Pippin GMA TOMORROW- Page 2

[Sophiia]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:28am

Just watched the performance. WONDERFUL. I definitely think this is the number (including the Corner of the Sky intro) they should do at the Tony's. Would be a bummer if Matthew didn't get to performa at all... The whole cast just radiates such a great energy, it was actually pretty successful even without the curtain drop/all their props! Very impressed :) also that they can hit all those notes so early...haha.

[GottaHaveAGimmick]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:40am

Great job. Nice presentation for the show. Glad to see everyone involved. So glad I saw this show.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:45am

fantastic performance!! hopefully we'll see a few more TV appearances before the Tonys!

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:50am

I want to hear about our Thigh God, Orion Griffiths. : )

[gchris11]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 12:19pm

^ LOL

[ClydeBarrow]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 1:13pm

If the people those chose to watch the performance in the studio were just random then it kinda pisses me off because they looked pretty disinterested.

[macnyc]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 1:15pm

Orion was front and center, and he looked great!

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 5:28pm

Clyde, The people inside the studio were probably the ones with tickets. You contact GMA and get tickets for inside. I did it once and it was kind of boring. But you are right, the people inside really looked like they weren't that interested.

Updated On: 5/23/13 at 05:28 PM

[jdtp12]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 5:40pm

Was that lip-synced? Maybe it was just the video I watched, but it just all felt so canned.

[Wishing Only Wounds]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 9:23pm

^
Same.


I actually found the whole performance extremely awkward. But that also could've been the video I watched. The shots were just, well... awkward.

[HenryTDobson]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 9:35pm

If they don't open the Tony Awards with this number, it'll be such a missed opportunity! Just stunning.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 10:01pm

It seemed very canned-the live energy wasn't translating. The mummified studio audience didn't help matters.

[gravity87]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 10:17pm

I felt it was the best broadway performance that I've seen on GMA, and after watching it bought a ticket.

[lxttech]

Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:27pm

Both on Letterman and GMA the camera angles did the cast no favors. They missed some key acrobatic moments and focused in strange places at times. I would hope that for the Tonys the crew gets more time to choose and rehearse good angles. The teasers for Pippin are very well captured - so its certainly possible.

[gchris11]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 12:22am

I was there for Matthew's warm up at 6am. He and Patina sang live. The chorus was canned. It does not sync up well online. But trust me he was singing live.

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 8:03am

I agree, the camera angles were crap. I spent half the number pointing to the top of the screeen so they could see what Patina was doing. Like, seriously, they bothered to bring the trapeze and set it up and everything and it was cut off half the time!

[gchris11]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 9:44am

Part of the problem with Live TV is they do one run through about 3 hours before it actually happens. And they have people calling the shots who have NEVER seen the show. It was not a bad segment but could have been shot a little better. None of the people on the GMA team outside had seen the show. Most of the people holding signs (which were made by someone on the Pippin production staff, I made my own MAGIC TO DO sign) and wearing shirts had not seen the show. I was hoping more fans would have shown up. It was what it was. I got to have some face time on GMA and have Matthew sing one of my favorite songs to me during his warm up at 6 am then a nice little chat with him before he went back in to the studio. I was a happy man yesterday!
Me at GMA and MAGIC TO DO Sign

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 5/24/13 at 11:05am

That was easily one of the most elaborate yet smoothly presented chat show production numbers since Rosie was on the air, and all I'm seeing is a bunch of nitpicking. They managed to fit a ****e load of stuff into that studio for a three minute segment, and I thought it was great. It could've easily been Pippin and a piano , so I applaud the shows's producers for putting in the extra bucks to give us some extra bang. It could only mean that the Tony number is going to be even better.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 5/25/13 at 10:48am

Here's their performance as well as a little something they did at 8am.
PIPPIN GMA + extra

[macnyc]

Posted: 5/25/13 at 11:19am

I agree with you, everythingtaboo! And the teaser "extra" was fun. When I was watching the show, I was so surprised when it started happening (being vague here).