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2011 Tony Award Thread

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strummergirl
#2002011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:38pm

Oh, Whoopi

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MissAnneThrop
#2012011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:38pm

i love Whoopi but WTF is she wearing?


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Testing1232
#2022011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:40pm

Think "Rise Above" was ONLY logical choice---

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blaxx
#2032011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:40pm

Her mic sounds off.


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jacobtsf
#2042011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:43pm

Too many solo mics for the sound guy who probably only had 1 rehearsal. I do have to say I am very happy with the sound tonight though. Being in the Beacon is the best thing to happen to the Tonys in years!


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ACL2006
#2052011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:44pm

Great performance from Sister Act!! Very high energy!!


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musicman1985
#2062011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:45pm

Was it me or was Raise Your Voice faster then usual?

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suttonfoster
#2072011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:45pm

Impressed with Sister Act's performance. Get it Patina!

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blaxx
#2082011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:47pm

That song is the musical's downfall to me. You know the nuns will be high calibre performers from the get go.


Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

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strummergirl
#2092011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:47pm

I had no idea what to expect from Sister Act. Color me impressed.

Nettik
#2102011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:48pm

Really high energy, awesome lighting. There hasn't been a performance I've disliked yet except the Spiderman one because it was too slow.

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Bettyboy72
#2112011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:48pm

No one writes standards anymore-all these songs from new musicals just SUCK! Sorry. After seeing the West Side Story tour yesterday, all of this crappy music makes me sad. Its all bombastic dreck.


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pli1018
#2122011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:48pm

Yeah, it seemed MUCH faster. Love the show though and that performance!

degrassifan
#2132011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:49pm

Sister Act was good!

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fosca3
#2142011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:49pm

I thought I remembered that one year they showed actual 'clips' from performances of the plays -- I didn't imagine that, did I?


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musicman1985
#2152011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:50pm

I love the horse. I wish I could of seen War Horse while I was in NY. Hopefully it will extend again and I'll be able to see it next May.

Nettik
#2162011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:50pm

I thought I remembered that one year they showed actual 'clips' from performances of the plays -- I didn't imagine that, did I?

Nope, I remember that too.

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blaxx
#2172011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:51pm

No one writes standards anymore-all these songs from new musicals just SUCK! Sorry. After seeing the West Side Story tour yesterday, all of this crappy music makes me sad. Its all bombastic dreck.

Remember most people who post here are very young. To them, these mediocre scores are the best they know.


Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

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darquegk
#2182011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:54pm

And in order to have "standards" at all, you need to be writing in whatever the pop idiom of the day is, and have a music scene in which songs are not tied to singers, but simply to their genres. The rise of recorded sound gave us great recordings of the standards, but also meant the gradual end of "standards" per se.

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Jordan Catalano
#2192011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:54pm

Oh wow. Very cool of Chad to show up!

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hushpuppy
#2202011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:55pm

very nice speech, Larry Kramer. eloquent and poignant


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jacobtsf
#2212011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:55pm

While it didn't need to be with Memphis, I am glad that the Tonys are showing children who love theatre.


David walked into the valley With a stone clutched in his hand He was only a boy But he knew someone must take a stand There will always be a valley Always mountains one must scale There will always be perilous waters Which someone must sail -Into the Fire Scarlet Pimpernel

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darquegk
#2222011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:55pm

And in order to have "standards" at all, you need to be writing in whatever the pop idiom of the day is, and have a music scene in which songs are not tied to singers, but simply to their genres. The rise of recorded sound gave us great recordings of the standards, but also meant the gradual end of "standards" per se.

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darquegk
#2232011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:55pm

And in order to have "standards" at all, you need to be writing in whatever the pop idiom of the day is, and have a music scene in which songs are not tied to singers, but simply to their genres. The rise of recorded sound gave us great recordings of the standards, but also meant the gradual end of "standards" per se.

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blaxx
#2242011 Tony Award Thread
Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:56pm

Wow, kudos to Memphis for consistency! It's still as crappy as I remember.


Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE


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