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Posted: 5/25/11 at 12:54am
From Michael Reidel's column in the New York Post today:
* Tony Talk
After much wrangling with Tony officials, the producers of "The Book of Mormon" have decided to do the song "I Believe" on the telecast.
It's an anthem sung to the rafters by the Tony-nominated Andrew Rannells.
The "Mormon" people were angling to open the telecast, and came up with a brilliant idea centered on the first song in the show, "Hello!"
The cast, dressed in Mormon suits and ties, were going to knock on the dressing-room doors of all the stars on Broadway -- Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Daniel Radcliffe, Robin Williams.
(Since none of them was nominated, it would have been funny if they slammed the doors in their faces.)
The final door would have been opened by Tony host Neil Patrick Harris, dressed in a Mormon suit and tie. And then an army of Mormons would have descended upon the Beacon Theatre, singing and dancing down the aisles.
What an exciting and theatrical idea.
Alas, the Tonys are immune to anything exciting and theatrical, and so the telecast will open instead with -- surprise -- a medley led by Harris.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/julie_spide_on_way_Ia93z77Tl5N5t7hAXIamyH#ixzz1NKtbhFIL
* Tony Talk
After much wrangling with Tony officials, the producers of "The Book of Mormon" have decided to do the song "I Believe" on the telecast.
It's an anthem sung to the rafters by the Tony-nominated Andrew Rannells.
The "Mormon" people were angling to open the telecast, and came up with a brilliant idea centered on the first song in the show, "Hello!"
The cast, dressed in Mormon suits and ties, were going to knock on the dressing-room doors of all the stars on Broadway -- Chris Rock, Ben Stiller, Daniel Radcliffe, Robin Williams.
(Since none of them was nominated, it would have been funny if they slammed the doors in their faces.)
The final door would have been opened by Tony host Neil Patrick Harris, dressed in a Mormon suit and tie. And then an army of Mormons would have descended upon the Beacon Theatre, singing and dancing down the aisles.
What an exciting and theatrical idea.
Alas, the Tonys are immune to anything exciting and theatrical, and so the telecast will open instead with -- surprise -- a medley led by Harris.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/theater/julie_spide_on_way_Ia93z77Tl5N5t7hAXIamyH#ixzz1NKtbhFIL
