#26
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:36am
maybe Raul needs time off??
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#27
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:37am
I'm actually surprised (but happy) that they did WICKED up by the castle. Classy choice. I'll tell you one thing that does piss me off; everytime that sad sob story about Christina Applegate comes up...Charlotte rarely ever gets credit for saving that show! Keeping it going long enough for Christina to get better...That's ****ty.
AHHH Where is Mr. Esparza????
AHHH Where is Mr. Esparza????
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#28
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:37am
Oh and I loved the cleaned-up lyrics to Great Big Stuff. I can't believe they had to take out the suicidal line and the "hummers in my Hummer." But Norbert looked fantastic - and at least his costume was warmer than the girls. I felt so bad for them... but they are on national tv... 
"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure."
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#29
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:38am
so much for wicked being on 11-11 30 as reported. no spelling bee yet?
#30
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:39am
FOr those who can't get the opening number out of their head, click on this
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=5992
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=5992
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#31
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:40am
I wish Sweet Charity would stop performing Brass Band at every last thing they go to... that was quite possibly the lowest point in the show for me. But I love another excuse to watch Norbert do Great Big Stuff... even if it is dumbed down, hee.
#32
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:40am
Does it seem like the B-way performances are really early (and close knit this year?) And what the heck could Raul need time off for?
I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2
#33
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:43am
Have to give Andrew Lippa his props -- that opening number was the least annoying and most clever opening I ever remember from a parade. It was about as un-annoying (I know that's not a word) as a large group of kids singing can really be...yes, I'm a teacher. Believe me, I have experience.
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#34
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:43am
No they are always from 9-10 on nbc and one a segment.
#36
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:44am
AHH!! I just switched over when they were announcing him - yay for John and Rod!!
"If you start from a place of joy and charm, you can get away with a lot in the second act. It may be that that's my life. I'm not sure."
~Roger Bart
#38
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:55am
Um, DRS needs to stop doing Great Big Stuff..... it is a terrible number when pulled out of the show and G rated... They should have done Here I Am......
#39
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:56am
Anyone else enjoying the tap sounds coming from the Rockets who are wearing shoes without taps?? Gotta love the "production" of the Macy's day parade...
As opposed to the "Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade" we get in Philly, where there are 100 teenagers dancing to a Grease Megamix wearing bad dance recital costumes!
As opposed to the "Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade" we get in Philly, where there are 100 teenagers dancing to a Grease Megamix wearing bad dance recital costumes!
#40
Posted: 11/24/05 at 9:58am
Arg! I saw Sweet Charity (disappointing), Great Big Stuff (new lyrics were...interesting? dont get why they had to change the suicidal part though) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (cute..then came to this post and found out I had missed all the good stuff on CBS....I thought it would all be on later 
very very diappointing.
very very diappointing.
#41
Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:01am
Umm. Guys, it's pretty obvious why Charity did BRASS BAND. The line "I'm the band at Macy's big parade." Plus it's the most flashy number, with it's ensemble as a "brass band." It fits perfectly for the parade.
Maybe some of you didn't catch on to that.
Maybe some of you didn't catch on to that.
#42
Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:01am
Sounds like fun singingwendy. Let's broadcast that parade next year! This year's Broadway segment/s were ho hum. But I'll watch every year ..
#43
Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:02am
Has Spelling Bee gone yet on CBS?
#44
Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:02am
I missed the performance of GBS earlier...does anyone know if/where I could find the video of it? Will it be repeated on television, on the Scoundrels site, on Broadway.com, on Broadwayworld.com? Thanks.
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#45
Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:06am
Poop. I guess we only get the Detroit Thanksgiving Parade here on CBS, not the CBS New York Parade.
#46
Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:06am
Hmmm. Well, from a purely "national commercial for our show" standpoint, (because that's what these spots are, in essence) I think each show did what they needed to do to sell the product.... except perhaps DRS. I know they want to showcase the Tony-winner, but honestly, I agree with those who say "Here I Am" would have been a better choice. "Great Big Stuff" just didn't play right with all the cut out stuff and obviously re-written lyrics. The people I'm spending the holiday with looked a bit bored, sadly. No matter how much I've spoken about the show to them and how great it is. *sigh*
Here's what I also heard from those people around me (not Broadway-savvy at all... really...):
- "The Four Seasons!!! I love the Four Seasons!!! Kay, why didn't you tell me there was a show with Frankie Valli in it??"
- "He's... uhm... not really IN it. That's an actor. Frankie Valli is a lot older now... I'm quite sure."
- "... oh. ... Well, we're still getting tickets."
- "I wanna see Chitty! Chitty Kitty.." (Okay, younger relative, but I digress... she recognized the name from the movie)
Here's what I also heard from those people around me (not Broadway-savvy at all... really...):
- "The Four Seasons!!! I love the Four Seasons!!! Kay, why didn't you tell me there was a show with Frankie Valli in it??"
- "He's... uhm... not really IN it. That's an actor. Frankie Valli is a lot older now... I'm quite sure."
- "... oh. ... Well, we're still getting tickets."
- "I wanna see Chitty! Chitty Kitty.." (Okay, younger relative, but I digress... she recognized the name from the movie)
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#47
Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:07am
Anyone have any idea when Kristin Chenoweth will be on the parade singing from Oklahoma?
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#48
Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:12am
i missed GBS, like DoogieB did, too. did anybody who recorded it will be able to put it up online?
grr. i woke up and turned on the tv at exactlly 9:40 and it was jersey boys! oooh, well.
grr. i woke up and turned on the tv at exactlly 9:40 and it was jersey boys! oooh, well.
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#49
Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:15am
Did I miss Spelling Bee already???
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#50
Posted: 11/24/05 at 10:23am
CBS will have Spelling Bee, which is coming on soon!
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