Meryl Streep, Patti LuPone, more to perform for virtual Sondheim 90th birthday celebration- Page 5

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:48pm

Owen22 said: "I would have been perfectly happy for this not to be live."

Same. The Met Gala was a mix of live and pre-recorded segments and it seemed to be a smart move. 4 hours with little to no issues besides a few people talking over each other because of lag. 

Is it back up? Can someone post a link? I just keep getting back to the same 6 minute failed start video.

[George in DC]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:49pm

The Met Gala was 90% live. They obviously have their act together.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:50pm

who's in charge... will be fired - Raul is only the host

Updated On: 4/26/20 at 08:50 PM

[sabrelady]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:50pm

Yup same here. Give it 15 more minutes then call it. 

[220Basswood]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:50pm

I also only get the same 6 minutes

[John Adams]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:51pm

There's a lot of humor to be mined from this livestream!

Raul E's silent monologue reminded me of the scene in the movie "Amadeus" where the king wants the music for ballet cut, so they do exactly that; they cut the music, but the ballet goes forward w/o music.

The continuation of filming Raul E's silent monologue after he knew there was no sound was priceless. Looked like something Jerry Lewis might perform in one of his comedy mime bits...

[Gorlois]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:51pm

Is it actually live? I assumed Raul’s segments would be but everybody else would be pre-recorded...?

[Dancingthrulife2]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:51pm

The stream is back up! And down after two minutes

Updated On: 4/26/20 at 08:51 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:51pm

At what point do they just pack it in and try again tomorrow?

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:51pm

CATSNYrevival said: "That was embarrassing. I assume they're going to try and start over?"

they did...bummer nothing is happening now!

[JSquared2]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:52pm

It’s astonishing how many of y’all are being dicks about this. Tech issues happen. It’s live. Does anyone have somewhere else to be tonight?

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:52pm

George in DC said: "The Met Gala was 90% live. They obviously have their act together."

Yup. Really just the chorus and orchestral pieces were not. And Anna and her husband of course. 

[Tag]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:52pm

I love this "someone will be fired" & "where's the tech" stuff.  It's literally Paul Wintorek in his bedroom guys...

[castlestreet]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:52pm

Well this is going well

[Theatrefanboy1]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:53pm

I definitely would have preferred a prerecorded compilation. I’m alone watching this. Laughing aloud by what is going on.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:53pm

Now the link only shows the 6 insane minutes we had. Are they going to push a new one out?

[corninthesky]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:53pm

They started a second stream and it only lasted two minutes before having to shut it down again. Third time is a charm, right?

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:53pm

JSquared2 said: "It’s astonishing how many of y’all are being dicks about this. Tech issues happen. It’s live. Does anyone have somewhere else to be tonight?"

Poor Steve...he has no patience for stuff like this

[John Adams]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:54pm

CarlosAlberto said: "LOL...They disabled the chat feature from their live stream over on YouTube, I can only imagine what was being posted on there."

Who could tell what was being posted? Those posts were scrolling faster than the end credits of an "edited for television" movie on WGN...

 

[220Basswood]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:54pm

Arlove25 said: "They started a second stream and it only lasted two minutes before having to shut it down again. Third time is a charm, right?"

 

I feel so sorry for everyone involved.  Patti postponed screenshots showing everyone was zooming together earlier today.  

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:55pm

Personally, i don’t care. But, they had time to plan for this. For theater, this is a big deal and you can tell as much by those who volunteered their time to participate.

This is amateur hour and a waste of time for many well respected professionals. This could have been managed better.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:55pm

Is anyone else now seeing a video scheduled to go live at 9:57pm??? 

[broadway86]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:55pm

I’m currently imagining dozens of the greatest stage performances of our time just sitting at their computers staring at an error message.

[Gorlois]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:55pm

Was anybody kicked off the stream? It says the “user has removed the video”

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 4/26/20 at 8:56pm

The video feed was taken down from the broadway.com website