The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny AIRS TONIGHT!!!!!! 12/17

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The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny AIRS TONIGHT!!!!!! 12/17

Posted: 12/17/07 at 3:51pm

Just thought I would remind everyone that The LA Opera's Production Of Brecht and Kurt Weill's The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny airs tonight directed by John Doyle and starring Patti Lupone and Audra McDonald go on PBS to check your local listings it airs for me at 9:00pm on PBSHD

Hope you all get to see it
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Updated On: 12/17/07 at 03:51 PM

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re: The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny AIRS TONIGHT!!!!!! 12/17

Posted: 12/17/07 at 4:56pm

I'm SO excited. Though it doesn;t air for me until thursday at 9. Boo. But I'm still really thrilled.

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re: The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny AIRS TONIGHT!!!!!! 12/17

Posted: 12/17/07 at 5:03pm

Yay! Me be excited!

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 5:15pm

Audra! Patti! Doyle!

Can't freakin' wait.

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re: The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny AIRS TONIGHT!!!!!! 12/17

Posted: 12/17/07 at 5:20pm

Is it considered "Great Performances"? Or would it say "The Rise and Fall of The City..."

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 5:22pm

Great Performances: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.

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re: The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny AIRS TONIGHT!!!!!! 12/17

Posted: 12/17/07 at 5:23pm

what a bummer.
i'm going to miss this!

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re: The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny AIRS TONIGHT!!!!!! 12/17

Posted: 12/17/07 at 5:24pm

Thanks Yankee. I'm having a get together to watch it, just didn't want them to be disappointed when it didn't come on.

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re: The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny AIRS TONIGHT!!!!!! 12/17

Posted: 12/17/07 at 9:06pm

Bump

#10

re: The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny AIRS TONIGHT!!!!!! 12/17

Posted: 12/17/07 at 9:09pm

Grateful for the performance... but it's atrocious audio.

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 10:01pm

So far, it's been amazing.

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 10:09pm

MovieDan, it's opera. Most of the singers don't have microphones except for Patti and that other guy.

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 10:29pm

the music is exciting, but I have no idea what's going on. :P

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 10:35pm

I went to watch it and the Internatinal Violin Competition is on instead...

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 10:35pm

Holy smokes! I just turned in on the PBS HD channel and it looks GORGEOUS! The regular version on the regular PBS station looks fuzzy and blurry but this HD broadcast is so damn sharp and crisp -- you can even see the veins on Audra's body. OUCH! The colors, the costumes -- everything! I'm definitely keeping this HD broadcast on my Tivo. Here's hoping this is released on both or either HD DVD or Blu-ray.

Keeping my finger's crossed John Doyle's COMPANY was also shot in HD.

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 11:02pm

I have no idea what's going on but I enjoy the singing....then again I'm not paying SUPER attention...

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 11:09pm

I did a search and there doesn't seem to be any current plans to release this in any HD format. And I agree, this looks great in HD, whatever happened to the HD airing of Legally Blonde?

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 11:32pm

It airs where I am at 3 in the morning.. well.. at least it's airing I guess...

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Posted: 12/17/07 at 11:53pm

Brody, do you masturbate to HD porn?

#20

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Posted: 12/18/07 at 12:05am

Nope. They only make straight porn in HD.

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Posted: 12/18/07 at 1:41am

I have to agree with moviedan. I understood Patti, but didn't have any idea what Audra was saying with the exception of the last word of every sentence.

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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis

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Posted: 12/18/07 at 1:48am

i have to disagree, i thought audra's diction was superb, could understand almost every word of that audra and most of what patti sang. can't say the same for the others...

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Posted: 12/18/07 at 3:35am

I also agree about the others- wasn't sure of their names.

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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.- Bette Davis

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re: The Rise And Fall of The City of Mahagonny AIRS TONIGHT!!!!!! 12/17

Posted: 12/18/07 at 9:35am

I love how Audra and Patti were wiping the floor with virtually every other performer on stage when it came to acting...Audra out acted AND outsang some people...of course I'm biased.

Mattbrain, because this was television most of the cast was using microphones. The sound could have been a bit better.

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Posted: 12/18/07 at 11:16am

You think so? Sounds fine to me.

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