2011 Tony Award Thread- Page 9

[strummergirl]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:38pm

Oh, Whoopi

[MissAnneThrop]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:38pm

i love Whoopi but WTF is she wearing?

[Testing1232]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:40pm

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

[blaxx]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:40pm

Her mic sounds off.

[jacobtsf]

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!

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:44pm

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

[musicman1985]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:45pm

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

[suttonfoster]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:45pm

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

[blaxx]

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.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:47pm

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

[Nettik]

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.

[Bettyboy72]

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.

[pli1018]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:48pm

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

[degrassifan]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:49pm

Sister Act was good!

[fosca3]

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?

[musicman1985]

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]

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.

[blaxx]

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.

[darquegk]

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.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:54pm

Oh wow. Very cool of Chad to show up!

[hushpuppy]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:55pm

very nice speech, Larry Kramer. eloquent and poignant

[jacobtsf]

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.

[darquegk]

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.

[darquegk]

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.

[blaxx]

Posted: 6/12/11 at 9:56pm

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