Spamalot Tour Question: Piano Cadenza

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 5/10/06 at 3:13pm

You know how on the cast recording, David Hyde Pierce plays the piano cadenza during "You Can't Succeed on Broadway"? Well, on the tour during the piano cadenza, Bradley Dean (I might be mixing up names with whoever played Galahad) improvised and played the first few opening notes from the theme song in "Cheers" im the middle of the cadenza. I figured that it was because it was in Boston, which has two Cheers restaurants. How does he improvise in the other cities? Does he play something that pays homage to the city or what it is known for?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/10/06 at 3:22pm

I saw Pierce improvise too, but I forget exactly what he did.

[jboy1]

Posted: 5/10/06 at 3:35pm

I think I read that when Kelsey Grammar saw the show, DHP played the theme (or part) from FRASIER.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 5/10/06 at 6:01pm

What about on the tour besides Boston?

[LilMiZBroADwaY23]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 10:59pm

I didn't really see any improvising in Chicago. There were a few differences, unless I really don't know any Chicago homage songs.

[BwayBaby18]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 11:18pm

Wait they really play the piano?

[renthead92]

Posted: 5/27/06 at 11:22pm

If he really does do this, I wonder what he'll do for Minnesota?

[StephanietheStar]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 12:40am

In Chicago he played something...I honestly can't remember what it was though....

[Mythus]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 1:43am

It's David Turner who plays Robin, Bradley Dean plays Galahad. Yeah, after I saw it, I wondered if he would do different stuff in different cities. And Millie, it's because the bar they used in Cheers - well, the exterior of it, anyway - the Bull and Finch Pub, is in Boston, and the show's set in Boston, not because we just have "Cheers" bars.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 1:46am

yeah bwaybaby. David Hyde Pierce did and I guess the others do too. It's really cool.

[Jon]

Posted: 5/28/06 at 10:42am

Maybe in Minneapolis he'll play the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme.

[LilMiZBroADwaY23]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 11:21am

Is there sheet music for the piano cadenza out there at all? I really want to learn how to play it.

[deck925]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 11:35am

I just saw this two saturday's ago and Martin Moran played chopsticks.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 5/29/06 at 1:10pm

Nothing to do with this, but Bradley Dean is my friend's dad. And I just had to share because I felt like it.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 7/18/06 at 10:28pm

bump...now that the tour has been out a while, anyone know?