Did ANYONE SEE For Good on Telethon?! — Page 3

hmmm. i liked kate...ana, i wasn't sure...sometimes it was good, sometimes it sounded like it was just waaaay to early in the morning for her (which i can definately understand...) it makes me interested to see the whole shebang with them though...just to see.

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I stayed up until 3 waiting for Chitty, and it was worth it because Raul sounded BEAUTIFUL.

At 5 am I woke up to the sounds of Kelli O'Hara singing "The Light in the Piazza" on the telethon. I had no idea she was even going to be on, so I was very very happy. Anyone else see?

And then I just woke up again to "For Good". I think I like Kate Reinders, and Ana Gasteyer sounded a little off, but I blame that on the morning definitely, because her Defying Gravity is probably my favorite.

I have seen "live" excerpts from Wicked on Letterman, Leno and the Tony Awards, and they were all pretty bad, IMHO. This is the first time I've seen anything so simple (other times: Defying Gravity and One Short Day). THIS WAS BY FAR THE BEST tv broadcast. I thought both Ana and Kate were terrific. The simplicity worked well for them, the characters and the music. It shows you how well that song works as a "stand alone" piece.

A bonus was that the intro to the song was handled so pathetically by the telethon announcer that it was actually funny. People who just read from the teleprompter and don't THINK at the same time should be sent back to communications school or wherever. She was like Amber in Hairspray with a Latin accent.

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Updated On: 9/5/05 at 10:59 AM

I played back what was recorded on my DVD recorder, and the sound was so low I thought something went wrong with the recorder. Good to know it didn't, and that it was the program itself.

WGN isn't some backwater station. Really surprised they did such a poor job with the sound.

It was also kinda sad the hosts in Chicago couldn't even
read the teleprompter introductions properly.

aaarrrggghhh... I stayed up so late to watch Chitty that I slept through Kelly O'Hara singing Piazza.... and my mom had something else on the tv (and I of course was half asleep at the time) so I also missed Wicked... oh well, at least I saw 2 of the performances this year. I usually give up watching after a while and miss all of the bway shows.

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tmz814..and anyone else who missed it:

Someone posted a message saying that some of the performances were taped and replayed later on during the telethon. Keep your eyes open (but your remote on MUTE...until something Broadway-related is on, of course!)

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It is on right now in LA.

Patronus, I swear we are related somehow :)

Is Bart Conner Developmentally Disabled?

Perhaps. I guess is not easy to get green that early in the morning.

I just kept thinking of the Idina/JLT song on the View and Broadway on Broadway . . .

EDIT - I would give this a B. Did not seem to be much of a connection between the two. Just eh . . .

Updated On: 9/5/05 at 11:29 AM

Is anyone else performing?

I agree with Mister Russell on this one.

While Wicked has some very nice numbers, all in all it's just blah. That song doesn't do a lot for me and while I won't judge their overall performances from that small, out of element performance it did leave me a bit cold.

She looked "greener" than most Elphabas. Almost like it was the cheap-o green makeup you can buy at Halloween. Is she such a dark green on stage?

There is a thread just a little bit down the page about general performances on the Telethon.

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=866282&dt=090505105054

That might be your best bet in terms of a performance schedule/lineup.

LOL. Little Women!