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#1

OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/6/06 at 1:25pm

Today kick-started the annual summer Broadway in Bryant Park series. Performances from various Broadway shows will be showcased from 12:30-1:30pm each Thursday from July 6-August 10 at Bryant Park (located behind the New York Public Library on 6th Avenue between 40th and 42nd street.)

IF YOU WENT TO ANY OF THE SHOWS, TELL US ABOUT IT!
PHOTOS, STORIES, GOOD TIMES!

The performance schedule (subject to change) is:
JULY 6
· Jacques Brel
· Avenue Q
· Hot Feet
· Stomp

JULY 13
· Mamma Mia!
· Beauty and the Beast
· The Drowsy Chaperone
· Drumstruck

JULY 20
· Shout! The Mod Musical
· The Phantom of the Opera
· The Color Purple
· Wicked

JULY 27
· The Wedding Singer
· Hairspray
· Tarzan
· Rent

AUG 3
· Chicago
· I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
· The Lion King
· Spamalot

AUG 10
· The Fantasticks
· The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
· The Actors Fund: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
#2

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/6/06 at 1:31pm

I was just wondering, do you think that the order they are listed here is the order that they perform at Bryant Park? I'd love to catch The Wedding Singer perform and since my lunch hour is short, it would be good if they were the first to perform so I could leave LOL.
#3

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/6/06 at 1:36pm

I do not think so. I listened to the STOMP soundcheck over my friend's cell phone and believe Jacques Brel opened.

It's only an hour-long show each Thursday, so it couldn't hurt to stick around to see the whole set anyway, right? Ask for an extended lunch break!

EDIT: I saw photos of all of today's performances, looked like fun.

Updated On: 7/7/06 at 01:36 PM

#4

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/6/06 at 1:53pm

Actually, Jacques Brel opened the show - you might have heard the sound check. From what I saw, it looked like Ave Q was performing last, because they did the last sound check - just sang a bit of each of I'm Special (if that's the Lucy T. Slut song), If You Ruv Someone and It's a Fine, Fine Line.

The Jacques Brel cast sang Madeline, Amsterdam, Carousel and All We Have is Love. I left after that...it started a little on the late side, around 12:45-12:50.
"I cried during the Frug." - MC
#6

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/6/06 at 2:07pm

"It's only an hour-long show each Thursday, so it couldn't hurt to stick around to see the whole set anyway, right? Ask for an extended lunch break!"

I've gone to them before, and they are a bunch of fun. I have a lot of leeway with my schedule so I guess it won't hurt if I stay, it's just that the more time I miss after 1 hour, the less money I make!
#9

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/6/06 at 2:56pm

Even though it says a 12:30 start, they never start before 12:45. The shows were in the order listed in the first posting: Jacques, Avenue Q, Hot Feet and Stomp. Drew wasn't with the Jacques crew.
#10

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/6/06 at 2:59pm

The order of performances was not as it was listed. Jaques Brel was first, then Avenue Q, then Hot Feet and Stomp closed. They were all pretty good, but I was particularly impressed with Stomp.

I was not impressed, however, with the two old ladies behind me who proceeded to talk through the entire show.
No day but today.
#11

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/6/06 at 3:05pm

What time is the sound check?
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#16

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/6/06 at 5:02pm

MissNY:
The performers from Avenue Q were Evan Harrington, Ann Sanders and Mary Faber with Kate Monster and Lucy. They performed Special, The More You Ruv Someone, and There's a Fine, Fine Line.
#17

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/6/06 at 5:06pm

What did Hot Feet do, and how was it?
A dancer might dream to see her name in lights and mean it, but all she really dreams is to make someone else feel the way she did when she first saw a dancer. And that is so beautiful-Anonymous
#18

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/7/06 at 12:59am

My friend, who knows next to nothing about Broadway (other than liking Avenue Q's recording) said the Hot Feet performance was actually quite entertaining and the dancers were all incredible. One white female dancer apparently had killer abs (the photos are amazing) and my friend didn't know the show was tanking, and was surprised to learn that, because he was really impressed with the dancing.

Stomp did their broom routine, then a step dance, then the bamboo pole routine.

He also really really liked Jacques Brel. Maybe he and I will go see it together, I'm eager to hear Drew again. He said that while they were only standing and singing at the mics, they were highly animated and enjoyable.
#21

re: OFFICIAL BRYANT PARK 2006 BWAY PERFORMANCES THREAD

Posted: 7/10/06 at 3:56pm

It makes me really sad that people on this site are wishing Hot Feet and all these people to lose their jobs. The show didn't work for me, but still, these talented dancers deserve to keep their jobs.
I feel bad for Gay Marshall, i wonder if she got teased in school because of her name.
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

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