NBC's ANNIE LIVE! (2021) - News & Discussion Thread- Page 13
NBC's ANNIE LIVE! (2021) - News & Discussion Thread
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#300
Posted: 10/22/21 at 4:19pm
I cannot wait for this show. The casting is incredible and so many kids seeing this will see themselves on screen which is a beautiful thing. Diversity is crucial in our world today.
God I miss Benetton ads.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#301
Posted: 10/22/21 at 4:31pm
degrassifan said: "Dude, are you serious? You really have an issue that these fictional characters are not all white? The orphans in the 1999 version were multiracial and Grace was a Black woman. Did you have a problem with those too? Geez. Black people were around in 1933. I'm disappointed you would comment like this."
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#302
Posted: 10/22/21 at 6:42pm
BrodyFosse123 said: "This already looks like a hot mess. NBC trying way too hard for diverse casting, it’s embarrassing. Had it been genuine, it would have been magical. But it looks like they’re checking off things from a memo sent by the highers-up. Even their first 2 promo photos are POC so it’s so calculated they don’t want to get bloods boiling. The transparency is so off-putting. "
You're so ****ing weird.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#303
Posted: 10/22/21 at 6:48pm
BrodyFosse123 said: "I’m sure the line-up of orphans will look like a Benetton ad. When you’re trying too hard… it looks ugly not organic. "
My God, you aren’t even trying to hide that racism coursing through you.
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#304
Posted: 10/22/21 at 6:56pmThat Taraji photo is puzzling. One would think she’d be asked to be in character for the photo (grimacing, looking frazzled, etc.) As is, it looks like a Christmas card photo.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#305
Posted: 10/24/21 at 8:29am
AND… we’re done!
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#306
Posted: 10/24/21 at 4:41pm
On a different subject, who is in the ensemble? Ben Davis will be understudying Warbucks!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVaq3jSLBdC/
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#307
Posted: 10/24/21 at 4:45pm
Celina Smith looks absolutely adorable.
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#308
Posted: 10/24/21 at 5:27pm
Jeff Kready will be Bert Healy! As well as Cabinet Member, and Warbucks' Pool Boy!
Yay for Broadway talent.
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#309
Posted: 10/24/21 at 5:43pm
BCfitasafiddle said: "Jeff Kready will be Bert Healy! As well as Cabinet Member, and Warbucks' Pool Boy!
Yay for Broadway talent."
Bet your bottom dollar these boards will nerd out when the full ensemble eventually gets announced. I’m expecting full-on Broadway talent.
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#310
Posted: 10/24/21 at 5:46pm
His instagram post is cute!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVa2iDeLW6o/?utm_medium=twitter
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#311
Posted: 10/24/21 at 6:18pm
Yay for Broadway talent."
Bet your bottom dollar these boards will nerd out when the full ensemble eventually gets announced. I’m expecting full-on Broadway talent."
Im so excited for December. Jesus Christ this cast!!!!!
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#312
Posted: 10/24/21 at 11:29pm
LizzieCurry said: "On a different subject, who is in the ensemble? Ben Davis will be understudying Warbucks!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVaq3jSLBdC/"
UNDERSTUDIES!? Someone learned the lesson that Rent suffered for...
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#313
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:18am
Exactly what I thought!
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#314
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:45am
Not seeing the vision yet. Curious what we'll get from Lear deBessonet and the guy she's paired with who has done the other TV live musicals.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#315
Posted: 10/25/21 at 8:07am
TheatreFan4 said: "LizzieCurry said: "On a different subject, who is in the ensemble? Ben Davis will be understudying Warbucks!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVaq3jSLBdC/"
UNDERSTUDIES!? Someone learned the lesson that Rent suffered for..."
Hopefully he’s getting paid a bonus for a possibility that ain’t ever gonna happen. They film at least 2-3 full show test runs including the final dress rehearsal so in the event anyone of the leads can’t perform on the live show, one of these is used. RENT Live! did this. If anything, they all now know to perform full out on each of these filmed test runs just in case. The RENT Live! cast all admitted that they were basically marking their performance on the dress rehearsal footage that was used for the live broadcast the world saw. Oh, how they wished someone told them to perform full out at 200%.
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#316
Posted: 10/25/21 at 8:46amLooks like Afra Hines from Hadestown is joining this. She posted a talent badge on her IG stories yesterday.
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#317
Posted: 10/25/21 at 10:59am
BrodyFosse123 said: "This already looks like a hot mess. NBC trying way too hard for diverse casting, it’s embarrassing. Had it been genuine, it would have been magical. But it looks like they’re checking off things from a memo sent by the highers-up. Even their first 2 promo photos are POC so it’s so calculated they don’t want to get bloods boiling. The transparency is so off-putting. "
you are clearly a racist
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#319
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:22pm
I can see the Capitol rioters er I mean a certain type of white person who will write in to NBC "I SAT DOWN WITH MY FAMILY WANTING TO SEE A DELIGHTFUL MUSICAL ABOUT A PRETTY RED HEADED GIRL AND I SAW........THAT. YOU RUINED AN ICONIC EXPERIENCE FOR MY ENTIRE FAMILY! MY KIDS ARE CRUSHED! WHAAAAAAAAH!"
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#320
Posted: 10/25/21 at 1:57pm
BrodyFosse123 said: "This already looks like a hot mess. NBC trying way too hard for diverse casting, it’s embarrassing. Had it been genuine, it would have been magical. But it looks like they’re checking off things from a memo sent by the highers-up. Even their first 2 promo photos are POC so it’s so calculated they don’t want to get bloods boiling. The transparency is so off-putting."
Damn that multicultural Cinderella must've scarred you real deep.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#322
Posted: 10/25/21 at 2:08pm
Any idea if this will be filmed at a theater or is it done on a soundstage type thing?
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/11
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#323
Posted: 10/25/21 at 2:16pm
RippedMan said: "Any idea if this will be filmed at a theater or is it done on a soundstage type thing?"
The past ones that have been filmed on the east coast have been done in a studio on Bethpage, Long Island.
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#324
Posted: 10/25/21 at 2:18pm
RippedMan said: "Any idea if this will be filmed at a theater or is it done on a soundstage type thing?"
None of these NBC Live Musical Events were done in a theater. As mentioned above, they all have been done on a soundstage. The west coast productions used studio lots so they were able to use both interior sets and exterior sets.
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