Raul Esparza and cast members of “Company,” which went from Playhouse in the Park to Broadway, perform Thursday morning, April 5, on Fox TV’s “The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet” which auirs locally from 9 to 10 a.m.
According to BroadwayWorld.com, Angel Desai, Kelly Jeanne Grant and Elizabeth Stanley will bring their saxophones along for “You Could Drive a Person Crazy” (the saxes were an add by director John Doyle for the Broadway run) and Esparza will sing “Marry Me a Little.”
“Company” is eking along, playing at below 60 percent attendance and fingers are crossed that it makes it to awards season. Nominations start rolling out late this month and Esparza is likely to make every list..
Esparza does have his next job lined up, also according to BroadwayWorld.com. Despite much chatter that he was pegged for Mel Brooks’ musical of “Young Frankenstein,” the online theater news site says he’ll star as punk rock icon and political activist Jello Biafra in the Broadway bound “California Uber Alles: The Dead Kennedys Musical.”
