FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 8:25pm

TWO YEARS IN A ROW. REALLY??

[binau]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 8:27pm

Is it the same guy?

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:28pm

God, I thought the same thing! Did we not learn our lesson from last year?

[Jason Bennett]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:28pm

It's like that basically every year...

[Piper3500]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:29pm

guy? it's a team.

Updated On: 6/13/10 at 09:29 PM

[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 9:46pm

Welcome to live television.

[Piper3500]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 10:04pm

GILLY???!!!! GILLY!!!!!!!!!!

[willep]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 10:05pm

Im not hearing anywhere near as many sound problems as last year

[rjm516]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 10:13pm

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.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 10:20pm

They should send him to the Gulf. Maybe he could plug that little oil leak.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 10:40pm

No issues here in DC. The problem is the NYC broadcast, not the sound guy.

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 10:48pm

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.

[degrassifan]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 11:07pm

It sounds like every year I watch the Tony Awards, there's always a sound problem. It's kinda sad.

[jv92]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 11:08pm

Yeah. And next year have it at the Majestic or the St. James where it belongs.

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 11:21pm

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.

[morosco]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 11:24pm

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.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 11:25pm

Could very well be the cable feed then.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 11:40pm

The sound was a mess.

[yankee_fan907]

Posted: 6/13/10 at 11:43pm

"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?

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:14am

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

[rjjn]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:18am

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...:)

[jsg03jd]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:22am

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)

[DvnMichael]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 1:45am

Sound issues sounded fairly minimal live...must be somewhere in the television mixing that's screwing it up...

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:14am

It was awful here on the West Coast. Whole sections where mics were out. Unseen peole singing. THe mixing was terrible.

[skb2010]

Posted: 6/14/10 at 2:17am

"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?"