Jerry Herman and the Kennedy Center Honors
Jerry Herman and the Kennedy Center Honors
Mr. Dolly Levi
Swing Joined: 11/14/10
#1Jerry Herman and the Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:17pmDid anybody attend the Kennedy Center Honors last night and, if so, how was the tribute to Jerry Herman? The wire reports indicate that Carol Channing, Kelsey Grammer, and Angela Lansbury performed....
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#2Jerry Herman and the Kennedy Center Honors
Posted: 12/6/10 at 1:43pm
The ticket prices for this even were astronomical. Jerry was trying to get comps for me but they were in very limited supply.
My family and I went out to dinner last night and out first "toast" was to Jerry as he received his award.
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
BroadwayNorth2
Understudy Joined: 10/7/07
#2Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/27/10 at 11:01pm
Here's the lineup of performances (though I'm not sure if they all made it to the 2-hour show, airing Tuesday night):
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company - Choreographic Tribute to Jones
Jerry Herman tribute:
Carol Channing - "Hello, Jerry"
Matt Morrison and Dancers - "It's Today"
Christine Baranski & Christine Ebersole - “Bosom Buddies"
Laura Benanti - “Time Heals Everything"
Sutton Foster - “Before the Parade Passes By"
Kelli O’Hara & Matthew Bomer - “It Only Takes a Moment"
Chita Rivera - “I Don’t Want to Know”
Kelsey Grammer & Choir - “I Am What I Am” / "We Are What We Are"
Lansbury and Co. - “The Best of Times.”
Winfrey tribute:
Jennifer Hudson - "I'm Here"
Updated On: 12/27/10 at 11:01 PM
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#3Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/27/10 at 11:15pmThanks for the reminder. Must catch this!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
BroadwayNorth2
Understudy Joined: 10/7/07
#4Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/27/10 at 11:30pm
#5Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/27/10 at 11:53pmI love the commercial running that has Chris Rock talking about Oprah saying "She's so rich, China owes her money"!
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
BroadwayNorth2
Understudy Joined: 10/7/07
#6Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 2:38am
How's this for a debby downer of a review of the telecast we're about to watch:
At least we're introduced to a great new word: vehrklemptitude!
Washington Post article
BroadwayNorth2
Understudy Joined: 10/7/07
#7Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 9:16pmIn case anyone needs a reminder, it's on NOW!
#8Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 9:25pmJennifer Hudson was incredible.
BroadwayNorth2
Understudy Joined: 10/7/07
#9Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 9:28pmShe was getting to the crescendo and then they stop the song to introduce the Tennessee State choir. Despite the loss of emotional momentum, it was a brilliant new interpretation of "I'm Here".
JP2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
#10Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 9:43pmSuch a great performance.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#11Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 9:49pmWas that home video footage of Carol in Dolly!?
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#12Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:03pmJerry looks like he is having the worst time...
"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
--Aristotle
#13Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:07pm
Did anyone else think Sutton's "Before the Parade Passes By" was a little...awkward?
Otherwise, that was a pretty great tribute to Jerry.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#14Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:10pmLoved Baranski and Ebersole.
#15Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:12pmDidn't read the posted "review" above, however, my personal take on i this is: Bway has never looked worse. OMFG! That entire Jerry Herman thing was godawful...Mr. Bomer - that voice was horrendous - however, Kelly O'Hara's ALWAYS sounds glorious (to me, anyway). Everyone else, including the dancers was pretty embarrassing. How can all that incredible talent look so bad?? Who wrote that montage anyway? It was like a bad, old HOLLYWOOD PALACE.
#16Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:14pm
Did anyone else think Sutton's "Before the Parade Passes By" was a little...awkward?
When does Sutton not appear awkward?
Jerry looks like he is having the worst time...
I thought the same thing. He looked like he'd rather be anywhere else than there.
#17Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:15pmI don't LOVE Sutton, but I didn't find her awkward in The Drowsy Chaperone. Or most of Anyone Can Whistle, for that matter. She's just awkward in her everyday life.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#18Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:21pm
I thought Sutton was awkward and they seemed to rush thru everything for the Jerry part...I loved "Hello Jerry" but wished there had been more than 1 line. Sutton was awkward. She's too young for the parade to pass by her. Kelly O'Hara was great and so was Laura Benanti but the makeup and lights really aged her. And where was If He Walked Into My Life?? Of all the songs that Angela should have sung...
What I would have loved is a Barbra-Carol duet of "Hello Dolly"
#19Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:24pmI love Matt Bomer in White Collar, I had no idea he could sing!
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
#20Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:25pmSo Carol Channing will be 90 in January, Angela is 85, and Chita will be 77 in January and they were all up there performing! Gotta love that! My daughter said Sutton has no neck and she also thought that it was Bill T. Jones that looked disinterested. The Christines looked beautiful! I would have loved to have seen the full drag costumes.
#21Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:25pmAngela Lansbury jamming to the Merle Haggard tribute is one of the best things I've ever seen.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#22Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:26pmThe Merle Haggard tribute came across a lot better than the Jerry Herman one.
#23Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:28pmIt was awesome seeing Angela, Chita, and Carol together, side by side.
BroadwayNorth2
Understudy Joined: 10/7/07
#24Kennedy Center Honours - Which performance are you most looking forward to?
Posted: 12/28/10 at 10:42pmIn terms of the Broadway performances, I thought Hudson and O'Hara "sounded" the best! What a combo!
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