Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)- Page 7

[scott68]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#150

Posted: 6/7/09 at 2:13pm

Hahah oh, I know, I didn't mean to sound defensive. But lots of red lighting, solo Billy tapping with rioters and then riot police, lots of "Uh!" noises... definitely the Angry Dance. I didn't notice if they were in the opening number, because they weren't featured, and there were thousands of people up there, but maybe the ballet girls are part of the "Let the Sunshine In"?

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[Anakela]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#151

Posted: 6/7/09 at 2:14pm

Maybe Rob was confused because there are little snippets of Solidarity mixed in with the Angry Dance? I'm not blind, and I've seen the show, so I know what I saw.

lol I'm having almost the exact same convo irl right now- was also at the rehearsal, have also seen Billy, will also vouch for the fact that they rehearsed a one Billy Angry Dance earlier today.

[scott68]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#152

Posted: 6/7/09 at 2:15pm

"You Don't Know/I Am the One" actually worked really well. My roommate, who's more of a casual Broadway person, wants to go see Next to Normal because of their performance.

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[CSonBroadway]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#153

Posted: 6/7/09 at 2:53pm

What happened to 9 to 5 performing in the opening?

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[Anakela]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#154

Posted: 6/7/09 at 2:56pm

they're there, performing with Dolly.

[sgv123]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#155

Posted: 6/7/09 at 3:05pm

This was just posted:

TheTonyAwards: A lone @BillyElliot chair on the platform out in the audience. Wonder what it means?? Artsy pic for a BBerry, no? http://mypict.me/2WdL

I think there are some things are being performed that were not at this rehearsal.

[Anakela]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#156

Posted: 6/7/09 at 3:08pm

Maybe there are things being performed that didn't happen at rehearsal, but that chair is fresh out of the opening number- one Billy on that platform, two on stage with Elton & piano, all three with chairs...

[sgv123]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#157

Posted: 6/7/09 at 3:13pm

oh, ok. Are they doing Electricity? That chair and that spotlight looks like Swan Lake.

[scott68]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#158

Posted: 6/7/09 at 3:28pm

Elton sings a bit of Electricity (or, at the rehearsal, his stand-in did), but the boys do the spinning chair bit, then Trent (who was on the platform) runs off and backstage, Kiril and David do some tumbling, then three adult Billys come out, and Trent as well up on the wire to do a quick flying bit. The music is just Electricity, though, I believe.

9 to 5 is in the opener, singing the title song with Dolly. Aside from the ones I mentioned, there's also Shrek doing "Freak Flag" with Sutton and Brian singing solo lines to include them, and Rock of Ages and Poison doing... whatever the Poison song in the show is, I forget.

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[Kad]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#159

Posted: 6/7/09 at 3:45pm

So I've read that Brian is onstage during "What's Up, Duloc?". Is that true?


If it is- why the hell didn't they do "Who I'd Be"?!

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Updated On: 6/7/09 at 03:45 PM

[defyingravity07]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#160

Posted: 6/7/09 at 4:05pm

If Brian is going to me on stage then I assume Shrek is performing early on in the night. He is probably going to come straight from the show in costume.

[charlieoflondon]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#161

Posted: 6/7/09 at 4:20pm

Sounds liek thr billy opening is going for something along the lines of this london video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoomfOZ2elw

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#162

Posted: 6/7/09 at 4:26pm

I really like that video!

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[BroadwayBuff4Life]

re: Confirmed Tony Performances (spoilers)#163

Posted: 6/7/09 at 5:52pm

Concerning Billy Elliot's performance, did they use a set at all? If not, what did the number look like without the house and didn't traps?