"America" on DWTS

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:58pm

To say the performance was mediocre, would be kind! It certainly won't sell any tickets. Chita's legacy (and Rita's for that matter) is more than safe!

[scott68]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:08pm

There's a thread on the main board about it. I agree that the performance wasn't great, but I do think that in terms of overall exposure it was definitely a good move on the show's part.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 11:27pm

It breaks my heart.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 11:32pm

The singing matched the mediocrity of the dancing. Worse, even. I mean, this is friggin' Broadway. That one girl couldn't even manage the transition of notes. Astounding! I asked Grover Dale, who escorted Carol Lawrence to the opening, what he thought; and, while he chose his words, carefully, I could tell he hated it.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 12:09am

Anyone I've spoken to who ever worked with Mr. Robbins is appalled by the sloppiness and lack of precision in the Dance at the Gym and America. These numbers are supposed to THRILL, not just seem so-so.

[supportivemom]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 7:22am

Yeah- I was watching with my daughter and she said "Wow- that girl playing Anita is screaming- she's not even singing". Totally have to agree with her. I thought that when I saw the same performance on one of the morning shows.

[Q]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 9:01am

I'm curious if the Broadway audience responds with all that screaming and clapping during the number.

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 9:56am

I saw the show in DC and fervently hoped it would improve before playing on Broadway. I was so disappointed by the production. If the performance on DWS was any indication, the fundamental flaws have remained, though I guess any exposure of a Broadway show on national television is good. I hope.

[EVIE]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 3:24pm

Karen Olivo did look kind of upset...

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 3:35pm

Everyone looked like they were suffering from iron-poor blood.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 3:38pm

>>>"I'm curious if the Broadway audience responds with all that screaming and clapping during the number."<<<

Anyone who has ever attended the taping of a "live" television show knows that you are directed to cheer and applaud like crazy. Sometimes there are overhead lighted signs instructing you to do so.

Ever wonder why Vanna White gets applause every time she turns another letter on "Wheel of Fortune"? The audience is doing what they're being told to so. It drives me nuts!

[Calvin]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 3:40pm

She doesn't even turn letters anymore. She just touches them. Then eats an entire meat loaf, apparently.

How many assembly line workers have gone to the unemployment line while she keeps her job?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 3:40pm

She also uses her shower head as a Water-Pik.

[EVIE]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 3:40pm

I hated that the audience was instructed to hoot and holler during the lamest of times of the performance.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 4:22pm

"She also uses her shower head as a Water-Pik."

*snort*

[Q]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 4:35pm

The main reason I asked my question is that when I saw LES MIS a couple of years ago, the audience screamed and applauded during the songs like it was an American Idol taping (granted, it was a matinee, and the entire Mezz level was full of field-tripping junior-high schoolers.)

I was wondering if the Dancing With the Stars phenomenon was affecting the audince reaction to dance numbers in the same way.