Best/Worst Performance at the Tony's? — Page 6

I loved Xanadu's performance. I kind of want to get the OBCR now.

I wasn't really into Grease's performance, Cry-Baby's performance, or Passing Strange's performance.

BEST: In the heights! I was so thrilled to see the set there and it was so high energy and will definitely get people to the theatre.

WORST: Grease. That **** sounds like a horrible high school production. What a sad sad moment for musical theatre.

Updated On: 5/4/09 at 12:07 PM

Favs: Gypsy and Sunday.

I liked all of them in one way or another, even Cry-Baby, which has more to do with the Choreography (poor Rob Ashford ) then anything else.

I liked all of them as well, StageFan! And I agree, Rob Ashford should have won the Tony for Choreography.

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best performance: Gyspy or Xanadu
worst: grease

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BEST: Gypsy, Xanadu, and Sunday
All of the performers from these three shows were superb.

Worst: Grease
I felt embarrassed for them. All of it was an absolute trainwreck.

1. Gypsy - I mean, she's a force.
2. Sunday in the Park With George - I thought it was very moving.
3. Xanadu - Funny as all hell and they sounded amazing.
4. In the Heights - Awesome. Fun.
5. The Lion King - Don't like the show, but that number really does kick some rear.
6. Rent - Unpretentious and delicate.
7. South Pacific - Awkward with the transitions , but those voices...
8. Cry-Baby - James Snyder just is not good, but they betta dance.
9. Passing Strange - Came off as very pretentious.
10. Grease - Not the train wreck it could have been, but they all had pitch issues, and the choreography was brainless.
11. Young Frankenstein - Rushed.
12. The Little Mermaid - Painfully rushed. Who combines a song with its reprise? A shame, had they just left it alone without adding in the reprise, it probably would have been better.
13. A Catered Affair - Prince was off pitch, the song is dull, no one knows what she's singing about - this performance may even lower ticket sales.

Updated On: 5/4/09 at 01:31 PM

So many people were having pitch problems last night, I was baffled. I was wondering if they were having problems hearing the orchestra.

Someone posted on another thread that the orchestra was to the side, and that it was in fact difficult for the performers to hear, depending on where they were.

That said: LuPone was astounding, and I thought the "Grease" number was jaw-droppingly bad--not least (but not only) because of the aforementioned pitch issue. (To my ear, at least.)

Mauriposa, You're right, Wilson Jermaine Heredia. So sorry. I saw the show back in 1996 with Wilson cruz as Angel..so I always remember that cast. My apologies to WJH.

I forgot to mention the obvious but Cheyenne is freakin delicious.. did you see those legs?? my god! lol

oh and Lion King was Awful.

Overall, I came out of the performances not understanding a lot of opinions about the new shows.

SITPWG was pretty blah, just a ballad, not much else.

In the Heights really didn't impress me as much as I expected. It was there, over-choreographed, mumbled singing,

Grease was actually pretty decent, great energy, I don't understand a lot of the unbridled hate surrounding it.

Passing Strange was......um.....well, I'm still not sure what to make of it. I'm just going to say "bad" for now.

Gypsy was the only performance that made me understand what everyone on this board it talking about, Patti rocked it.

Cry-Baby wasn't great, but wasn't a steaming pile of crap as people like to make it seem. Awesome choreography.

A Catered Affair reall just sucked. There wasn't anything good about it. A crap performance of a unmemorable, boring song.

I LOVED Gypsy, ITH, and SITPWG... Cry Baby, Grease and Xanadu really did nothing for me...

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