#26
Posted: 6/12/07 at 6:24pm
Raul's "Being Alive" really stood out for me, followed closely by Audra's "Raunchy".
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#27
Posted: 6/12/07 at 6:36pm
I loved Spring Awakening and I thought the performance was very entertaining and clever.
I liked it alot live, but when I came home and watched it back on TV, the camera angles kept moving around and it gave me a headache.
A Chorus Line was so good. I loved the performance outside.
I liked it alot live, but when I came home and watched it back on TV, the camera angles kept moving around and it gave me a headache.
A Chorus Line was so good. I loved the performance outside.
#28
Posted: 6/12/07 at 6:49pm
The only performance worse than Spring Awakening's was Raul's. The rest of them were much better, with Audra, Fantasia, and Poppins as the standouts.
#29
Posted: 6/12/07 at 7:48pm
Definitely not SPRING AWAKENING. Yuck.
I'd say Raul Esparza.
I'd say Raul Esparza.
#30
Posted: 6/12/07 at 7:54pm
Raul definitely, and surprisingly (for me at least), Fantasia. She is quite the performer.
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#31
Posted: 6/12/07 at 8:15pm
I didn't enjoy Show People. Guess I'm in the minority.
Raul takes the award for me. Although I did adore Spring Awakening, Christine, and Audra.
Raul takes the award for me. Although I did adore Spring Awakening, Christine, and Audra.
#32
Posted: 6/12/07 at 8:46pm
A CHORUS LINE was the worst, next to the JERSEY BOYS debacle.
The best were 110 IN THE SHADE and Fantasia.
The best were 110 IN THE SHADE and Fantasia.
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#33
Posted: 6/12/07 at 8:51pm
I adored A Chorus Line's performance! Also, allie, I didn't love Curtain's performance of "Show People" either. I guess I'll have to see the show to trulley appreciate it. From what I've heard of Curtains, it certainly isn't K&E's strongest.
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#34
Posted: 6/12/07 at 9:02pm
Nothing about Curtains really appeals to me. I think the music sounds to much like Kander and Ebb's old scores, not very new and original in my opinion.
#35
Posted: 6/12/07 at 9:37pm
110 in the Shade, hands down. I really enjoyed Spring Awakening and Company, but Audra completely owned that song.
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#36
Posted: 6/12/07 at 10:00pm
Raul was my favorite of the night. Followed by Curtains and A Chorus Line. Fantasia was wonderful as well. I love Spring Awakening but thought their choice of medley was terrible.
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#37
Posted: 6/12/07 at 11:17pm
OOoh I like the rating system of this. 
1. Raul's "Being Alive"
2. Audra's "Raunchy"
3. Fantasia's "I'm Here"
4. Mary Poppins Medley
5. Spring Awakening Medley
6. "Show People"
7. Grey Gardens
8. A Chorus Line
I absolutely loved the top three on my list. They were amazing performances!
Cheers,
Christopher
1. Raul's "Being Alive"
2. Audra's "Raunchy"
3. Fantasia's "I'm Here"
4. Mary Poppins Medley
5. Spring Awakening Medley
6. "Show People"
7. Grey Gardens
8. A Chorus Line
I absolutely loved the top three on my list.
They were amazing performances! Cheers,
Christopher
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#38
Posted: 6/13/07 at 1:49am
CURTAINS Box Office advance quadrupled post Tony's.
#39
Posted: 6/13/07 at 1:56am
The best was Being Alive, in my opinion. Very stunning performance. I think the next best was Grey Gardens. Loved it!
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#40
Posted: 6/13/07 at 2:55am
Raul Esparza and Spring Awakening
#41
Posted: 6/13/07 at 3:47am
in terms of selling tickets to someone who isnt a theatre person... i would say the best were chorus line and mary poppins. chorus line i think benefitted a bit from having the opportunity to open the show and do an inside-outside bit (plus no one has had the opportunity to find the show boring and change the channel yet). and while i would have loved to have seen mary fly at the end of the poppins combo, those songs and the big cast, worked well in my opinion.
audra really nailed her song but that big sun/moon thing didnt look all that great on tv. spring awakening did a good job but the edits and censoring were a little wierd, set looked awesome tho. curtains was ok, just nothing special. i found the jokes in the grey gardens bit more effective than the singing. raul just looked scary with the crazy close up and random column.
I didnt really pay attention to Jersey Boys or Color Purple because I was too busy debating the sense in excluding other shows such as Legally Blonde from performing but it being ok for these two other random shows to perform. Color Purple at least had some sort of excuse, but with Jersey Boys someone just thought it was clever to refer to the tonys as 'oh what a night.' maybe next year theyll decide you need to be 'positive' or have a 'chip on your shoulder'
audra really nailed her song but that big sun/moon thing didnt look all that great on tv. spring awakening did a good job but the edits and censoring were a little wierd, set looked awesome tho. curtains was ok, just nothing special. i found the jokes in the grey gardens bit more effective than the singing. raul just looked scary with the crazy close up and random column.
I didnt really pay attention to Jersey Boys or Color Purple because I was too busy debating the sense in excluding other shows such as Legally Blonde from performing but it being ok for these two other random shows to perform. Color Purple at least had some sort of excuse, but with Jersey Boys someone just thought it was clever to refer to the tonys as 'oh what a night.' maybe next year theyll decide you need to be 'positive' or have a 'chip on your shoulder'
#42
Posted: 6/13/07 at 9:26am
I loved all of the musical performances except for Mary Poppins. Spring Awakening was my favorite ensemble, and also David Hyde Pierce with the company from Curtains were sensational, too.
The problem I have with Audra's "Raunchy" is that I can never quite hear that song without hearing Inga Swenson's amazing vocal performance of it on the original broadway show cast album. Inga sings and acts the songs in such a way that you really know that men consider Lizzie unattractive, an "Old Maid". Audra's performance, while terrific, had one flaw: I don't believe that men wouldn't be all over her! So it winds up seeming like the problem is her race/color, not her social awkwardness.
The problem I have with Audra's "Raunchy" is that I can never quite hear that song without hearing Inga Swenson's amazing vocal performance of it on the original broadway show cast album. Inga sings and acts the songs in such a way that you really know that men consider Lizzie unattractive, an "Old Maid". Audra's performance, while terrific, had one flaw: I don't believe that men wouldn't be all over her! So it winds up seeming like the problem is her race/color, not her social awkwardness.
#43
Posted: 6/13/07 at 9:39am
I loved all the performances! I can't really pick one. I wasn't really paying attention to the Grey Gardens one because I was distracted at the moment. Company was probably my least favorite (I still wanna see the show, though).
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#44
Posted: 6/13/07 at 10:20am
Audra and Fantasia were absolutely wonderful! I also enjoyed the ACL opening and of course "Show People" by the Curtains cast. I didn't care for SA. It seemed sloppy and disjointed, and when the cast broke into that seizure-fest all I could do was laugh at their having won for Best Choreography.
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