Just a Reminder: "Great Performances": "ITH" ...NOW..

[Testing1232]

Just a Reminder: "Great Performances": "ITH" ...NOW..#1

Posted: 5/27/09 at 7:56pm

ON PBS @ 8PM (EST)- Chan 13

[WithoutATrace]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#2

Posted: 5/27/09 at 7:57pm

watching (and DVRing) right now!

thanks for the reminder.

[theatremom4]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#2

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:00pm

oooh, thanks! just in time to catch it (AND DVR it!)

[Testing1232]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#3

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:04pm

They are TOO cute !!! Taping it as well !

Lovin the "behind-the-scenes" stuff with Lin !

[Yankeefan007]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#4

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:08pm

Nothin' like an hour long commercial for IN THE HEIGHTS.

[Testing1232]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#5

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:12pm

<< Nothin' like an hour long commercial for IN THE HEIGHTS.>>

Oh, please.... Come on, Yankee.

[ljay889]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#6

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:17pm

This is actually fantastic.

[Yankeefan007]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#7

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:19pm

Is this not an hour long commercial for IN THE HEIGHTS?

Say what you want, Billy Elliot, Young Frankenstein, even Titanic had the same treatment (albeit on non-public TV stations).

It may be in the guise of a documentary, it's generated to sell tickets.

This is the shortened, TV version of the Chorus Line movie. Far better, as well.
Updated On: 5/27/09 at 08:19 PM

[theatremom4]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#8

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:23pm

I agree that this is fantastic! And Yankeefan, I must ask, is it a bad thing to generate ticket sales? I think not. :)

[Yankeefan007]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#9

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:26pm

Oh, hell no. My point was that all shows should be so lucky to get this kind of coverage. Guess I didn't express it well.

[defyingravity07]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#10

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:28pm

I don't have PBS so I have to wait until it gets uploaded.

[B3TA07]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#11

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:42pm

Watching! :)

-Benjamin
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/

[DottieD'Luscia]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#12

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:45pm

Love it!!!

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

[Dolly_Levi]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#13

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:50pm

This is actually amazing. I didn't even really like the show, but this is terrific behind the scenes doc.

Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. Carol Channing

[steven22]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#14

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:53pm

OMG! it was amazing..! I'm in shock...Please release this to dvd!

[Silence = Death]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#15

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:54pm

Wow, that was fantastic.

"That's what writers do. We cut ourselves open and just bleed all over the page."

[obsessedjb]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#16

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:55pm

That was incredible!

[dancingthrulife04]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#17

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:55pm

Not going to lie, I cried.

http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda "And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler

[ljay889]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#18

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:56pm

That was SO much than the Grey Gardens musical documentary. And I like GG better!

[theatremom4]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#19

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:57pm

okay, Yankeefan, then I'm right there with you! THAT would be great.

[Testing1232]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#20

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:58pm

<< Is this not an hour long commercial for IN THE HEIGHTS?>>

Absolutely not.. Maybe you should have waited to watch it before making that assumption. It was FAR from it.

The interviews were great, and honestly... I thought it was fascinating and very touching. Loved the part with Mandy and her parents !!!

[BroadwayBound115]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#20

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:58pm

I wish it was longer. It was so good. My favorite part was when Seth Stewart was walking and they put up the billboard with his picture on it. I had chills the entire show

[CSonBroadway]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#22

Posted: 5/27/09 at 8:59pm

I would rather have shows do this then have Britney Spears stunt casting.

I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&. "Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."

[DottieD'Luscia]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#23

Posted: 5/27/09 at 9:00pm

Did it look like they edited two different clips from the finale - from some of the angles it looked like Lin Manuel didn't have a goatee.

And yes, there were portions of this that I had tears in my eyes - especially when they interviewed Chris Jackson at home with his son.

Hey Dottie! Did your colleagues enjoy the cake even though your cat decided to sit on it? ~GuyfromGermany

[CukorLover]

re: Just a Reminder: 'Great Performances': 'ITH' ...NOW..#24

Posted: 5/27/09 at 9:00pm

I didn't care much for the show either, but this is one fantastic commercial nonetheless. A bit contrived, alot of sincerity, and the ah shucks quality of Miranda makes this a winning promotion for the show. The director Thomas Kail, should have been an actor, as he plays well to the camera. And that dancer Seth Stewart is also a star in the making, which prompted me to youtube him. He's quite the entrepreneur it seems .

Olivo also came off sincere and you can never go wrong with Priscilla Lopez-so genuine. Good for them.