No "In Rememberance" Segment this year!
No "In Rememberance" Segment this year!
Ziegfeld7
Swing Joined: 6/4/08
#1No "In Rememberance" Segment this year!
Posted: 6/16/08 at 3:26amWanted to see Thommie Walsh up there..
#2re: No 'In Rememberance' Segment this year!
Posted: 6/16/08 at 3:30amHas there EVER been one? I certainly don't remember them from recent years.
#2re: No 'In Rememberance' Segment this year!
Posted: 6/16/08 at 3:38amI definately remember an extended run of them ending with Jesse L. Martin singing Razzle Dazzle in honor of Jerry Orbach a couple years ago. And I'm pretty sure there was one last year too.
The witch is dead
Burn the witch
Just bring me back her head
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#3re: No 'In Rememberance' Segment this year!
Posted: 6/16/08 at 7:18amThey played one during one of the commercial breaks in the theatre.
IsolatingAge
Leading Actor Joined: 12/18/05
#4re: No 'In Rememberance' Segment this year!
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:49am
Did they do a Year in Review segment for musicals?
Or did they feel it unnecessary since every show that opened this year (that is still running at least) performed?
#5re: No 'In Rememberance' Segment this year!
Posted: 6/16/08 at 8:50amNo, they didn't, for the reason you mentioned.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
IsolatingAge
Leading Actor Joined: 12/18/05
#6re: No 'In Rememberance' Segment this year!
Posted: 6/16/08 at 11:14amThat sucks. I would've liked to see a clip of Glory Days.
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#7re: No 'In Rememberance' Segment this year!
Posted: 6/16/08 at 11:32amI was going to say they probably did it during the pre-show. At least it was done, even if it was shoved out of the broadcast so old shows could do something. I'm not overly impressed with that decision...let old shows do numbers and we'll take over half the awards off the telecast. And the In Memory segment. Not the greates idea IMHO.
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
IsolatingAge
Leading Actor Joined: 12/18/05
#8re: No 'In Rememberance' Segment this year!
Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:40pmI totally agree jordangirl. I was pretty underwhelmed with all the performances from old shows and shows that were not nominated. It seems like they were focusing a lot on just trying to get people to come see a Broadway show, which isn't a bad thing, but I feel like people who watch the Tony Awards are probably mostly people who already come to see Broadway shows, or would if they had the money or live closer to NYC, and I think those are the kind of people who would have preferred to see Alex Lacamoire (who's hair bobbing up and down in the pit at ITH is a new form of entertainment all its own) give his acceptance speech.
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