Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Pippin GMA TOMORROW
gchris11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
#1Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/22/13 at 6:24pmSPECIAL INVITE: Come see us perform tomorrow on Good Morning America during the 8am hour. Meet PIPPIN team members outside GMA at Broadway/44th and get a free PIPPIN t-shirt (while supplies last). Then, see Matthew, Patina, and the rest of our amazing cast perform songs from PIPPIN. Show up early!
tking001
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/3/09
#2Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/22/13 at 6:37pm
Would 8:15 be too late to get a good spot?
I've never been to a GMA performance
#3Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 12:01amI'll be there at 7am.
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#4Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 12:06amI can't believe that poor cast has to drag their asses to GMA after a two show day. Barbaric. Those poor actors.
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#5Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 12:46am
They get a nice check for a TV appearance.
New shows have to stay visable and their employment will last longer from these spots.
For some Actors it is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to be in a hot show.
They pace themselves, dancers, actors and circus folk are used to hard work, and they enjoy it.
elphaba.scares.me
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/04
#6Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 4:00am
ehhhhhhhh.
All due respect. But have you ever been in the cast of a Broadway show during Tony season?
There's a reason people win Tony Awards and then miss a week of shows right away. They're exhausted. Especially when a show opens late in the season, and so they're expected not to get sick (because voters are coming) while juggling crazy press schedules with the 8-show week, as well as auditions and benefits and concerts that suddenly come up because they're in a "hot" show. And everyone wants you when you're in a hot show.
That said, it is really fun to be in a new show. But if the Pippin cast is performing around 8, that probably means they're at sound check at 6 am, then back to the theatre for hair/makeup/wardrobe, and on and on. They'll get paid a few hundred dollars for it. Doesn't suck--but when you're that tired, sometimes the money just isn't a huge incentive!
#7Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 6:52amHowever, its fun to watch them tweet at 4, 5, 6 o'clock in the morning because they're not usually up at that hour and they're a little slap-happy.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#8Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 7:46amWe were at the Wednesday night show. Ms. Miller rushed - politely - through the Stage Door line - chatting briefly and signing and then was hurried off to a vehicle because as she told people - she had to be at GMA at 5:00 a.m. They also were moving set pieces out of the theatre into a truck. None of the cast seemed put out by the demands of the upcoming early morning television appearance.
#9Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 7:51amOh... FK, FK, FK... I forgot to dvr it.
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jetts7
Leading Actor Joined: 5/22/11
#10Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 8:37amI just turned on GMA and I think I might have missed the performance. Does anyone know if they performed yet?
#11Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 8:55amThey performed around 8:50 and were wonderful. Bits of "Corner of the Sky" (outside) then a studio "Magic To Do."
#12Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 9:01amBy the way, responding to the elphaba.scares.me post, I have been working with theatre actors for nearly 25 years and I don't know one who doesn't adore Tony season. And the financial incentives are great. An actress I worked with last year made 20% of her 2012 take in special appearances the weeks between nomination and award dates. The actors who appeared on GMA this morning would have made the equivalent of an additional week's salary. It's standard and contractual.
#13Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 9:25amWow, I can't believe they even attempted "Magic to Do" in a TV studio, and I think it came off pretty well! Even without a curtain to drop, they approximated the big reveal with camera angles. Of course they couldn't recreate all the magic, but that's the number people want to see. I imagine they'll perform it at the Tonys too.
#14Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 9:43amFan-frickin-tastic! Now that's how you do a talk show performance. Those Matilda kids should take note.
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#15Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 9:48amI hope they all get to go home now and get some sleep before the performance tonight!
#16Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 10:07am
The morning show schedules are not great for Broadway performers. Monday, they have off. Tuesday, they would have to come in early from their time off. Wednesday, they have 2 shows. Thursday, they just did two shows. Friday is better, I guess, but that's just one of the five possible days.
And if they get a week's worth of pay to do the morning show, that's a minimum of about $1800. That will compensate for a lot of the headache.
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jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#17Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 10:09am
That was an amazing performance by all! I am so glad I was able to catch the show on my trip! Even if I hadn't, this would've made me fly out to see it! 
lol.
gchris11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
#19Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 10:48am
It was so cool. Got a shirt and chatted with Matthew before the crowds showed up around 7 (He was warming up and practicing the shots they were going to do). I very cool way to spend the morning.
Pippin at GMA
Updated On: 5/23/13 at 10:48 AM
#20Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:02amis their performance online anywhere?? I missed it this morning.
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gchris11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
#21Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:02am
Picture Pippin the Musical Posted on Twitter. I am in the center shot.
Pippin at GMA
#22Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:08am
http://gma.yahoo.com/video/pippin-cast-brings-broadway-gma-142019105.html
Video is up!
#23Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:10amI would like to know how those people got in the studio. I loved seeing Matthew but thought I'd see a little bit more of the actual performance.
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gchris11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
#24Pippin GMA TOMORROW
Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:22am
I saw them when they were walking on the street, I think the producers just grabbed them and asked if they wanted to be on TV.
More than half the people there had no CLUE about PIPPIN... They were given free shirts and signs and told to SMILE!!!!
I made my own sign.
Updated On: 5/23/13 at 11:22 AM
