Best/Worst Performance at the Tony's?

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Best/Worst Performance at the Tony's?

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:36pm

I think I'm going to go with Xanadu. I thought that was great and I really wasn't expecting it to turn out well.

I don't know what my worst was...Maybe a Catered Affair (but i dont know if that's really fair because catered affiar, little mermaid and young frankenstein had awkwardly short performances). I was a little let down that the highly built up RENT performance was more of an inspirational talk than a musical performance but it was still good i guess.

#2

re: Best/Worst Performance at the Tony's?

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:41pm

Gypsy was handsdown my fave. And as for worst Im going to have to go for cry-baby. I couldnt put my finger on it but it just didnt seem to flow or something...and the fact that it maybe isnt that good didnt help either =]

#3

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:42pm

Best: GYPSY

Worst: GREASE

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re: Best/Worst Performance at the Tony's?

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:44pm

I didn't think any of the performances were bad. Some better than some, but none of them were horrible. My favorite to be honest was Xanadu. My least favorite was Passing Strange... then Little Mermaid... I'm just tired of hearing "Part of Your World".

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#5

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:44pm

ah i forgot but i missed gypsy. i really wish i had seen it though--was it rose's turn?

#6

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:44pm

The best performance was Xanadu, without a doubt, followed by Gypsy.

The worst performance was either that Grease debacle or Faith Prince's off-pitch screeching.

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:47pm

Best: Xanadu. Runner ups: Gypsy and South Pacific

Worst: Grease. Runner up: Cry Baby

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#8

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:47pm

worst: gypsy, grease, sunday in the park with george, lion king, young frankenstein,crybaby,xandau.

middle: rent was rushed was nice to see the present and orginal broadway cast together. little mermaid..i know sierra can hit that last note. a catered affair would loved to see leslie's face, i am happy to see it soon.

best: south pacific and in the heights

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:49pm

Gypsy (standing ovation for Patti!) and Xanadu were the best performances!

Grease was atrocious, I really didn't like Cry Baby, I didn't "get" rent's or Passing Strange's performances. Little Mermaid, A Catered Affair and Young Frankenstein were all a mess!

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:49pm

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:50pm

Best: Gypsy had me in tears by the end, as did Sunday in the Park With George

Worst: Grease, tied with The Little Mermaid/A Catered Affair/Young Frankenstein. Grease looked like a BAD high school production. The others just proved why they weren't nominated in the first place.

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re: Best/Worst Performance at the Tony's?

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:51pm

From Best to Worst:

Xanadu
In The Heights
Sunday In The Park
Gypsy
South Pacific
Cry Baby
Passing Strange
Grease
"Other 3 Medley" (though I did enjoy Megan)

They did a much much better job at honoring Jonathan Larson at the Easter Bonnett Competition for BC/EFA

And The Lion King is, well, The Lion King

Updated On: 6/16/08 at 11:51 PM

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:52pm

Best: Gypsy, followed by In the Heights and (though I don't like it much) South Pacific

Worst: The Lion King. Is it supposed to sound like that? Either there were sound problems or the vocals for that show are INCREDIBLY grating.

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:52pm

Gypsy was phenomenal.

I love PS, but "Keys" should never be edited for time. It didn't represent the show very well. I think maybe even the performance on The View was better, which is unfortunate.

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:54pm

Best: "Gypsy."

Worst: "A Catered Affair" and "Passing Strange."

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:55pm

RENT's sucked. I wanted a lot more. Or at least a full song.

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:55pm

Forgot to include The Lion King & Rent, I'll rank all 13:

1. Gypsy
2. Young Frankenstein
3. In The Heights
4. The Lion King
5. Cry Baby
6. South Pacific
7. Xanadu
8. Passing Strange
9. The Little Mermaid
10. Rent
11. Sunday In The Park With George
12. A Catered Affair
13. Grease

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Updated On: 6/16/08 at 11:55 PM

#18

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:55pm

were there sound issues going on during certain parts of the show? i think at the end of "in the heights" all i could hear was mainly lin manuel's mic and the lion king sounded kind of strange too.

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:56pm

Best: Xanadu and Gypsy.

Worst: I'm sorry...Passing Strange. I love the CD, but that was quite possibly the worst choice for them. It was Stew screaming. No good.

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#20

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:56pm

Agreed about Passing Strange. I've heard such great things about the show, but that performance would have done nothing to entice me to see it.

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:56pm

Favorites:

Patti's "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
Lin & Co.'s In The Heights numbers
The Rent reunion, esp. "Seasons Of Love"

Least Favorites:
the screeching from Stew & Co. (no surprise there; headache inducing)
And Faith Prince (very surprising - she was really dreadful IMO)

#22

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:56pm

Favorites: In the Heights, Gypsy, and Xanadu.

Least Favorite: Grease and Rent. I really expected a little more from Rent for some reason.

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#23

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:58pm

Sunday in the Park with George and Gypsy are my top 2.

#24

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:02am

The numbers from Xanadu, Gypsy, and The Lion King will probably sell tickets.

The Sunday... number, while lovely won't sell a single ticket. Ditto for the South Pacific number (not that it needs to worry...its 6 awards will make up for it).

The ITH number, which I loved in the theater, didn't work at all on television. Not sure why.

#25

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Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:06am

Best: South Pacific
Worst: Gypsy or In the Heights
OHH! and Passing Strange was just.... strange.
that stew or whatever is name is looks like Mr. Potato head.

Updated On: 6/16/08 at 12:06 AM