The most shocking Tony performance of all time....
The most shocking Tony performance of all time....
#1The most shocking Tony performance of all time....
Posted: 6/5/12 at 6:28pm
WHAT is this?
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/tony-clip-10-aint-supposed-to-die-a-natural-death-musicals
Updated On: 6/5/12 at 06:28 PM
#2The most shocking Tony performance of all time....
Posted: 6/5/12 at 6:39pm
That is the genius of Melvin Van Peebles and the wonder of authentic urban theater. Back then, even though I wasn't alive at the time, I can tell that it had great meaning, and today it clearly still has impact.
Given what happened in the 1980s through today, one who is conspiracy-minded wonders if maybe that voodoo curse worked. "Young daughters giving rich dudes head in limousines" certainly calls to mind (to this observer) celebutantes like the Hiltons who became famous for nothing less than sexual acts that made it to a public arena, and one need only look at Reagan's publicity-grabbing giant sucking sound known as the War on Drugs to see that there was a perception that "all of our children ended up junkies."
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#2The most shocking Tony performance of all time....
Posted: 6/5/12 at 6:42pmto think this made it to the telecast but nothing from FOLLIES...wow.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
#3The most shocking Tony performance of all time....
Posted: 6/5/12 at 6:48pmWow. I think it's actually pretty great that it got included, but yeah--did its inclusion in the telecast play a part in Verona and Follies not being included? I know the performances of the early 70s often seemed to, sadly, miss major musicals (from a Sondheim perspective we didn't get anything from Company, Follies or Night Music which is too bad--a performance of the original cast doing Side by Side by Side or something would be wonderful to have now), though I know at least one year it was because they devoted the time to past stars singing from past shows.
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#4The most shocking Tony performance of all time....
Posted: 6/5/12 at 6:56pmDoes Garrett Morris ever blink?!
"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>>
“I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>>
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TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#5The most shocking Tony performance of all time....
Posted: 6/5/12 at 7:09pmi thought in the article there was a mention of an intentional producer decision to include this but not the other shows...however, it was not sourced.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#6The most shocking Tony performance of all time....
Posted: 6/5/12 at 7:24pmWhoa. That was pretty awesome. Sad that the others didn't get to perform...but pretty awesome nonetheless, if you ask me.
#7The most shocking Tony performance of all time....
Posted: 6/5/12 at 7:37pmOne wonders if similar urban material (like, say, a certain adaptation of Godspell -- hi Namo, I haven't forgotten you) might have had the same or more impact in a Tony presentation.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
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