TODAY Show "Best of Broadway" Week 2023

This week marks the TODAY Show's annual "Best of Broadway" Week, with performances from the following productions:

• 3/21 — Bad Cinderella
• 3/22 — Entertainment Community Fund's Ragtime
• 3/23 — Parade
• 3/24 — Shucked

Thrilled that they will be showcasing RAGTIME!

I couldn't even get thru the first number. I am so glad we did not include this on our schedule last week of shows. Not going to attract any additional audience with that performance.

The Hunks number probably would've sold A LOT more tickets but also probably too spicy for daytime.

"She states in the interview that she went straight from school theatre to the Imperial, and this is quite evident in her lack of presence. "

Not sure why she even said that since she was in the Broadway companies of On Your Feet and Dear Evan Hansen.

Updated On: 3/21/23 at 01:36 PM

Lot666 said: "DottieD'Luscia said: ""She states in the interview that she went straight from school theatre to the Imperial, and this is quite evident in her lack of presence. "

Not sure why she even said that since she was in the Broadway companies ofOn Your FeetandDear Evan Hansen."

Thanks, I wasn't aware of that!"

Fair - but maybe she was alluding to the fact that her theatrical training has been minimal and her previous roles have not really been more than ensemble/understudying - so to be the lead in the splashy new ALW musical only a few years after just being a banker (which is a great skill to fall back on during lean times, so good for her!) is an unconventional career path

Critics have seen the show with understudies before, so who knows? Cameron Loyal is supposed to be back tonight, though and, from the performance, it looks like Ray Baynard is back too

Audra and Stokes!! I wept!

Imagine two people just singing with a piano just ran circles around Bad Cinderella. Amazing and beautiful

Audra McDonald proves once again that she can do it all. From bringing us to tears with "Wheels of a Dream" to delighting us with her funny naughtiness in "Facebook Song".

That song from Shucked was really not good. I don't think there was a true rhyme in it.

Andrew Durand performing “Somebody Will”:

https://www.today.com/video/-shucked-star-performs-somebody-will-live-on-today-166658117885

Durand sounds incredible, and the song isnt bad by any stretch. Just confused why they'd showcase an earnest forlorn country song when the show is an uproarious comedy?