TWO YEARS IN A ROW. REALLY??
Is it the same guy?
God, I thought the same thing! Did we not learn our lesson from last year?
It's like that basically every year...
guy? it's a team.
Welcome to live television.
GILLY???!!!! GILLY!!!!!!!!!!
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
Im not hearing anywhere near as many sound problems as last year
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/09
It's better than last year's horrendous showing but still, they should be able to do better than this. And it's no excuse to say 'it's a live show' because tons of live shows are able to handle it.
They should send him to the Gulf. Maybe he could plug that little oil leak.
No issues here in DC. The problem is the NYC broadcast, not the sound guy.
CBS has been having problems all week, it's not just the TONYS. The sound kept going out during The Good Wife last Tuesday as well.
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/23/08
It sounds like every year I watch the Tony Awards, there's always a sound problem. It's kinda sad.
Yeah. And next year have it at the Majestic or the St. James where it belongs.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/09
The problem wasn't jut with the NYC broadcast. Where I am, the singing kept cutting out during Million Dollar Quartet's performance. It was so annoying.
Yeah. And next year have it at the Majestic or the St. James where it belongs.
I would love for them to be back in a broadway theatre.
Could very well be the cable feed then.
The sound was a mess.
"I would love for them to be back in a broadway theatre."
And then only nominated people and their guests would be able to attend? The great thing about Radio City is that it can hold so many people. And why shouldn't we try to include as many people as possible for the theatre's biggest annual celebration?
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
Definitely much improved over last year, no mics were turned on early giving us vocal warm ups from backstage.
ETA - I know firsthand how difficult it can be doing sound in NY. I've had trouble finding six clear frequencies for mics while performing at Town Hall, I can't imagine how long it must take to find as many clear frequencies for wireless that they must need for these shows.
Updated On: 6/14/10 at 01:14 AM
It definitely wasn't just NYC area, I'm in DC and I could barely hear Chad Kimball in Memphis's performance. There was also some strange sound during Fela's portion of the opening number that wasn't coming out of the actress on stage...:)
It's really inexcusable how the sound got so messed up in *too* many places in tonight's broadcast. At least CBS got it right when GREEN DAY performed... Wah wah... ;o)
Swing Joined: 5/8/10
Sound issues sounded fairly minimal live...must be somewhere in the television mixing that's screwing it up...
It was awful here on the West Coast. Whole sections where mics were out. Unseen peole singing. THe mixing was terrible.
"It definitely wasn't just NYC area, I'm in DC and I could barely hear Chad Kimball in Memphis's performance. There was also some strange sound during Fela's portion of the opening number that wasn't coming out of the actress on stage...:)"
Pretty much. I was like, "Wait... ventriloquist?"
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