myers (Marta) were nominated for Featured Actress. Frankly, all the women in ''Company'' should be in Featured. It made no sense to put Stritch and especially Browning in Leading. April has the ''Barcelona'' scene with Bobby and sings in the ''You Could Drive a Person Crazy'' trio, and that's a Leading role? Go figure. |
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| Link | Playbill Vault: 'Company' Playbill (1970) |
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| re: In the 'Company' of unusual billing | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 09:52 pm EDT 03/19/22 | |
| In reply to: In the 'Company' of unusual billing - WaymanWong 08:34 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| I suggest that Stritch and Browning were up for Best Leading Actress because they were SO GOOD. i think Broadway expected Brownkng to have quite the career after COMPANY. It was surprising she didn’t. Audiences fell in love with April and her monologue...because Browning was so genuinely innocent. We really wanted her to win Bobby. | |
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| re: In the 'Company' of unusual billing | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 09:22 am EDT 03/19/22 | |
| In reply to: In the 'Company' of unusual billing - WaymanWong 08:34 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Very strange billing set-up. Of course, with Larry Kert in the cast, it's not the opening night playbill. I agree that Bobby is the only lead role in the show. Every other role should be featured. Although I still enjoy talking about the Tonys and am fascinated by Tony trivia, I have a difficult time taking them seriously. Their history is too flawed. |
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