2008 Tony Awards: Performance & Presenters Lists- Page 4

[TheatreNerd23]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 7:03pm

AHHHH.
Hahahaha broadway divas in HSM.
Laughing so hard.
Next year they can all have a "fabulous" battle/sing-off.

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 8:35pm

Sierra will be performing Part of Your World.

http://disney.go.com/theatre/thelittlemermaid/#/news/SierraPerformAtTony/

[NYCboy2]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 8:43pm

Passing Strange will perform half Amsterdam and Keys per jay's remix report on passing strange.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 8:44pm

A CATERED AFFAIR, THE LITTLE MERMAID, and YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN will all be performing. :)

I've updated the List, however I didn't add IN THE HEIGHTS yet (one of the three I knew way back when). Apparently they are going back-and-forth between a particular number or a medley.

Updated On: 6/4/08 at 08:44 PM

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 9:23pm

Good for ACA, but how the hell are they going to have time for the awards?!

I pay allll this money to go, and I'll basically be watching excerpts from shows I've either seen or have absolutely no interest in seeing. There's no way they'll have time for a proper Sondheim tribute now, in any event.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 9:53pm

I just got a call from a friend involved with the Tony broadcast. He told me that the cast of GYPSY will perform a number from MAME.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/4/08 at 10:53pm

"Suhhhhh weeeee nEEEEEED a li'l ChristmAHs, right this very mineeeeht."

[musicaltheatrefan3]

Posted: 6/5/08 at 12:29am

Are the new shows doing songs, regardless of Best Musical nominations, to avoid the LB So Much Better upset. They shouldn't. It's a waste of time. I LOVE "Legally Blonde", but they didn't get nominated, so they shouldn't have performed. Same for ACA and TLM. And where's YF?

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 6/5/08 at 12:34am

Why shouldn't they get to perform, if it helps sell tickets?

Even if LEGALLY BLONDE didn't get to perform on the Tonys, they got their revenge by airing the show on MTV: if that wasn't a commercial, I don't know what is.

And I, for one, would love to see A CATERED AFFAIR get some more publicity!

THE LITTLE MERMAID? Eh, it can fend for itself.

[StuckToTheStage]

Posted: 6/5/08 at 12:55am

I agree with you, BustopherPhantom. ACA needs to perform. It deserves the publicity.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 6/5/08 at 1:28am

Someone just brought this up to me and I thought it was interesting. What are the odds of the Grease producers using the Tony Awards to showcase their first attempt at stunt casting rather than an ensemble number? Could we possibly see Taylor Hicks warbling "Beauty School Dropout" on the Tonys telecast?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:10pm

Updated.

[[tos]fan999]

Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:20pm

I actually think that the odds of a High School Musical number being performed are very slim. I mean, wouldn't we have heard about it now?

[Elke]

Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:23pm

CapnHook, has it been confirmed that YF and ACA will be performing? I read the "1 minute rumor" but haven't heard anything about it since. Those two shows are not mentioned in the recent Playbill article either.

Or did you hear it from a reliable source?

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:33pm

Xanadu is doing "Don't Walk Away" ... i thought they were doing a medley....that's depresing.

I was hoping to see Radio City Music hall FILLED with Disco Balls.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/6/08 at 7:05pm

I HIGHLY doubt Xanadu is doing Don't Walk Away.

And is it definite that the non-Best Musical-nominees will perform?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/6/08 at 7:11pm

My apologies, I didn't see the official DONT WALK AWAY announcement on playbill.com. That is an awful, awful choice for XANADU. It's a great song but it's not going to sell tickets. For producers with such a keen sense of advertising and campaigning, this is really a shock. Especially because the show isn't doing very well.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 6/6/08 at 7:33pm

Really? I'm surprised to hear you say that, Wickedrocks. I was thinking the opposite. It's such a great number and to me, it's the kind of song that people will hear and think, "I want to see this!". Some of the material in Xanadu just wouldn't get across to a general audience out of context and on a TV broadcast. Medleys tend to be more distracting and confusing than effective. The only single song I think MIGHT be better than "Don't Walk Away" is "Evil Woman." And again, taken out of context, it might not be the best.

Just my two cents.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 6/6/08 at 7:44pm

I'm concerned about Xanadu selection -- yes, it's a beautiful number and the whole country will be exposed to Cheyenne and Kerry, which is great. But I would have thought something that captured the sheer fun of the show would have been a better choice. That's what everyone walks away saying about the show and I feel it should be memorialized. Just my opinion.

[jaystarr]

Posted: 6/6/08 at 7:50pm

I TOTALLY agree Ed. I was suprised they picked Dont Walk Away... its more of Cheyenne's song..Shouldn't they be concentrating more on Kerry bec. she was nominated afterall? I guess they opted for "more of Cheyenne". I was hoping for I'm Alive or Xanadu...at least I will get to see Kyle Dean Massey in his Thalia dress!

Also- I guess I made a mistake...someone asked Stew what song he wil performed.. he said 'Part of Keys" not the whole song....I thought I heard him say... part keys..part amsterdam.. sorry my bad!

J*


Updated On: 6/6/08 at 07:50 PM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/6/08 at 8:32pm

Weeks ago, I heard that all new musicals (no mention of the revivals) would be "involved" and get to perform to a degree. (I interpreted this as doing a group number to open the Tonys, such as the "One Night Only" number from 2004.)

Since, we learned THE LION KING is opening and LITTLE MERMAID is doing "Part of Your World" -- so the "ensemble" number idea is out. I know YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN is performing for sure, but I still haven't heard a confirmed "yes" about A CATERED AFFAIR.

What I THINK is happening is that there is a montage of ACA/LM/YF performing back-to-back, each getting about a minute. So "Part of Your World" et al will be edited to fit the time alloted.

What I would LOVE to happen is to have this montage not just be these three shows, but all SEVEN new musicals, which would mean the new shows get to perform twice (as in the 2005 Tonys). If this is the case, I could see XANADU doing "Xanadu" + IN THE HEIGHTS doing "In The Heights" + PASSING STRANGE doing "Amsterdam" (I was told PS was doing "Amsterdam" but the Playbill article only mentions "Keys." Odd.)

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/9/08 at 10:45pm

Updated.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 6/9/08 at 10:49pm

nm

Updated On: 6/9/08 at 10:49 PM

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/9/08 at 10:50pm

It's on the list on the first page.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/9/08 at 11:04pm

Ha. I knew they would do EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES. I called this since day one.