Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

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Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/13/09 at 9:00pm

They just announced that it'll be a part of tomorrow's results show.

"... a performance by the current Broadway company of West Side Story..."

Updated On: 4/13/09 at 09:00 PM

#2

re: Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/13/09 at 9:04pm

I just heard that too but don't they have a show on tuesday nights? how are they going to be in LA and NYC at the same time?

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re: Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/13/09 at 9:04pm

I heard it was pre-taped.

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re: Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/13/09 at 9:04pm

Its Karen and the Girls singing America. I saw it in an email today from WSS

#5

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Posted: 4/13/09 at 9:07pm

I wish they would do "COOL", in this production it is the best danced number.
It will be a taped number.

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re: Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/13/09 at 9:11pm

So, whenever the show was dark was when they flew to LA to pre-record the routine. I don't know how those pre-recorded performances are done w/ an entirely different audience than on Monday or Tuesday... unless it'll be recorded tomorrow in the AM? IDK. There's "live" TV for ya!

#7

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Posted: 4/13/09 at 11:57pm

it's being done the same way A Chorus Line did it last year.

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#8

re: Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/14/09 at 8:30am

Basically, they taped it yesterday, and probably pull down a screen or something for the live audience to watch. We aren't supposed to know that it isn't live because we get the picture from a video feed.

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#9

re: Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/14/09 at 12:44pm

Oh I hope the cast does perform America!

#10

re: Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:14pm

scorecards: 5-5-5

It just seemd out of place, as well as out of context. with all those terrific professional female dancers on that show, these gals failed in comparison. though the blonde on the right seemed pretty hot tonight. Olivo still doesn't command that number, and never will.

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:16pm

That performance fell so flat.

#12

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:17pm

As a promotional device for the show, I think it did its job. In terms of showing off the choreography, it just didn't work. Ballroom and the dance styles that they do on the show are just so much more... showy, for lack of a better word, that the Robbins choreography loses its resonance.

And I think she's fantastic, but Karen Olivo's voice just does NOT translate outside a live performance. When I saw the show, her singing blew my face off. When I watched this performance, I just... winced a little bit.

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#13

re: Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:20pm

The quality of the performance on DANCING WITH THE STARS does not matter. What DOES matter is that a Broadway show just got more exposure than possibly any Broadway production ever has. It's good for Broadway. Be happy for that.

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#14

re: Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:20pm

i came in on the performence towards the end. did they perform the entire number or the shorter version for tv?

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:21pm

I caught the segment on SWT. It was okay. Not exceptioally good and not exceptionally bad. I guess I'm saying it just wasn't expectional.

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:21pm

I would think that the average audience member watching this show would much rather go to a DWTS live arena event than go to see WSS on Broadway. The ballroom dancing is just so much flashier and fun given it's discipline. And that performance did nothing to convince them otherwise.

Updated On: 4/14/09 at 09:21 PM

#17

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:23pm

Whenever the cast performs "America" my eyes always go to the blonde. She just looks like she is having so much fun.

The applause happened at weird...or am I the only one who thought that?

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:29pm

I think they did a good job. Might of not been as good of a job as they do on broadway every night but you can't really compare them to the other professional dancers from dancing with the stars. There not ball room dancing for one and the ball room dancers don't have to worry about singing while there doing all the crazy lefts and crap.

Updated On: 4/14/09 at 09:29 PM

#19

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:30pm

i totally agree with you broadway122 my eyes always go to the blonde! she has much engery and really puts her all into the dance! i enjoy watching her!!

the part of the dance that karen always looks like she is half doing is when they swing there legs back and forth and then swing there knee back and forth. everytime i see her do that part she just looks board out of of energy doing it! i hate that!!

#20

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:35pm

I thought it was great!!! Karen sounded great and I was really impressed with her dancing.

#21

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 9:57pm

It it wasn't for the dress twirling, Karen's limited dancing would look even weaker than it already looks. The dress twirling compensates quite a bit.

I personally can not get into the long 'urban' hair. I prefer my Anita with short hair.

#22

re: Cast of WSS to perform on Dancing with the Stars, Tues 4/14

Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:16pm

Sorry I am posting this, but (yeah) here is a link to the performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MTwcJmGNMU

#23

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:33pm

I definitely don't think it came off as awkwardly as others were saying, but why the hell was Karen over-singing like that? Yeesh, pull it back girl!

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#24

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:41pm

I caught that, too. But she seemed to stay at equal levels after that first dance break, IMO.

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Posted: 4/14/09 at 11:13pm

I thought it was great. Karen was great.

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