#26
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:50pm
Guess they are serving clams for dinner. Makes me want to see Memphis even less.
Broadway concert at White House Discussion — Page 2
#27
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:50pm
I think I just got secondhand nodes from watching the end of Chad's performance.
#28
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:51pm
To be fair, that note, when he gets it right, is awesome.
#29
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:53pm
Eye-dina's arms are looking a little lumpy these days.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
#30
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:53pm
When I saw it, he hit the note much better, but didn't riff up the "lives" which is understandable. It was a rough performance.
#31
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:56pm
idina just still hasnt lost her baby weight. she still rocks that song though, even though her voice has never quite been the same
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly <3
#32
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:57pm
Oh my, Eye-Dina!!!! Painful...
"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2
#33
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:57pm
To be fair, he's a Tony Nominated performer singing for the President of the US on TV, representing 'the best of today's Broadway" Pass the cocktail sauce.
I was hoping we could escape the "AH AAAAAH AAAAA" ending for once.
I was hoping we could escape the "AH AAAAAH AAAAA" ending for once.
Updated On: 7/19/10 at 07:57 PM
#34
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:58pm
She sounded fine. A little constricted but not "painful." She looks beautiful too.
#35
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:59pm
I'm watching on the LIVE on Facebook page and the comments are astounding. Is everyone on Facebook deaf? They went CRAZY over Chad's performance and Idina's Defying Gravity. They were both a horrible hot mess!
"You just can't win. Ever. Look at the bright side, at least you are not stuck in First Wives Club: The Musical. That would really suck. "
--Sueleen Gay
#36
Posted: 7/19/10 at 7:59pm
I'm loving the less than subtle song choices.
#37
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:00pm
As a pinko liberal I hate to say this, but I totally see why the right thinks Obama comes off with a "superior" air.
I had a flashback to the Clinton era: Clinton would have looked like he was involved in the performance and gleaning the greater message of whatever song being sung. Obama is expressions are polite but untouched.
I had a flashback to the Clinton era: Clinton would have looked like he was involved in the performance and gleaning the greater message of whatever song being sung. Obama is expressions are polite but untouched.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Updated On: 7/19/10 at 08:00 PM
#38
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:01pm
Chad Kimball has always left Kalimba a bit perplexed.
#39
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:02pm
Audra's voice is astounding.
Updated On: 7/19/10 at 08:02 PM
#40
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:02pm
Kimball was Broadway's best cow before Laura Benanti.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Updated On: 7/19/10 at 08:02 PM
#41
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:03pm
colleen, I totally agree. The people on facebook are pretty amusing!
"I've never encountered such religiously, you know, loyal fans as Broadway musical theater fans. It's amazing."
--Allison Janney
#42
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:03pm
I didn't think Idina was terrible, but it certainly wasn't her best.
Audra, on the other hand, is just perfect.
Audra, on the other hand, is just perfect.
#43
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:05pm
stephen schwartz in the audience :)
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly <3
#44
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:06pm
SRSLY, Nathan Lane?
"I'm seeing the LuPone in Key West later this week. I'm hoping for great vocals and some sort of insane breakdown..." - BenjaminNicholas2
Updated On: 7/19/10 at 08:06 PM
#45
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:06pm
I've heard Idina sing it better, but I thought she was fine. I was a little surprised she didn't hold "Me" long enough though.
Audra and Brian have been the best though.
Audra and Brian have been the best though.
Updated On: 7/19/10 at 08:06 PM
#46
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:08pm
Her second song sounds much better.
#47
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:08pm
Almira, should the president have squealed like a fangirl after Defying Gravity?
Is Nathan Lane drunk? He keeps doing that Michael Scott awkward stare to the lower left.
This is a perfect song for Idina's voice these days. I'm almost sad I missed her concert Saturday night in VA.
Is Nathan Lane drunk? He keeps doing that Michael Scott awkward stare to the lower left.
This is a perfect song for Idina's voice these days. I'm almost sad I missed her concert Saturday night in VA.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
Updated On: 7/19/10 at 08:08 PM
#48
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:08pm
this is MUCH better by Idina. :) and OMG do you SEE the size of her RING!!!! way to go taye diggs haha!
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly <3
#49
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:10pm
Barack Obama - Welcome
Elaine Stritch - "Broadway Baby"
Nathan Lane - Opening
Assata Alston - "Gimme Gimme"
Brian D'Arcy James - "Blue Skies"
Audra McDonald - "I Can't Stop Talking about Him"
Chad Kimball - "Memphis Lives in Me"
Tonya Pinkins - "Gonna Pass Me A Law"
Idina Menzel - "Defying Gravity"
Nathan Lane & Brian D'Arcy James - "Free"
Audra McDonald - "Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe"
Idina Menzel with Marvin Hamlisch - "What I Did For Love"
And then...
Elaine Stritch - "Broadway Baby"
Nathan Lane - Opening
Assata Alston - "Gimme Gimme"
Brian D'Arcy James - "Blue Skies"
Audra McDonald - "I Can't Stop Talking about Him"
Chad Kimball - "Memphis Lives in Me"
Tonya Pinkins - "Gonna Pass Me A Law"
Idina Menzel - "Defying Gravity"
Nathan Lane & Brian D'Arcy James - "Free"
Audra McDonald - "Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe"
Idina Menzel with Marvin Hamlisch - "What I Did For Love"
And then...
"When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written." -Stephen Sondheim
#50
Posted: 7/19/10 at 8:11pm
Uh oh. Elaine's back.
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