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I saw it today and it was so great! The cast was in top shape. There was an elderly man in the audience who is a performer. I couldn't think of his name and it was driving me crazy. Did anyone else who saw the show today see him?
My friend's mom won lotto and treated me to the show. It was fantastic - I had never seen Jon, and was very, very impressed. It was hilarious that he kept grabbing Norbert's crotch, and that they rumbled around on the bed for about 5 minutes. I wish they would've done a few more special things, but it was still a great show, and I'm glad to have experienced it.
Thank you all for your reviews. It sounds like it was a proper sendoff for the SCOUNDRELS They will be missed.
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
Gosh, now that their after show party is no doubt over, I am especially saddened. Well, Norbert and Laura are off to work on the tour rehearsals tomorrow. I hope they have a good time.
What a fantastic performance! The energy was pouring from the stage, and of all the times I've been to the show, I've never seen all of the actors get entrance applause. Norbert really gave it his all with Great Big Stuff today. Not that he doesn't everyday, but tonight I thought he was just going to burst. Every dance move was bigger and funnier. The Ruprecht scene was even more hilarious than before, and watching the two of them roll around on top of each other left me in tears because I was laughing so hard. The entire cast was in top form, and today was a reminder of why I've kept going back to DRS over and over again. That show always leaves my cheeks hurting from laughter! The DRS number was very touching, and once I saw Jon and Norbert start to tear up I completely lost it. The curtain speeches were lovely as were the gifts that were given. Definetly one of the best theatre experiences I've had....we'll miss ya boys!
"It's the smile you smile that counts, happy thoughts in large amounts, any problem you can trounce, you can bounce right back."--Donald O'Connor
Extremely rough cut of the speech with mispelled names and such. Enjoy!
"What a ride, yes. I would like to say something. You know, when I won the Tony, it was CBS so they cut you off so quickly. Once again, I am crying that I have gone this far in my career without changing my name. I never thought I would be in this position. There are a couple of people I need to acknowledge with whom me, this show, wouldn’t be here. These two (points to Sherie Rene Scott and Jonathan Pryce), you are so incredible. You do all this and you kind of create a family, and like the best of families, it’s a dysfunctional family and things get done due to circumstances that you normally wouldn’t do. I ask all of you for forgiveness for back stage shenanigans and one man in particular, is Jack Scott back there? (Jack enters stage right) This is my dresser and I couldn’t thank him at the Tony Awards. There is no one in the building who works harder for me that gets my butt out here on the stage every night, in the right clothes. This is the third show I have done with this guy and it’s the third time he has saved my butt. I love you so much (hugs Jack). I want to say that Brian D’Arcy is coming in and he’s an amazing actor. He’s like me, only better talented with better hair. (Audience member says, “Impossible!) He’s really great and I want to say thanks to Jack O’Brian who is a prince of the American theater. (Jack O’Brian enters and Norbert mentions shows he has done - the audience claps enthusiastically) The range and commitment of this man to American theater and he is a treasure. It’s been an honor to have been directed by him. I love you Jack. And for our writers, Jeffrey Lane and David Yasbeck for creating this group of neurotics in the south of France and giving me the part of a lifetime and I will never take it for granted. For those of you who kept coming back again, time after time, thank you for coming day in day out. An for Fred Larsen our conductor. I could go on and on but I will stop there. I am going on the tour, I am going to do three months, spreading vulgar all across America. Thank you very much!" Updated On: 7/16/06 at 10:08 PM
I thought the "two" he was referring to were Jonathan and Sherie...
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
He was referring to Pryce and Scott when he said "these two people"--- BTW... I know someone had posted this before (possibly here or on the ATC boards)--- is Sherie pregnant?
Didnt look like it (as least to me) in the first act, but during ACT II, depending on costume, she did.
They both received plaques like the one John Lithgow got. They were composed of those hilarious posters from various times of the year. Norbert got a special plaque that had a quote that the NYTimes could not print. Something that had to do with them (DRS) losing thier Butz. I'll try to remember it.
im uploading pictures from the show right now.. it was amazing to say the least :)
"maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps if we never veered off course, we wouldn't fall in love, or have babies, or be who we are. After all, seasons change. So do cities. People come into your life and people go. But it's comforting to know the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you're very lucky, a plane ride away" -sex and the city