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zamedy
Broadway Star Joined: 6/27/07
#1Opening Number
Posted: 6/9/13 at 8:16pmAmazing. Nothing like seeing all those performers from all those different shows up there together. 2009 is (and perhaps always will be) my favorite but this was the best opening since then. This was heavy on NPH (who was brilliant) whereas '09 let the actual shows be the star.
#2Opening Number
Posted: 6/9/13 at 8:31pmIt was amazing; the best opening number that I can recall. The standing ovation and applause was thunderous!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2Opening Number
Posted: 6/9/13 at 8:32pmAnd it was discussed in the "Official Tony" thread.
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KathyNYC2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
#3Opening Number
Posted: 6/9/13 at 8:34pm
Great this morning at the dress rehearsal in person and great on TV as well. So much fun..and so much energy around. It was contagious.
#4Opening Number
Posted: 6/9/13 at 8:42pmAfter Eight didn't like it. That has to be the biggest surprise of the evening.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#7Opening Number
Posted: 6/9/13 at 9:18pmAfter Eight didn't like the original Showboat when he saw it either.
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
#8Opening Number
Posted: 6/9/13 at 9:18pmAfter Eight didn't like the original Showboat when he saw it either.
CZJ at opening night party for A Little Night Music, Dec 13, 2009.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#10Opening Number
Posted: 6/9/13 at 9:29pmI agree that the music wasn't all that good, but it was spectacular and a brilliant concept.
#11Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 12:23amThat was an amazing opening number, loved it.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
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#12Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 12:46amFrankly I didn't find Neil Patrick Harris' bestiality jokes with Sandy to be funny in the least. Come on, Neil, that ain't Broadway.
#13Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 2:28amBest opening number ever on the Tonys.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#14Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 2:54amCall me crazy but I prefer my Tony Opening numbers NOT to have a convicted rapist in them. But that's just me!
#15Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 6:47am
Loved it. As Besty said: best Tonys opening number I have ever seen.
....but the world goes 'round
jman16
Chorus Member Joined: 5/4/12
#16Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 7:25amI know there's a whole "code of magic" thing that normally surrounds these things, but how did NPH get from onstage to the back of the auditorium so quickly?
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#17Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 7:25amI enjoyed seeing how some of the Tony Awards Bingo elements were included, especially the "Someone spins Tony Award" element as the finale.
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#18Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 8:46amAgreed that it was the most cleverly designed and executed opening number I've ever seen on the Tonys. No more of that precious "Look at us, we're so gay" stuff that just doesn't seem so funny anymore. It celebrated the importance of the theater in a grand, opulent way. Well done, all.
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#20Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 9:31amThank you yankeefan. Time was when Broadway didn't go in for that sort of thing.
#21Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 9:31am
I've watched it again a couple of times. Still think it's the best one ever.
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"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#22Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 10:04am
"I know there's a whole "code of magic" thing that normally surrounds these things, but how did NPH get from onstage to the back of the auditorium so quickly?"
He sprinted down the aisle! I watched him do it twice in the rehearsal. The man is fabulous.
jessied44
Swing Joined: 8/26/11
#23Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 11:23amNPH was great and the number did show off Broadway well. The gratuitous slap at Les Miserables totally unnecessary considering most of the actors were stage performers and most of the people in the audience would have sold their souls to be in the film. Then there is the small matter that it takes talent to be able to to do 20 takes in a row of the same song live compared to singing it once a night.
#24Opening Number
Posted: 6/10/13 at 11:35amBRILLIANT!...NPH is a gift from the gay broadway gods!...
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