Amazing Grace on Fallon

[brdway411]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 12:32am

Last ditch effort to get people there? There are doing the title song. Still have no desire to see this, and have turned down many free tickets. 

Updated On: 8/18/15 at 12:32 AM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 1:27am

They're just singing "Amazing Grace?" Boring. That won't sell tickets. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 2:01am

If singing Amazing Grace isn't going to get people interested to learn the story behind the song Amazing Grace, that's sort of a big problem for their show in general, no?

[GreenSharpie]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 3:01am

I know this show gets ridiculed all the time but I thought this was really sweet- Amazing Grace had an open caption performance last week, so the cast of Deaf West's Spring Awakening were able to attend. The AG cast then signed the entire last song for the SA cast (video here) -

[Luv2goToShows]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 9:18am

"I know this show gets ridiculed all the time but I thought this was really sweet- Amazing Grace had an open caption performance last week, so the cast of Deaf West's Spring Awakening were able to attend. The AG cast then signed the entire last song for the SA cast (video here) -

That is awesome GreenSharpie

 

 

 

 

 

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[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 12:26pm

Seems to be getting a good response in the Fallon comments. 

[haterobics]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 12:53pm

Well, Stanley Bahorek in the cast of Amazing Grace was in Deaf West's Big River, and he is the one who taught the cast how to sign the song beforehand.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 10:46pm

I guess Josh was at the gym the day they learned to sign.

[WickedLittleRentHead]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 11:09pm

I'm going to see this on Saturday (not my choice -it's fur my mom's birthday and she chose it). 

Im not too excited. 

[ebontoyan]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 11:12pm

I got tix in Sept and very excited to see this show...loved it in Chicago! Loved their performance on Fallon too

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 11:39pm

"I'm going to see this on Saturday (not my choice -it's fur my mom's birthday and she chose it). 

Im not too excited. "

 

I really hope you mom appreciates the incredible selfless sacrifice you are making just to make her happy.

[WickedLittleRentHead]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 11:44pm

I sense sarcasm. I am not trying to be a martyr and act like I am doing her a favor but I honestly am not interested in seeing it and it wouldn't be my first choice for a show.

Thankfully my selflessness will pay off and benefit me because we are also seeing Something Rotten.

God, she's so lucky to have me as a daughter  

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/18/15 at 11:44pm

I liked the performance on Fallon. The arrangement seemed different. I sort of wish they would perform that version in the show. Maybe switch it out with the one they do for the curtain call.

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 8/19/15 at 12:00am

"I am not trying to be a martyr and act like I am doing her a favor but I honestly am not interested in seeing it and it wouldn't be my first choice for a show."

 

Yet that's exactly how you're acting. You're saying you don't want to go but you're doing it for her and you will suffer thru it. If you're doing it for your mom, great. No reason to go on about how you so don't want to see it. Nobody here would look down on you (or even care) for going without qualifying it and if you were that worried about it, you didn't need to post anything in the first place. A simple "Mom wanted to see it so taking her for her birthday" would have sufficed. I'm sure she's done things for you to make you happy she really didn't want to do and didn't feel the need to post on a board how she really wasn't looking forward to having to do it.

[forgetmenotnyc]

Posted: 8/20/15 at 12:21am

Sorry but my response to the show here is not about their Fallon appearance which I haven't seen at all. Saw the show 2nite & found it surprisingly solid & well-done.

Chuck Cooper, Josh Young, Erin Mackey, Tom Hewitt, Laiona Michelle - all great!

Old-fashioned under-miked voices "a delight!" Erin has a few magical spots where her instrument just rings.

Act 1 had some slow boring spots - but Act II doesn't.

Harriet Foy is pulling off an African-American version of Norma Desmond!

(IMHO, some caliber kilowatt charismatic 'umph' seems to be missing thru the show, but talent ends up winning over. I did see them all on a 2 show day so that may have something to do with it?)

All in all, a very competent & well-acted Bway musical that should be accepted a bit better than it seems to be.

 

Updated On: 8/20/15 at 12:21 AM

[trpguyy]

Posted: 8/20/15 at 2:45am

Am I the only one confused by Josh Young - playing a British character dressed in 18th century attire - singing in attempted country/gospel style?