FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!

[CapnHook]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#1

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

TWO YEARS IN A ROW. REALLY??

"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

[binau]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#2

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

Is it the same guy?

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[fashionguru_23]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#2

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

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

[Jason Bennett]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#3

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

It's like that basically every year...

Chillin' and teachin' acting and voice to muh Bway/Film peeps... (Betty Buckley is teaching a workshop for me at my school, check it out.)

[Piper3500]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#4

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

guy? it's a team.

"it's a dirty little war"

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

[SNAFU]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#5

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

Welcome to live television.

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

[Piper3500]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#6

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

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

"it's a dirty little war"

[willep]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#7

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

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

[rjm516]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#8

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]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#9

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

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

[orangeskittles]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#10

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

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

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[Wishing Only Wounds]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#11

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.

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[degrassifan]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#12

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]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#13

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

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

[AwesomeDanny]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#14

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]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#15

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]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#16

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

Could very well be the cable feed then.

Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!

[best12bars]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#17

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

The sound was a mess.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[yankee_fan907]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#18

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]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#19

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]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#20

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...:)

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[jsg03jd]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#21

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]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#22

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]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#23

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.

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[skb2010]

FIRE THE SOUND GUY ALREADY!#24

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?"

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