2017 TONY Awards Performances — Page 11

But you will see Bette Midler, late in the show, presenting an award!

At this point, my guess is that Rudin is protecting Midler, who - for some reason - doesn't want to sing anything from Hello, Dolly on the Tony telecast. There are obviously other songs from the show that feature Midler.

Future generations will remember the Hello, Dolly revival as that show with Niles Crane singing a solo.

Anyway, moving on. When do we hear about the other performances?

I saw in an Instagram story that showed Groundhog Day doing a medley involving Day One. Don't know if this has already been mentioned.

We could have gotten "It Only Takes a Moment" at the very least, a song people would recognize from this classic musical. Even if Bette were being protected for some reason, we could have gotten Gavin Creel or Kate Baldwin singing beautiful lush Jerry Herman melodies. This will be remembered as one of the biggest missed opportunities in Tony history no matter who's to blame.

That would be a choppy mess for Great Comet. I hope Chavkin doesn't try to jam in too much. Based on the New York Times story, I assume it will be some combination of a couple of songs, a high-energy number like "Balaga" and one of Groban/Pierre's songs, probably "Dust and Ashes." It won't necessarily be those songs, and I can imagine slipping in a bit of a third. But Chavkin isn't going to get an endless amount of time, so there can only be so many songs.

disneybroadwayfan22 said: "What the heck?! No Anastasia?!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Who-Will-Perform-at-the-2017-Tony-Awards-List-Announced-20170608



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Aww, that's a shame. I was hoping for Once Upon a December so at least they could show off the costumes.

Happy that Falsettos is performing but disappointed about no Anastasia.

disneybroadwayfan22 said: "At least, do Journey to the Past to have Christy shine. Anastasia really got screwed over this year. They should have waited until next season to be on Broadway to get more recognition.

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Agreed! This was one of my fav shows this season and it at least should have also gotten nominated for Score, Orchestrations, and Lead Actress.

Kad said: "Based on the short description in the Times, I had assumed that Great Comet would do some of "Balaga" and, instead of Groban doing Pierre's short solo at the end of that number ("to happiness...", doing a portion of "Dust & Ashes."

Also: why would Anastasia perform? It wasn't nominated for anything to show off in a performance. Bandstand was at least nominated for choreography.



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the same reason why finding neverland performed deep receiving no nominations

Call_me_jorge said: "
the same reason why finding neverland performed deep receiving no nominations "

Because Harvey Weinstein is an influential and deep-pocketed producer?

Updated On: 6/8/17 at 11:43 AM

Mary Beth Peil doing the prologue and then going into the full number of "Once Upon a December" would have been a truly lovely Tony moment. I agree that Anastasia could and maybe should have been nominated for more (I could have seen it getting in for Actress, Featured Actor, another Featured Actress, Score, Orchestrations, Lighting Design, Choreography...), but at least it did get nominated for something at all and would warrant a performance more than Godspell, Finding Neverland (twice), and the Royal Caribbean production of Hairspray.

To be fair, performing at the Tonys costs a lot of money for a show, and Anastasia already has strong word of mouth and a good advance even with the Tony mess. It probably makes sense not to bother with it. They could record another video like the one's they've already done and go viral within their demographic for much less money.

VERY sad that Anastasia won't be performing

I wonder if they will have Rachel Bloom and Orlando Bloom present together?

CT2NYC said: "I'm glad that BANDSTAND is performing. I really enjoyed the show, and I hope that a great performance on Sunday will generate a fair amount of ticket sales."

I haven't seen Bandstand because the musical style/era doesn't appeal to me, but I have to ask - is there a particular number that Corey Cott does in the wife-beater that he wears in that often-circulated promo photograph?