Audra's performance
Audra's performance
#1Audra's performance
Posted: 6/10/07 at 11:54pm
Was anybody else in aw of Audra's performance. It was so natural and fun
That woman is a gem.
I gasped when I saw her do a cartwheel over in the air without touching the ground.
I wish Audra could have gotten the tony as well.
Congrats to Christine though
ashley0139
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#2re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/10/07 at 11:56pm
Great performance. Loved it.
She did touch the ground. She didn't do an aerial.
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#2re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/10/07 at 11:56pmAfter her performance I was really hoping for a tie. I actually may buy the cd now.
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#3re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/10/07 at 11:59pm
I must stay I stood up and applauded at home.
Brava to Audra Mcdonald
#4re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/10/07 at 11:59pmDid she, Ashley? I didn't see her touching the ground but then again my eyes suck. I just know it was the best performance of the night (yes, kids, a better Tony performance than Ebersole's, perhaps as good as David Hyde Pierce's cute-as-a-button pseudo-kicks).
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#5re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/10/07 at 11:59pm
As good as she was, "Raunchy" is actually better during "110"--!!
And Audra does the aerial then !!! :)
EDIT: Didnt look like she touched the ground to me either, but could be wrong.. In the show, she DEFINITELY doesnt touch the ground.
Updated On: 6/10/07 at 11:59 PM
iliketheater
Broadway Star Joined: 12/10/05
#6re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 12:01amShe's always amazing. I have to agree with testing, it's even better in the show. A tie would have been nice, but o well. I'm happy for Christine.
#7re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 12:28amIt is better in the show. But the same goes for ALL the shows that performed tonight.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#8re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 12:29am
I totally missed her aerial during 110, but her performance is even better during the show. And the ending is funnier.
Now I'm mad that I missed her aerial! This is like when I kept missing the lift scene in Dirty Dancing when it was on tv...
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#9re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 12:31am
My friends and I freaked when she did the ariel (I'm pretty sure she did, I'll check again)
She's amazing. Amahzzzing!
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#10re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 12:37am
I can't express how much I love this woman!!! WOW. From the moment she started I was impressed! So natural... powerful... simple... and brilliant.
And the aerial was amazing! I swear she didn't touch the ground. Either way, it ROCKED!
Couldn't have been more impressed with this performance!!!
#11re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 12:53am
That was my favorite performance tonight. Followed by Curtains and Raul.
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Updated On: 6/11/07 at 12:53 AM
#12re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 12:55amAudra is amazing, and I officially know what I'm doing with my paycheck...
#13re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 12:57amMy mom and my brother and his gf, who knew nothing about 110 in the Shade, LOVED this peformance. That's gotta mean something. I thought it was enjoyable.
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#14re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 1:04amGreat performance by the reigning diva of Broadway. Go Audra!
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#15re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 1:51am
I saw the show for the first time last night and what she delivered on the Tony awards is an exact fitting of what you can expect to see at Studio 54. And yes, in the theater she didn't touch the ground at all on that little aerial bit 
#16re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 2:27amWatched it again, she did touch the ground. This just means I have to go see the real thing in the theatre!
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#17re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 2:44am
It was really fun. I was just taken aback by how different it was from Marin Mazzie's at the Pasadena Playhouse, where she did a lot of it much closer to her dad...hm. 
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#18re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 3:07amSometimes she does an aerial and other times she uses one hand or both.... depends on the day!
#19re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 7:14am
She's so brilliant and beautiful.
The only awards they got wrong were best actor and actress in a musical.
*sigh*
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#20re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 7:20amI thought to myself, "If that doesn't win you a Tony, I don't know what does." 'Course I've seen the clip of "Old Maid" on Broadway.com. So I thought, "Oh, she got it in the bag."
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#21re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 8:21am
I loved her performance on the Tonys, but I agree that it was even better when I saw the show.
And, she did not do the aerial when I saw the show or last night.
#22re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 9:17am
Yea, I looked again, she did touch the ground. What she did was jump into the cartwheel and was half way in the air upside down before she touched the groud. Still Amazing!
I want to see her in the show to see if she actually does an ariel. She was real close last night.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#23re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 9:28amI have always love Audra, but I was disappointed in her performance last night. I did not think it was "natural" at all. I felt it was forced and contrived and schticky. Her accent could have been learned from a "Learn Dialects With Max Bear" tape. And vocally her technique was showing as she has been known to do in the past. But on a song that should just be, well, raunchy, it was too high-falutin.
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#24re: Audra's performance
Posted: 6/11/07 at 9:46am
I completely disagree with you SueleenGay, Audra's performance was anything but high falutin. The fact that she didn't make it over the top and showy made it more real. It was a very natural performance. look at it again.
I do respect your opinion though.
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