Question about the 2009 Tonys closing number.
Question about the 2009 Tonys closing number.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#1Question about the 2009 Tonys closing number.
Posted: 6/8/09 at 7:48pm
How was it written?! Haha!
It may seem like a dumb question but did Wittman and Shaiman somehow whip that up backstage as the awards were going on? Or did they know the winners beforehand?
I feel like there's a really obvious answer but I figured I'd ask...
#2re: Question about the 2009 Tonys closing number.
Posted: 6/8/09 at 7:52pmI'd bet that they wrote some alternate verses to use depending on the outcome of the awards.
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#2re: Question about the 2009 Tonys closing number.
Posted: 6/8/09 at 7:54pmI think someone said this elsewhere and it makes sense...most of it probably could have been written in advance based on who was expected to win, and Wittman and Shaiman were ready to make changes if necessary. Some names were easily inserted. However it was done, it was brilliant!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3re: Question about the 2009 Tonys closing number.
Posted: 6/8/09 at 7:56pm
From what I heard....it was almost exactly the same at the rehearsal....but most feel that it was the likely winners....not any foreknowledge.
But I guess we'll never know.
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#4re: Question about the 2009 Tonys closing number.
Posted: 6/8/09 at 8:01pm
Think about it, though -- there had to be SOME alternate lyrics, and Neil Patrick Harris breeezed through that number like he'd sung it four hundred times.
A tribute to his skill and professionalism, I think.
#5re: Question about the 2009 Tonys closing number.
Posted: 6/8/09 at 8:55pm
I thought most names of actual Tony winners were interchangeable in terms of the lyrics.
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NYadgal
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#6re: Question about the 2009 Tonys closing number.
Posted: 6/8/09 at 9:22pm
You will find all of the answers you are looking for in threads that have already been posted.
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#7re: Question about the 2009 Tonys closing number.
Posted: 6/8/09 at 9:27pm
This link gives background info about the process, as well as lyrics that weren't used.
Tonys closing number
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