Tony Performances: What Numbers?

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 12:51am

Not considering who will be nominated for Best Musical, what numbers do you think should be performance from each Musical this year?

XANADU
THE LITTLE MERMAID
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
PASSING STRANGE
IN THE HEIGHTS
A CATERED AFFAIR
CRY-BABY
GLORY DAYS

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
GREASE!
SOUTH PACIFIC
GYPSY

All I'll say for now is: I would love for the show to be opened with Stew walking out onto the stage and saying "Whazzup?"

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 1:09am

Xanadu should do the title number. It has the entire company, and is recognizable.

Mermaid has no shot at a nomination, but if it did, I imagine it would do "Under the Sea."

Young Frankenstein, if nominated, should do either "Transylvania Mania" or "Puttin on the Ritz." Considering how long "Ritz" is, I would say definitely "Transylvania Mania", especially if Chris Fitzgerald is nominated (as he should be.)

Passing Strange should do a medley, or just "Welcome to Amsterdam." I also wouldn't mind if he just came up and did the Pretzel Man speech...hehe.

In the Heights should either do the opening number or 96,000. I would prefer 96,000.

A Catered Affair should do a medley.

Cry-Baby, if nominated, should do the jailhouse number. Really anything as long as it shows off Ashford;'s choreography.

Glory Days- Generation Apathy.

Sunday should do "Sunday". It's too breathtaking not to do. However, I wonder if it is feasible to replicate their set with projections intact at the Tony's.

I imagine Grease will do "Summer Nights" or "Greased Lightning" ending with a chorus of "You're the One that I Want." They have to incorporate that song, considering.

South Pacific is tough. "Nothin' Like a Dame" gets my vote. (Either that or "Wash that Man..."

And it would be a crime to rob America of the chance to see Patti do "Rose's Turn" on national tv.

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 1:29am

XANADU - Xanadu
THE LITTLE MERMAID - Under the Sea
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - Transylvania Mania
PASSING STRANGE
IN THE HEIGHTS
A CATERED AFFAIR
CRY-BABY
GLORY DAYS

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
GREASE! - Summer Nights, or Your The One That I Want.
SOUTH PACIFIC
GYPSY - Rose's Turn, but I would prefer "Together..."

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 1:32am

I'd love to see Xanadu to a medley of songs; if only to let Mary Testa belt out "Evil Woman". If she gets a nom, and I hope she does, I'd love to see her featured.

[antonijan]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 4:57am

Special number from:

Jersey Boys medley from the 4 different US Companies- Broadway, Tour, Chicago and Las Vegas!

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 5:18am

Yeah, no, thank you. They already performed last year and I'm still not sure why.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 5:25am

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For Glory Days, I think a combination of "Right Here" and "Good Old Glory Type Days" would sell a bunch of tickets.

[antonijan]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 6:30am

Awww...thnx for the welcome and yeah...

I missed u too :P

[dramarama2]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 7:37am

XANADU - Medley
THE LITTLE MERMAID - Under The Sea
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - Abridged Puttin' On The Ritz
PASSING STRANGE - Medley
IN THE HEIGHTS - Opening Number
A CATERED AFFAIR - Coney Island
CRY-BABY - Jailhouse Song
GLORY DAYS - Generation Apathy

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - Not sure. Sunday?
GREASE! - A medley (maybe just 2 songs?)
SOUTH PACIFIC - Wash that man...
GYPSY - Rose's turn

[meredithchandler73]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 8:27am

Wondering specifically about GYPSY - everytime it's been on Broadway the show, Rose and Louise have been nominated. (Though when Lansbury did it there wasn't a Tony yet for revivals so the show itself couldn't get a nomination.)

Does anyone know if Rose's Turn has been performed at the Tonys every time?

[misschung]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 8:42am

"Sunday should do "Sunday". It's too breathtaking not to do. However, I wonder if it is feasible to replicate their set with projections intact at the Tony's."

It might be. Otherwise, "Putting it Together" would be a good second option.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 8:46am

>Does anyone know if Rose's Turn has been performed at the Tonys every time?<

Lansbury did "Everything's Coming Up Roses" in 1975. Tyne Daly didn't perform.

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 8:54am

XANADU - Xanadu, if not a medley like at the Thanksgiving Parade. Depends on who's nominated.
THE LITTLE MERMAID - Not getting nominated, but obviously "Under the Sea".
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - Hopefully "Puttin' on the Ritz", since it's the most famous and "Transylvania Mania" sucks.

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE - Hopefully "Sunday", with a segue into "Move On" or something else to showcase Jenna.
GREASE! - Most likely "You're the One that I Want".
SOUTH PACIFIC - Probably a medley, seeing as there isn't one huge number for everyone.
GYPSY - I'd like to see "Together" AND the turn, but it'll probably just be one or the other.

[meredithchandler73]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 8:59am

smaxie - Thank you for supplying the answer. I love that Lansbury did Evertyhing's Coming Up Roses.

[suicidalmickeymouse]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 9:20am

Xanadu- Title number
Little Mermaid- Under the Sea
Young Frankenstien- Transylvania Mania
In The Heights- 96,000
Grease- Summer Nights and You're the One That I Want medley

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 9:33am

Use the search function.

[yankees1253]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 10:49am

i love all of your choices for the numbers for best musical and best revival of a musical. i would love to see the broadway kids perform a medly too, they are so underappreicated. if someone reccommends the three billys of broadway to perform this year, it is a stupid idea because they will be performing next year at the tonys.

[caitlinette]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 5:25pm

If Mermaid somehow did get nominated, I would like to see more of a medley, even if it was just Part of Your World transitioning into Under the Sea. It is called The Little Mermaid after all, not Sebastian and Friends. (Wow, I sound bitter.)

[winston89]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 6:09pm

I think that they are trying to get more then just the shows that are nomonated to perform. CBS is thinking that it would get more viewers.

[yankees1253]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 6:22pm

i would love to see legally blonde perform, if they are trying to get more performances then the ones that are nominated. also, i would love to see the switch of roles of galina and elphaba...megan hilty and shoshana bean.

[jagfkb]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 7:12pm

This is what i'd like to see:

Xanadu: I'd like to see either a medley of I'm Alive, Evil Woman, and the finale, or just the Finale.

Passing Strange: I DON'T WANT A MEDLEY! PERIOD! How about just Welcome to amsterdam, with Stew saying WAAAZZZZ UP? in the beginning.

Little Mermaid: Medley, for sure, Begining with part of your World, seguing into Poor Unfortunate Souls, and finishing with Under the Sea.

Young Frankenstein: Roll in the Hay, as Christopher F. and Sutton F. will most likely be nominated. Otherwise, Puttin on the Ritz

Cry Baby: With Tongue and the Finale.

A Catered Affair: No clue, but i'd love to see either a medley, or Faith Prince's big number, or maybe even Harvey's number.

In the Heights: Obviously the prologue, or maybe 96000.

As for revivals, Sunday from Sunday, with Geroge beginning with the blank canvas monologue, and please, god, please, assemble a small reproduction of the set. I'd like to see something other than just rose's Turn, for it's done at EVERY Tony Awards for Gypsy. I'd actually like to see Let Me Entertain You, going into the fast forward sequence, then going into Broadway Broadway. Have a large curtain come down, perform the strip scene with Laura, then have the curtain come back up and have Patti perform the monologue before rose's turn, going into "Why did I do it". Or, if Boyd is nominated, do Together Wherever we go inplace of Broadway broadway.

South pacific: Some enchanted evening.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 7:28pm

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN: "Puttin' On The Ritz" (hopefully with Andrea's introduction)
IN THE HEIGHTS: "In the Heights"
XANADU: "Xanadu"
A CATERED AFFAIR: Hopefully a medley
THE LITTLE MERMAID: "Under the Sea"
PASSING STRANGE: "Amsterdam"
CRY-BABY: "Just A Little Upset"
Haven't seen GLORY DAYS...

SOUTH PACIFIC: "Gonna Wash That Man..."
GYPSY: "Rose's Turn"
GREASE: "You're The One That I Want"
SUNDAY IN THE PARK: "Sunday"

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 7:39pm

XANADU-title song
THE LITTLE MERMAID-Under The Sea
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN-Puttin' On The Ritz
PASSING STRANGE-?
IN THE HEIGHTS-opening song
A CATERED AFFAIR-Coney Island
CRY-BABY-Finale
GLORY DAYS-?

SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE-Putting It Together/Move On
GREASE!-We Go Together
SOUTH PACIFIC-Honey Bun!
GYPSY-Maybe EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ROSES/THE STRIP/LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU

Other shows?
WICKED-One Short Day/The Wizard And I/Popular/For Good
LEGALLY BLONDE-What You Want/Whipped Into Shape
MARY POPPINS-Anything Can Happen
THE LION KING-Circle Of Life
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA-Masquerade/Music Of The Night/Chandelier?
HAIRSPRAY-Welcome To The 60's
CHICAGO-All That Jazz, but with all the stars (like the 10th anniversary)

[Testing1232]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 8:19pm

Would love a "Xanadu" medley, and would go nuts if "ITH" did
"96,000", but my guess is that they will go with "In The Heights"

[Malice]

Posted: 4/27/08 at 8:57pm

If Jackie Hoffman and Mary Testa both get nominated (fingers crossed), or heck even if they don't) they could do a funny introduction ala the ads and promos they have been doing. "Isn't this that awful 80's movie", and Tony Roberts could sort of bust in and introduce the song. And lord I hope Cheyenne wears those shorts, now that is a way to draw viewers to the Tony's . America shouldn't be deprived of that or Patti Lupone singing "Rose's Turn".