I'm only going by cast recordings since I've never seen FB, but I listened to "Gagtime" many times before I saw Ragtime, then played it for my mom when we got home from Ragtime and she LOVED IT...and I laughed much, much more than before. Also, I didn't like Ragtime anyway.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
"I'm tellin' you, the only times I really feel the presence of God are when I'm having sex and during a great Broadway musical." - Nathan Lane - Jeffrey
Gagtime is hilarious. And the Les Mis one ("Eponine went over the barrier were she got..." "Pregnant??" "shot."). Into the Words is great too. Oh, and the Assassins one.
I haven't heard the ones from this season, though =(
<--- me & Erin Davie =)
omigod, omigod you guys...
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
I didn't get to see the Piazza sketch, and it seems to have been left off the newest mounting, much to my chagrin. "It's Cheesy" (Aida) makes me laugh.
"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God.
I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
Unfortunately, I've never gotten to see it live, but based off of recordings:
Joseph and the Amazing High C - "Give them a TV star, a naked TV star..." [possibly made funnier because Donnie Osmond was my first Joseph] The Guys and Dolls Sequence Cheesy as Cats all the collective Les Mis parodies - thelong sequence and More Miserable
I looove "Ouch, They're tight!" because whomever it is has Daphne's vocal inflections down pat. I always crack up at "So I'll use this BAR, and hump it like some porno star!"
Actually, all the RENT parodies are pretty spot on.
But I think "Chita-Rita" or "Liza-One Note" are my favorites of all time.
"Who says you can't bend over backwards and eat bugs if you want to? I guess the bugs would probably say you can't do that that, but assuming that they are willing and consenting bugs, then there's no problem. Let's wig out eating bugs."
-RuPaul
From what I've seen: Light in the Piazza - The "Italy for Dummies" book, the way they walked out, the leaves, the hook, Clara... I was literally crying I was laughing so hard
Squeaky Todd - When they started playing the instruments and trying to sing at the same time... I almost fell out of the seat
I love listening to "Liza One Note" and the beginning of the Patti Lupone "Anything Goes" skit.
I Get a Kick Out of Me Liza One Note M Butterfly ("I can't get by...where'd he put his pee-pee?") The Phantom of the Musical ("Consider that a divorce.") Chita-Rita I Strain in Vain ("How kind of you to let me act.") I Couldn't Hit the Note ("And when I push, I pee.") Follies Bergere Mug Brothers Whistle a Sondheim Tune (hilarious in person) Meow! I Hope I Get It
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
I get really sick of the Carol Channing numbers. The first one was hysterical, after that they get annoying, though her appearance in the Welcome to the Tonys spoof was quite funny.