NBC's ANNIE LIVE! (2021) - News & Discussion Thread- Page 22

[NOWaWarning]

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Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:48pm

Is anyone else having sound issues or just me? Every time they sing more loudly, the sound cuts out a bit.

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#526

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:49pm

Here we go, Jeff Kready as Bert Healy.

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

[bwayobsessed]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#527

Posted: 12/2/21 at 9:49pm

I’m pausing here and watching act 2 tomorrow. Thought act 1 was enjoyable enough. I just feel like these live musicals always struggle to get a real flow going with all the horrid commercial breaks.

[ACL2006]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#528

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:00pm

These Wendy's commercials are annoying. And I still think they're lips syncing in the group numbers.

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[Rumpelstiltskin]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#529

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:01pm

The little girl who plays Molly is a real scene stealer.

[degrassifan]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#530

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:03pm

Loving this so far! Celina is amazing!!! 

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NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#531

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:05pm

Alan Toy!

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

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#532

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:12pm

Gotta love Jacob Keith Watson and Anastacia McCleskey in the Cabinet.

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

[degrassifan]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#533

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:15pm

Jordan Levinson said: "Gotta love Jacob Keith Watson and Anastacia McCleskey in the Cabinet."

Love seeing Ben Davis too!!

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#534

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:23pm

Connick’s “Something Was Missing” was nicely sung.

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

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#535

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:31pm

The red dress looks GORGEOUS on Celina. 

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

[BrodyFosse123]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#536

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:42pm

ACL2006 said: "These Wendy's commercials are annoying. And I still think they're lips syncing in the group numbers."

Yes, ensemble numbers are lip-synced.  It’s to keep a sound balance leveled.  This has always been the norm on live TV, even the Super Bowl.  Lead vocals are done live, but ensemble is always pre-recorded.  

[degrassifan]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#537

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:44pm

I don't know the stage show well, but was that Maybe reprise from the musical or written for Connick? 

[degrassifan]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#538

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:52pm

Oh I don't like this ending with Miss Hannigan. Seems very Stockholm Syndrome-ish. Also, I don't understand Miss Hannigan's last minute change of heart? Where did that come from? Why would she turn in her brother? 

[Miles2Go2]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#539

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:54pm

Loved this. I could belabor the few things that didn’t work for me, but I’ll just say it’s just what I needed. 

[jimmycurry01]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#540

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:56pm

I just loved this. It was well performed from start to finish. I smiled the whole way through. I am very impressed with Celina Smith, and Megan Hilty cracked me up.

[SoCalDirector]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#541

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:56pm

Since Dee Dee had been playing Eleanor Beth would be great.   Eleanor was added for the film that added a lot of stuff. She is not in the stage show. I've done it three times.

Miles Robert Mills

[ljay889]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#542

Posted: 12/2/21 at 10:57pm

I haven't seen the original movie in ages. Was that the movie ending regarding Hannigan? 

[EDSOSLO858]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#543

Posted: 12/2/21 at 11:01pm

That was an enjoyable few hours. Happy holidays to all.

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

[AEA AGMA SM]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#544

Posted: 12/2/21 at 11:02pm

ljay889 said: "I haven't seen the original movie in ages. Was that the movie ending regarding Hannigan?"

Yes, in the movie version Hannigan has a change of heart when she sees that Rooster really intends to kill Annie during that whole climbing the drawbridge and dramatic helicopter rescue scene. She then appears in the grand finale riding an elephant, if I recall correctly.

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#545

Posted: 12/2/21 at 11:02pm

I had to turn this off over an hour ago. It is so terribly directed. The kids are SCREAMING all of their lines…actually much of the book scenes are a lot of yelling. The sets have been uniformly exceptional for resent live musicals but this feels so..basic?

Taraji P Henson is giving a master class in what NOT to do on stage. Her ad libs don’t work and she hasn’t made a single coherent acting choice, she’s just making weird sounds. I didn’t laugh once during Little Girls. And her ad libbing doesn’t work and completely messes with the timing of the scenes. She’s just painful to watch here.

Nicole Scherziger dances beautifully, but she’s trying to incorporate pop star phrasing into her vocals and it doesn’t work for this music. It completely threw off the tempo in I Think Im Gonna Like it Here. And it was just bizarre in We Got Annie (though the ridiculous forced belt/riffing from Mrs Pew in that number takes the cake in terms of out of place vocals. My house burst out laughing). Scherzinger has a killer voice and I wish she would have given in to the style of the piece. 
 

I was so looking forward to this musical tonight, especially considering the creative teams previous successes. But this was a miss. We are just watching clips from the OG movie instead.

 

shout out to Megan Hilty who was pitch perfect as Lily St Regis.

[degrassifan]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#546

Posted: 12/2/21 at 11:03pm

AEA AGMA SM said: "ljay889 said: "I haven't seen the original movie in ages. Was that the movie ending regarding Hannigan?"

Yes, in the movie version Hannigan has a change of heart when she sees that Rooster really intends to kill Annie during that whole climbing the drawbridge and dramatic helicopter rescue scene. She then appears in the grand finale riding an elephant, if I recall correctly."

In the 1999 version, Hannigan got sent to a psych ward/nuthouse. 

[Auggie27]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#547

Posted: 12/2/21 at 11:14pm

"Easy Street" reminded us what the show was/is. But the ugly designs -- that vacuous studio with floating dinner theater/TV special sets, period-indifferent costuming, bad wigs -- squelch too much of the good. Putting an dimly lit audience around the action -- but what, 100 feet away? -- just felt bizarre. And then suddenly, there's an "Annie Live!" sign illuminated during an intimate moment. It still looks like a promo with highlights rather than the broadcast. Nothing hung together.  Direction, concept, and overall tackiness genuinely disappointed. The 1930s offer a chance for a slice of authentic urban Americana (Google the original). Nothing came close to that.  

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[smidge2]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#548

Posted: 12/2/21 at 11:17pm

Still prefer the 1999 version. Such a terrific cast.

[silent]

NBC will present ANNIE LIVE! for 2021 holiday season#549

Posted: 12/2/21 at 11:44pm

So they do a backup taping? 
 

I’ve always felt they should just tape the specials period. Instead of doing it “live.” 
 

I’m assuming the soundtrack is recorded in advance? 
 

I wish Nicole would’ve taken the role in Cats (the Broadway revival) years ago.