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[Mrtrobz]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:44pm

That was great, the best of the NBC shows. Hope the ratings are good it deserves it. Shanice's performance sold me in the end, entire cast were pretty great. :)

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:44pm

Wow, I have very little recollection of seeing Uzo is that travesty of a Godspell revival. 

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:45pm

Should we assume Shanice will reprise the role on Broadway??

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:45pm

Tony and Grammy winner and someone I know, Stephen Oremus is the best orchestrator, conductor, and arranger we have.

[fbueller]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:46pm

The ending seemed....abrupt.  I was thinking there was going to be another scene when coming back from the commercial break. 

[musicaltheatreman2]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:47pm

WOW WOW WOW!!!! 

 

Uzo's believe in yourself was amazing!!!! And home sounded amazing to!!!

 

i want hear Uzo sing rested body now!!!

Updated On: 12/3/15 at 10:47 PM

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:48pm

I predict the 4 leads all go to Broadway. 

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:49pm

I really enjoyed it. The camera work was the only major disappointment for me. The camera wirk seemed to be similar to that of The Voice or some other lame TV talent contest. It deserved to be filmed better.

 

I am so glad that they didn't really sick to the dream motif too strictly.

[KathyNYC2]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:49pm

My own personal pet peeve..no credits for the musicians..that's just sad. Everyone else listed but them...humph.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:50pm

I don't think the problem with sound had anything to do with Stephen Oremus's work, it would have been who ever is mixing the broadcast.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:50pm

Musicaljen missed out on something quite good.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:52pm

Well... This is indeed a VAST improvement over the previous two live productions NBC has thrown for us. There is not a Carrie Underwood or Christopher Walken performance in the entire show, everyone has been wonderfully cast who can act and sing. I can't wait to see if Shanice will reprise her role as Dorothy for the upcoming Broadway revival and what other changes they will do from small screen to stage.

[fbueller]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:53pm

"My own personal pet peeve..no credits for the musicians..that's just sad. Everyone else listed but them...humph"

 

Post of the night!

[fbueller]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:53pm

Has Diana Ross commented?

Updated On: 12/3/15 at 10:53 PM

[musicaltheatreman2]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:57pm

I wish Uzo had more to do! she was perfect in the part and sounded amazing!!!! I wanted more of her!!!!

[SNAFU]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:57pm

Calling a live television show is difficult. Specially with twele cameras. The reason The Sound of Music's camera work was so good, they had Beth McCarthey as Television director. She directed SNL for I thin 12 years and was well versed in calling live TV.  Not sure what these last two TV directors have done but since there is really NO live TV I don't think their backgrounds are as extensive as Beth's

 

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 10:58pm

It wasn't perfect, but to me, it was very fun. And truthfully, sometimes I enjoy a show that isn't deep and makes you contemplate everything. Sometimes you just want the fun and pretty colors.

[behindthescenes2]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 11:00pm

Overall it was a bore.  In the hands of a Michael Bennett or Jack O'Brien or Casy Nicholaw - it would be crackled and sizzled like the Sun - the reality was more like an eclipsed Moon.  The music challenged the vocal ranges of all the singers, especially The Wiz - no belters here and no excitement in the vocals.  Nice set, beautiful costumes, awkward staging and they were challenged in acting - blunt, not quick and heavy like a boulder - David Alan Grier gave the best performance - the wigs and facial hair - not great design - lots of glue could be seen and there was no real design per se - no thought and/or fit to the individual wearing them. It was not as bad as Sound of Music, but was equal to it in the direction and acting and transitions.  It didn't do the musical justice and the new "updated" dialogue.,and I paraphrase:.."you think you are  Eddie Murphy" if that is the best Harvey can do he needs to pack up his own ruby slippers and walk the walk of shame back home.

[Up In One]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 11:00pm

What an awful script and such unimaginative staging. That needed more than "new writing" . I was hopeful a fresh look at the material would produce something interesting but I found it pretty dull except for Stephanie Mills Aunt Em.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 11:05pm

Musical Master said: "There is not a Carrie Underwood or Christopher Walken performance in the entire show, everyone has been wonderfully cast who can act and sing."

 

I think Common was the weakest actor of the night.

 

behindthescenes2, how can you say that about the vocals?? Some of this singing was fantastic.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 11:08pm

The insanely tight camera work and bland design came so close to destroying the whole thing, but the performances were strong enough to shine through. Really wonderful company. Across the board, great work. I hope to see this cast on Broadway, but I hope the producers take a good look at what makes this different from doing an MGM-based Wizard of Oz in aesthetic terms. The costumes were mostly good. Fierstein's script was really disastrous. Self-indulgent psychoguessing on one hand and dated this-is-black-right? references on the other. That Eddie Murphy reference...God. I enjoyed it by sheer force of the wonderful cast. They really worked hard, and it really paid off. 

Updated On: 12/3/15 at 11:08 PM

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 11:09pm

Sucks we have to wait a week for the soundtrack. 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 11:10pm

At the end of the broadcast they said it was now available?

[gypsy101]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 11:11pm

Scarywarhol said: "At the end of the broadcast they said it was now available?"

 

I was super confused about that.

[ljay889]

Posted: 12/3/15 at 11:11pm

Only the single of HOME is available. Would have made much more sense to release the full soundtrack tonight with all of the momentum.