Ticketing information for Company at the Cincinnati Playhouse is available in the Projects section.

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Playbill Online - Photo Call: Sweeney Todd Director Welcomes Some New Company in Cincinnati

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Playbill Online: John Doyle's Company Begins in Ohio; Esparza, Walsh Play Along
The Enquirer: Hot director John Doyle's staging of the Sondheim musical at Playhouse in the Park has people talking
The Enquirer: 'Company' cast plays on as orchestra

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The Enquirer - Director reinvents theater, by necessity
Cincinnati Post - The new way to put on a musical
Broadway World - Company Premieres in Cincinnati with Esparza, Walsh

The Enquirer - 'Company' gives a gem new luster

Raúl Esparza is heart-stopping and show-stopping as a man who cannot commit, who is alone in a crowd even when the crowd is a roomful of his best married friends... By the time Esparza builds to the money number "Being Alive," a free fall into life ("somebody hold me too close, somebody know me too well...") at the show's finale, it's a release for the character and the audience. On opening night the crowd responded with a full minute of applause. That's a showstopper.

More Company links:
CIN Weekly - Company comes to Playhouse
Cincinnati Post - Playhouse's 'Company' elegant

Catholic News Service (Find Me Guilty)

When Tony takes the stand to testify about shooting cousin Jackie, Esparza -- a versatile New York musical and dramatic stage actor -- almost steals the film with his crazed antics on the witness stand.

International Herald Tribune - A showboat in the courtroom (Find Me Guilty)

At the time the indictments are handed down, Jackie [Vin Diesel] is already serving a 30-year sentence for an earlier crime. Offered a reduction in jail time in exchange for becoming a prosecution witness, he bluntly refuses. His insistence that he would never rat out a colleague, even one who betrayed him, gives him the moral advantage when confronting the government's star witness, his cousin Tony Compagna (Raúl Esparza). We meet this nervous, drugged-up underling in the movie's opening scene, when Tony bursts into Jackie's home, dashes upstairs and shoots him several times, failing to kill him. Facing his cousin in court, Jackie expresses only a magnanimous pity for a sick family member, and the witness, humiliated and guilt-stricken, withers before our eyes.

More Find Me Guilty reviews:
Boston Herald - Surprise verdict: Sidney Lumet’s ‘Find Me Guilty’ exonerates Vin Diesel
FilmCritic.com
Rocky Mountain News

Find Me Guilty links:
Find Me Guilty Official Website
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Quick links - Find Me Guilty:
New York Observer - April 3, 2006 - Diesel Does Criminal Comedy In Lumet’s Latest Masterpiece
Charlotte Observer - March 31, 2006 - Performances help buoy director Lumet's look at mobsters and justice
Riverfront Times - March 29, 2006 - Vin Diesel wigs out as a mobster on trial

Company was named Best Show and Raúl was awarded Outstanding Musical Lead Performance at the Enquirer Acclaim Awards, which honors excellence in Cincinnati theatre. Company won a total of seven awards. Click here for a full list of recipients.

Company was nominated for nine Cincinnati Entertainent Awards, including Acting Performance by a Visiting Actor for Raúl. Click here for a full list of nominees. The awards ceremony is open to the public. Click here to buy tickets, or call 800-594-TIXX.

Site update: Raúl was included in The Hot 25 in Elle Magazine's Fall issue. A scan has been added to the Press section.

Find Me Guilty is now available on DVD. Click here to buy from Amazon.com.

Site news: The American Theatre Wing episode links on the Recordings section have been updated. The files are now available for download on the American Theatre Wing website.