Favorite Moment from Tonys — Page 2

I know there are always a ton of bashers, but I thought this year's Tonys show was pretty good. Many high points listed above.

For me...
1) Drowsey Chaperone number. Boy, I want to see that show. Wished I'd have made the 100 mile drive last year.
2) Christine Ebersole's line was terrific (so was John T playing the "straight" man).
3) Threepenny Opera number. Not everyone's cup of hemlock, but that looked very interesting to me.
4) Clip of Patti LuPone as Evita. Brought back fond memories. It would be great to see that production again. (Although, I liked Mandy a bit better.)

Cheers to the group...

I didn't like the Jersey Boys performance either. It was too Vegas variety show for my liking.

I guess when it comes to Patti Lupone, you either love her or hate her, huh?

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Drowsy Chaperone performance.

JLY's performance in Jersey Boys. I wasn't that amazed by the entire clip, but his solo section blew me away. And the Drowzy Chaperone number.

Patti dancing during the Opening Number

Sara Ramirez & T.R. Knight

The Wedding Singer Performance
Sweeney Todd Performance

T.R. Knight definitely stole the show.

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Christian Hoff winning for best featured actor! His performance was brilliant but no one gave him a chance.

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LaChanze winning.

And the Tony Memories. I loved them!

The Drowsy Chaperone performance was great!
Also, at the beginning when Harry Connick Jr. was singine the opening song Patti was the only one dancing.

--- The commercials for A CHORUS LINE and the LION KING and the one for MARY POPPINS.

--- The SPAMALOT knights

--- Cynthina Nixon winning

--- The Hal Prince tribute

--- Bebe Neuwirth presenting with Chita Rivera with ALL THAT JAZZ playing

--- Harry Connick Jr (I also loved that Patti was dancing around when he was singing at the beginning

--- JULIE ANDREWS

--- SWEENEY TODD performance

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Updated On: 6/13/06 at 09:14 AM

The numbers from Drowsy, Wedding Singer and Jersey Boys all came off well, I thought.

The Color Purple has terrible music, very forgettable... but the performers put their hearts and souls into it, and I enjoyed watching that. LaChanze truly shines, which is no news to me. She's a terrific performer.

Sutton's "Show Off" number was great, but no where NEAR as good as I remember it being in the theatre. It felt a little "flat" and low-energy on TV, but still was the highlight of the telecast, as far as musical numbers.

I've heard nothing but bad things about The Wedding Singer, but this number was very appealing on TV, and it was a decent, catchy song, put over well by the cast.

Jersey Boys looks VERY slick, and the performance had a lot of energy. I can tell, even from this, that the show is very exciting on stage. Young sounded a little thin on his solo, but he seems so perfect for the part... then when they all came out and were joined by (what sounded like) ten off-stage singers, they completely lost me. I don't care if they are canned or live, it was WAY to prefabricated for me. I'd rather just play a Four Seasons record, in that case.

The Sweeney medley was very compelling. I still think the director's gimmick is stealing WAY too much attention from the material, but it works (to a point) on its own level. I was most impressed with Cerveris's acting. Very disturbing, like he could barely hold onto his sanity. Nicely done. Patti was playing Patti, with a failed attempt at a "geographically vague" accent. Still Patti plays Patti better than anyone I know. And the arrangements sounded too weird for me. The only thing missing was a kazoo and a washboard to make this the Country Bear Jamboree presents Sweeney Todd.

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I'm not getting tired of the movie-to-musical trend at all, it's just that The Wedding Singer is a pretty bad musical. The cuteness of the performers and how nice they may be at the stage door has nothing at all to do with the material they're performing

Wedding Singer performance
Jersey Boys performance
Threepenny performance... of course!!!
Rod/ John Tartaglia's lovely comments about wanting Alan Cumming

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