TODAY Show “Best of Broadway” Week 2024

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/11/24 at 10:12am

It’s back!

• 5/13: The Outsiders
• 5/14: Hell’s Kitchen
• 5/15: Suffs
• 5/16: The Notebook
• 5/17: The Wiz

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 5/11/24 at 10:52am

Nice lineup this year!

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 5/11/24 at 2:04pm

Yes looking forward to these performances.  Hopefully it moves forward tickets 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/13/24 at 12:07pm

Joshua Boone and the company of The Outsiders performing "Grease Got a Hold":
 

 

Brent Comer, Jason Schmidt, and Brody Grant performing "Throwing In the Towel":
 

Brody Grant and the company performing "Great Expectations":

 

 

Updated On: 5/13/24 at 12:07 PM

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Posted: 5/13/24 at 4:33pm

Really enjoyed reliving the performances but boy that initial chatter is painful.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/14/24 at 1:56pm

Maleah Joi Moon and the cast of Hell's Kitchen performing "Kaleidoscope":
 

 

Shoshana Bean and Brandon Victor Dixon performing "Fallin'":
 

 

Shoshana Bean, Maleah Joi Moon, and the company performing "No One":

 

 

Updated On: 5/15/24 at 01:56 PM

[kdogg36]

Posted: 5/14/24 at 5:58pm

I really enjoyed the performances from The Outsiders. One thing I noticed (which I didn't notice when I saw the show on stage) is that the brothers seem to have been coached to sing in a very similar style (for lack of a better word, I'd call it "grungy"). 

Sky Lakota-Lynch got very short shrift.

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 5/14/24 at 8:09pm

They ruined the song fallin, it makes me cringe.  Dread

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 5/14/24 at 8:16pm

Broadway Flash said: "They ruined the song fallin, it makes me cringe. Dread"

I’ve been saying this since I saw it downtown. I hate this arrangement.

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 5/14/24 at 8:52pm

Angelina and Alicia were there promoting the show, I’m assuming Hillary and Ingrid will be on there too

[RUkiddingme]

Posted: 5/14/24 at 9:54pm

The Outsiders was ok - they really need the lighting in the theater

Hell's Kitchen could easily shorten the name to Hell

 

[Menken Fan]

Posted: 5/14/24 at 11:32pm

Are they lip syncing all of these performances? It sure seemed like it to me so far.

[Playbill_Trash]

Posted: 5/15/24 at 9:43am

Was shoshana bean just handing potato chips to a group of home intruders?

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 5/15/24 at 9:52am

Menken Fan said: "Are they lip syncing all of these performances? It sure seemed like it to me so far."

I don’t believe so. You can clearly see they have their mics on, and I don’t think they would go out of their way to put mics on if they weren’t going to use live vocals. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/15/24 at 10:30am

The company of Suffs performing "The March (We Demand Equality)":

https://www.today.com/video/cast-of-suffs-performs-the-march-live-on-today-210974277755

Nikki M. James performing “Wait My Turn”:

https://www.today.com/today/amp-video/mmvo210977861527

Updated On: 5/15/24 at 10:30 AM

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 5/15/24 at 12:25pm

Menken Fan said: "Are they lip syncing all of these performances? It sure seemed like it to me so far."

Jonalyn Saxer explained this once on TikTok. The leads sing live, the ensemble is (usually) lip syncing. It makes it easier on the tv sound guys as opposed to balancing the whole cast. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/16/24 at 11:56am

Dorian Harewood, Maryann Plunkett, Carson Stewart, Dorcas Leung, Hillary Fisher, John Cardoza, and Jordan Tyson performing "Dance With Me / Carry You Home":

Ryan Vasquez performing "Leave the Light On":
 

Joy Woods, Jordan Tyson, and the company of The Notebook performing "I Wanna Go Back":
 

 

Updated On: 5/17/24 at 11:56 AM

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 5/16/24 at 1:16pm

Maryann Plunkett is so good even without words. That performance alone is Tony-worthy.

[mshalo18]

Posted: 5/16/24 at 2:10pm

Broadway Flash said: "They ruined the song fallin, it makes me cringe. Dread"

Thank you for confirming it's not me. Just awful, and seemed to go on forever.

[carolinaguy]

Posted: 5/16/24 at 2:51pm

I'm not sure The Notebook was done a favor with this showcase. The characters presented at different ages is made clear in the theater, but it looked clunky and confusing on TV, with all those people wandering around in random circles. Vasquez sounded off to me, like he was trying to find his pitch in the pre-recorded backing track. I was hoping Joy Woods would do "My Days," but maybe they don't want to give that one away for free.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 5/16/24 at 3:25pm

Joy Woods already performed My Days on Kelly Clarkson’s daytime talk show. They probably just wanted to perform something different.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/16/24 at 4:33pm

The Outsiders is the only show I would want to see. Hells Kitchen looks awful. 

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 5/16/24 at 6:00pm

The Notebook is really showing off why they should've deserved a Best Musical and Best Score nom

[Playbill_Trash]

Posted: 5/17/24 at 3:02pm

Hi, new to the notebook musical here but saw their performance on the today show.

Have they changed the story for the musical to be an older couple retelling a love story about different people they once knew, or the telling of a fable about fictional people in love? Just trying to piece together the different performances from yesterday.

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 5/17/24 at 3:15pm

No it’s still them as their younger selves. It’s color blind casting so the young and middle Allie are black and young and middle Noah are both white Latin.  I’ve heard people criticize this because the race only changes with the older couple.  But I think it’s pretty clear in the staging and writing that it’s them