#1
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:07pm
I'm on the West Coast and this has to be the worst opening song ever. Just horrific.
5 Minutes into the Tony's... Worst Opening Ever!!!
#2
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:10pm
Well those of us on the East Coast loved it!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#3
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:14pm
I didn't. I thought it was slightly offensive. It was more entertaining than last year though.
#4
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:15pm
I quite enjoyed the opening, very much so, actually.
Formerly: WishingOnlyWounds2 - Broadway Legend - Joined: 9/25/08
#5
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:17pm
I loved it!
No offense, but people complain over the same things year after year. Is it really the worst opening ever?
No offense, but people complain over the same things year after year. Is it really the worst opening ever?
#6
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:19pm
Here in the Southwest, I thought it was funny. from RC in Austin, Texas
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#7
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:20pm
No, there have been worse (i.e. last year), degrassifan. I just don't think this compares to Hugh Jackman's "One Night Only" and some other great numbers I've seen open the show.
#8
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:20pm
OMG...Scott?!? JENNAFAN?!?
#9
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:27pm
It was better than others, but kind of got awkward for me half way though.
"I don't want the pretty lights to come and get me."-Homecoming 2005
"You can't pray away the gay."-Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy.
Ignored Users: suestorm, N2N Nate., Owen22, master bates
#10
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:49pm
- It did not need Colbert and Shields etc.. NPH was fine by himself.
- The Hello number would have been 100x better, and I'd go as far to say would have been one of the best Tony Opening's in a long long time.
- The Hello number would have been 100x better, and I'd go as far to say would have been one of the best Tony Opening's in a long long time.
#11
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:51pm
It wasn't the worst, but kind of pandering and cheap. I'm gay and I didn't love it. "Hello" would have been leagues better. Did the BOM team write the song?
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
#12
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:52pm
No, most of the rhymes in the song were not false or near rhymes and made use of a Clement Wood, therefore the BOM writers did not write it.
#13
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:55pm
It caught me off guard for sure...but I loved it anyway.
It didn't need Stephen Colbert, Brooke Shields or Bobby Cannavale...Neil owned the number and the show...
It didn't need Stephen Colbert, Brooke Shields or Bobby Cannavale...Neil owned the number and the show...
Check out my eBay page for sales on Playbills!!
www.ebay.com/usr/missvirginiahamm
#14
Posted: 6/12/11 at 11:56pm
I loved it, and based on the cheering in the Laurie Beechman Theatre tonight, most of the people around me did, too.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#16
Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:02am
I felt bad for Brooke Shields. I hope she's better on Addams Family.
I like your imperturbable perspicacity.
#17
Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:26am
In terms of recent Tony awards ceremonies, I preferred the 2009 opening number with Elton John, Stockard Channing/Aaron Tveit, WSS/Guys & Dolls, Dolly Parton, the cast of Hair, and Liza.
http://backstagebarbie.blogspot.com
#18
Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:44am
Loved the opening. Who wrote it?
Neil was spot-on and everyone was game for a good laugh.
I'd say that first 20min of the Tonys were kinda amazing - the opening and Barkin's speech...C'mon that was some good TV and it rocked
Neil and Hugh's number was awesome too. AWESOME broadcast and Im usually the cranky person posting crap.
Neil was spot-on and everyone was game for a good laugh.
I'd say that first 20min of the Tonys were kinda amazing - the opening and Barkin's speech...C'mon that was some good TV and it rocked
Neil and Hugh's number was awesome too. AWESOME broadcast and Im usually the cranky person posting crap.
#19
Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:49am
I LOVED THE OPENING...what was not to love?...funny, witty literate and NEIL PATRICK HARRIS sold it to the rafters...why the nay-sayers?...IT'S THE THEATRE DARLINGS...REALLYY!
#20
Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:52am
I F*CKING LOVED IT.
So hilarious.
East coast, ftw.
So hilarious.
East coast, ftw.
#21
Posted: 6/13/11 at 12:57am
It was twice as long as it needed to be. It beat the one joke into the ground.
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
-whatever2
#22
Posted: 6/13/11 at 1:14am
It was more offensive than anything Tracy Morgan said. It will result in bullying and teen suicides.
(I actually thought it was funny and made me think of the year Marc Shaiman kissed Scott Wittman when they accepted for Hairspray and Roxy said TVs all across the country shut off at that moment and people were turned off from buying tickets to Broadway.)
(I actually thought it was funny and made me think of the year Marc Shaiman kissed Scott Wittman when they accepted for Hairspray and Roxy said TVs all across the country shut off at that moment and people were turned off from buying tickets to Broadway.)
Twitter @NamoInExile
Instagram none
#23
Posted: 6/13/11 at 1:19am
there may have been better opening numbers that received standing ovations afterwards, but i enjoyed this one too regardless of a standing "O" on the blogs or in the live audience.
#24
Posted: 6/13/11 at 1:21am
oh for the love of God...I liked it and everyone I was watching it thought it was great.
"Life in theater is give and take...but you need to be ready to give more then you take..."
#25
Posted: 6/13/11 at 2:09am
I agree with Namo. They need to start a new It Gets Better campaign to deal with the fallout from this year's opening number.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
Tickets From $59
Tickets From $71
Tickets From $71
Tickets From $95