NBC's ANNIE LIVE! (2021) - News & Discussion Thread- Page 21

[Jordan Catalano]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#500

Posted: 12/2/21 at 7:51pm

I can’t believe I’m going to stay up until 4am here in London to watch this. 

[bwayobsessed]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#501

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:22pm

Celina is incredibly talented. I think some of the others including Taraji are a bit much. At least they’re having fun tho.

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#502

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:23pm

Off to a great start!!!

Damn Celina and those kids sound amazing! Taraji is deliciously evil. The new orchestrations are just brilliant so far. 

I know we’re coming up on the 45th anniversary of this show, but it feels like a brand new musical tonight. And that’s a great thing.

"When we die, we go bye bye." - Abe Lincolns

[ACL2006]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#503

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:30pm

Are they lip-syncing the group numbers?

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[MikeInTheDistrict]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#504

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:32pm

Nice to see “We’d Like to Thank You” on the screen for the first time. Taraji is the best part of this so far. She hits the right vaudevillian note that Dorothy Loudoun brought to the role. 

[bwayobsessed]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#505

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:34pm

Idk I feel like Taraji isn’t really making choices that work well on camera….

[jacobsnchz14]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#506

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:36pm

bwayobsessed said: "Idk I feel like Taraji isn’t really making choices that work well on camera…."

I’m sure these live musicals in general are balancing acts between acting for the stage and the screen because it’s staged for both. 

[fosterfan2]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#507

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:38pm

The line that Hoover is quoted as saying"...I take no responsibility..." hit a little too close to home. Reminded me of...you know. This production is more timely than I thought it would be. 

Celina has an amazing voice. I think she's got a bright future ahead.

[Jordan Catalano]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#508

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:43pm

Taraji is cracking me TF up.

[Scarlet Leigh]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#509

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:46pm

Taraji is chewing up the scenery like it is a leather boot and I am HERE FOR IT! 

[MikeInTheDistrict]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#510

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:48pm

Hannigan needs to be over-the-top. Her lines aren’t that funny unless they’re delivered in a cartoonish way. I’ve seen so many actresses sink in this role because they keep things too restrained. Taraji is hitting all the right notes for me. 

[fosterfan2]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#511

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:51pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Taraji is cracking me TF up."

Same here! And what a voice.

 

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#512

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:55pm

Absolutely nerding out over McKenzie Kurtz as Annette and Eliseo Roman as Drake!

Scherzinger sounds lovely and looks beautiful.

"When we die, we go bye bye." - Abe Lincolns

[Auggie27]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#513

Posted: 12/2/21 at 8:55pm

Taraji was pushing a bit in the opening -- nerves? -- but has settled into the genuinely comic performance we knew she'd give. Her roof-raising reprise of "Little Girls" made me wish she was doing this on Broadway. 

I wish the sets didn't look so 1959 television special-ish. It's not an evocative or especially attractive bit of world building. 1930s America is rich visual fodder; this looks like a dinner theater.

The kids, including the wonderful star, are terrific. 

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

[Tag]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#514

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:02pm

Ah Mr. Baldpate.

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#515

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:04pm

“I’m glad to see Broadway get back on its feet in spite of the hard times.”

You speak for all of us, Mr. Connick. And the audience certainly agreed.

"When we die, we go bye bye." - Abe Lincolns

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#516

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:11pm

McKenzie Kurtz as the Star to Be!!!

"When we die, we go bye bye." - Abe Lincolns

[Auggie27]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#517

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:16pm

The shaved head is a basic requirement for the role. The little fleshy bubble bulging at the back of the neck is not a good look. It's a conehead presentation that doesn't help the actor-singer's cause. He seems distracted. 

Trying to get past the unimpressive physical production -- this ice show concept is the best NBC could manage? -- which just doesn't create much verisimilitude or magic. The thirties NYC is ripe for exploration, even with minimalism. This looks like -- well, an old TV special. 

 

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

Updated On: 12/2/21 at 09:16 PM

[GiantsInTheSky2]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#518

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:16pm

Jordan Levinson said: "“I’m glad to see Broadway get back on its feet in spite of the hard times.”

You speak for all of us, Mr. Connick. And the audience certainly agreed."

Call me a loser…but this made me tear up a little. 

I am big. It’s the REVIVALS that got small.

[ACL2006]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#519

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:23pm

Here we go, Tituss and Megan Hilty.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#520

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:30pm

I didn’t really like the addition of “Sign,” but what a smashing “Easy Street” to ease the pain.

"When we die, we go bye bye." - Abe Lincolns

[GiantsInTheSky2]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#521

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:30pm

I just adore Megan Hilty. I wish we had more of her on Broadway.

This really is pretty good. I just wish it was directed and designed by another team. 

I am big. It’s the REVIVALS that got small.

[bwayobsessed]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#522

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:31pm

I always enjoyed Sign. Easy Street is always my favorite number in the show.

[ACL2006]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#523

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:42pm

Easy Street was amazing!!

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#524

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:45pm

Beautiful “Maybe” reprise. It looked like Celina was really crying and not just acting. 

"When we die, we go bye bye." - Abe Lincolns