Idina Menzel's Tony performance

#1

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:01am

Finally, a real star turn (I personally don't like watching production numbers on the Tony awards) and she nails it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZQ4_eXFrdM

Will surely go down as one of the great Tony performances.

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Updated On: 6/9/14 at 12:01 AM

#2

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:05am

She was amazing. And I love how simple it was. Idina's vocal histrionics are not for everyone but it was perfect for the emotion of the song.

#3

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:08am

STELLAR.

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"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

#4

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:09am

It's unreal. This is how contemporary musical theatre should be performed. She throws her heart and soul out onto that stage. This is passion. Reckless abandoned. Truly one of a kind.

#5

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:13am

This was the best performance of the night for me.

#6

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:13am

I'm so happy. I'm so proud. She was beautiful.

#7

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:16am

Ditto to all of the above. I hope it brings more to see If/Then - which I liked much more than the general critics.

#8

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:17am

Absolutely love it.

#9

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:18am

I regret being the dissenting voice but I didn't get that performance. Yes, she can belt her face off but I didn't get the emotional journey. What I got was technique and working the soft palate like a full-time job. She is not, IMHO, the best singing storyteller around by a long shot despite those fierce pipes.

#10

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:19am

Hands down, HANDS DOWN the best performance of the night. It drives me crazy that this show is not getting the respect it deserves. Also, I cannot believe this song did not elicit a standing ovation from the audience. What a special talent this woman is.

#11

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:21am

"I regret being the dissenting voice but I didn't get that performance. Yes, she can belt her face off but I didn't get the emotional journey."

Err, there's a whole show that comes before that song typically... it's not really a self-contained piece.

#12

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:22am

There's no question about that voice. But I imagine she's not going to appreciate how she looks when she see's the playback. The facial expressions were truly frightening. What looks good on stage does not always translate to the camera.

#13

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:22am

Yep. What she sang is basically the resolution of the show. Or, at least 1/2 of it.

#14

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:22am

It made me want to go see the show.

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#15

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:28am

You could tell that she wanted to say the f-word not screw. LOL

#16

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:28am

it made me NOT want to see the show. What an awful song.

#17

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:30am

"it made me NOT want to see the show. What an awful song."

Then that was a good three minutes of your time, no?

#18

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:34am

The song was dreadful.

Updated On: 6/9/14 at 12:34 AM

#19

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:35am

Agree, loved the simplicity and it really stood out. Best live TV performance I've seen from her.

#20

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:38am

Updated On: 6/9/14 at 12:38 AM

#21

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:44am

She was extraordinary tonight.

#22

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:47am

Yes it was a good three minutes of my time.

So was previewing the score on itunes. Some god awful Broadway music.
And that song on the Tony's put the nail in my desire to see the show coffin.

The room I was in (Tony party) all theatre people.. all thought it was mundane.

And it is only our opinion so don't bite my head off cause it just grows back.

#23

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:52am

I wasn't biting your head off. Not every show is for everyone. So, if you don't like the music for If/Then, then you're ahead of the game of the people who went and didn't like it, or the people on the fence. I happened to love it and saw it three times, but that's kind of what's good about it. There are shows for everyone. Removing the shows you don't want to see increases your odds of seeing something you like...

#24

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:54am

So happy/proud/moved/etc etc etc. She nailed it tonight, vocally and emotionally.

#25

Idina Menzel's Tony performance

Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:56am

I like the song for its melody but find some of the lyrics a bit idiotic