Kristin Chenoweth's MY LOVE LETTER TO BROADWAY Thread- Page 2

[10086sunset]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 7:30am

Anyone there last night?

[ken8631]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 7:43am

My wife and I were there, up in the mezz Row C.

 

Loved it..  4-piece orchestra plus a piano, expertly played (and sung) by Mary-Mitchell Campbell.  Great outfits as well.  Don't know the names of many of the songs, but my favorites were "I'm Tired" (did a great Madeline Kahn impression), "Bring Him Home" from Les Mis, and "Popular".  Anything she does is wonderful.  Her parents were in attendance.  Her guest was a choir, I think she said she'll have a different choir every night.  Ended about 10:30 I think.  I beleive she only did one song off her new album.

Updated On: 11/3/16 at 07:43 AM

[cynthiastarlight]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 8:43am

Was there last night. Row X Orchestra. Huge theater. There were around seven more rows behind me. Every seat in orchestra filled. 

Christian Sirriano designed her beautiful outfits. She will sing different songs every night and have a different chorus. Last night was an LGBT high school choir. 

Her parents were there. They had a spotlight appear on them once. Rosie O'Donnell is a friend of hers. She stood up in the audience.

She sang Tits and Ass from Chorus Line, Popular from Wicked, a couple of Christian songs, (Sandy Patti songs), my memory is deceiving me. She sang a Burt Bacharach song.

She was adorable and she SANG her heart out.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 8:49am

She sang Tits and Ass from Chorus Line

Seriously?   You're on a Broadway message board and you used that title?   

The correct title is "Dance: 10; Looks: 3".  

Where'd you get your title?  From the Broadway soundtrack?  

Geez!  

[ken8631]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 8:59am

Actually Kristin changed the words to bible-belt acceptable "Boobs and Buns/Butt"   lol  She said Marvin Hamlish didn't like that......  She held up signs indicating the other two words that weren't acceptable in the bible belt - lol

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 9:05am

I was there last night and it was absolute heaven! I've tried my best to remember all the songs but I think I forgot a few.

Act I:

• You Made Me Love You
• I Could've Danced All Night
• Popular
• You Were Always On My Mind/Losing My Mind
• A House is Not a Home
• I Get Along Without You Very Well
• Zing Went the Strings of my Heart
• A Jason Robert Brown song commemorating her parents' Anniversary 
• Upon This Rock
• Bring Him Home

Act II:

• Dance 10, Looks 3
• A new song from the musical "Soapdish"
• It's a Quiet Thing
• I'm Tired
• Heart of the Matter
• Little Sparrow
• I Was Here
• Encore: Thank Goodness, Smile

[ken8631]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 9:12am

Good job barbie - did you write those down?  I could only remember a few....

Am wondering how many she will change from show to show (I would think just a few).  Maybe the "50" one since I doubt her parents will be there every performance?  I would definitely keep "Bring Him Home", "I'm Tired" and the Christian one (with the choir) that got a standing ovation....

 

Updated On: 11/3/16 at 09:12 AM

[Huss417]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 9:14am

Lets not call a "4 piece" an orchestra. YIKES.

Updated On: 11/3/16 at 09:14 AM

[ken8631]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 9:20am

5 if you count the piano.  I would definitely count the piano......

[Huss417]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 9:24am

LOL. How could I forget the piano. It equates to 20% of her "orchestra" :)

[ken8631]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 9:30am

Plus, with her voice she doesn't need a full orchestra anyway :)

 

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 9:32am

She sang Popular in relation to Donald Trump. It was pretty funny. 

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 9:36am

That's a pretty good set list! "Bring Him Home" is kind of an odd choice though. I almost always prefer when she sings comedic songs. How was "Losing My Mind?"

I saw Blazing Saddles for the first time at Radio City in September and had a ball, so getting to hear "I'm Tired" would have been a swell surprise.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 9:45am

A lot of those songs were in her recent Carnegie Hall show. To be honest, that's what I was afraid of and why I haven't bought a ticket yet. But if it's new songs every night as she claims...

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 10:04am

The Always On My Mind/Losing My Mind medley was probably my favorite moment of the show. It was interesting because it essentially told both sides of the story in a broken relationship: the one who was at fault and the one who was abandoned. The arrangement was so seamless you could've convinced me it was written that way if I didn't already know the songs.

[newintown]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:02am

Just curious - what is it that makes "boobs" and "butt" acceptable to religious folk, but not "tits" and "ass?" Why not go entirely academic with "mammaries" and "gluteals?"

Are "cans," "hooters," "melons," "knockers," "fun bags," and "jugs" all unacceptable? How about "derriere," "caboose," "pooper," "tush," or "badonkadonk?"

And yes - five pieces is a "band," not an "orchestra." Charts for a band are properly called "arrangements" (or "charts", rather than the often incorrect "orchestrations."

[ken8631]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:06am

The "small orchestra" looked like it had mainly strings and drums.  No brass.

Her outfits were VERY nice.

[boqboy]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:12am

Was there any merchandise?

[ken8631]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:17am

Yes - a poster, shirts, other stuff.  Can't remember any details though (I'm old - lol)

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:29am

They had CDs for $30, mugs for $20, magnets for $10 and Christmas Ornaments. They also had short-sleeved T shirts in pink and black, long sleeved T shirts in black, and hoodies. 

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 11:37am

Nothing puts me in a Christmassy mood quite like K-Chen on my tree...hahaha, I kid...

[ken8631]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 12:16pm

Anyone going tonight?

[Addison D.]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 12:38pm

A note from the Loyal Opposition:

I saw last night's show.  

She is charming and her voice is extraordinary.  She appears to be a hard-working, Broadway-loving, generous person, but the show left me cold.  Technically proficient--beyond "proficient", of course--but, for me, lacking any kind of emotional color or content.  Ironically--given that the show is a "love letter to Broadway" and that she is such a Bway fan/star--I thought the songs which seemed really to suit her were the folk/bluegrass "Little Sparrow" and the Christian "Upon this Rock" and NOT the musical theater numbers.

She made reference to "that other 4'-11" tall singer" before she sang ''Zing Went the Strings of my Heart" and, repeatedly, to Dolly Parton.  There was also the implicit reference to Madeline Kahn in her homage to "Tired".  On each occasion, I couldn't help but reflect how much idiosyncratic color each of those women brought/bring to their performances and how much Chenoweth...doesn't.

Maybe Cheno's "idiosyncratic color" is just decent, hardworking, generous beige, and/or maybe I'm a churlish old curmudgeon. 

 

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Updated On: 11/3/16 at 12:38 PM

[ken8631]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 12:41pm

Guess you're not a Kristin fan?  Why did you go (wasn't cheap)?

[Addison D.]

Posted: 11/3/16 at 1:08pm

Ken--  That's a fair question.  I'm *not* a fan--that is I've not followed her closely.  I've enjoyed her work when I've encountered her--'Wicked', 'Candide', 'Promises, Promises'--but this is the first time I've sought her out in any kind of solo venture.

I went in hoping for the best and I didn't NOT enjoy it--very talented, charming, sweet, etc.  But I did come away with the overall experience that I described above.  

Certainly, if one is a big fan, the show is likely to be peak experience. I saw a talented performer with whom I didn't connect.  I'm not sorry I went, I just didn't leave on Cloud 9.  I hope that doesn't diminish your enjoyment.