Tony dress rehearsal- Page 5

[changinandhow]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:06am

"Whoopi: Phantom of the Tony's"

^ What was that?

[Weez]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:11am

My PC crashed on me! What'd I miss? It looks and sounds like a commercial break right now (being a plain black screen with no audio). Has it turned back into a rehearsal yet, or has it still just been shots of Times Square?

[heathurrr]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:12am

Just Times Sq., Weez.

Also - my TV listings for today show a Tony Nominees Concert on CBS at 5pm (4 in NY) ??

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:12am

I still have blank screen and no audio.

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:13am

I had that too, but now it's just a test screen with a tone.

[being.jeremiah]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:13am

OUCH color bars!

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:13am

Wait, now I have a test pattern.

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:13am

And now....THE VIEW?

[AStack75]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:14am

How rude of that pigeon to cut everyone in line for tickets.

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:14am

THERE"S A PIGEON ON THE VIEW SIGN!!!!!!! SOMEONE TELL BABWA!

[yeslets]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:14am

and ... now it's a freeze-frame of a pigeon. and a very attractive pigeon it is!

[heathurrr]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:16am

Ahh! That terrible noise that comes with those colour bars.
I had turned on the CR of Merrily We Roll Along because I had gotten bored without audio, and then BAM! There goes my ear drums.

Updated On: 6/15/08 at 11:16 AM

[AStack75]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:16am

"Whoopi: Phantom of the Tony's"
^ What was that?

Whoopi was playing Christine Daae, riding in the boat to the Phantom's lair singing Phantom of the Opera with alternate lyrics.

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:16am

This just in; the Tonys will now be hosted by that pigeon.

It will also be replacing Patti LuPone in Gypsy when she finishes her run.

[temms]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:17am

Don't know about anyone else, but I had an audio-less, obviously pre-recorded feed of Times Square for several minutes, which recently cut out and is currently the same black screen you now have.

And now it's a test pattern. And now, people in line for "The View"... and now it's frozen on an Asian lady and a pigeon with a grey-bearded gentleman in tinted glasses looking on.

I can't see how this whole thing wasn't an accident - Equity and the other unions surely wouldn't allow streaming of a rehearsal - there are contracts and payments due and all that. Plus the actors couldn't have known that they were going be watched over the web before noon on a Sunday the morning after a two-show day with a matinee and an awards ceremony still to do, and certainly wouldn't be happy about it.

I suspect someone didn't secure a link they were supposed to or something and it's finally been caught...

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:20am

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Equity wouldn't like this.

I just have a black screen now-no audio.

[agentpattycakes]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:21am

Yeah that's what I figure too. I've given up - plus it makes me feel not guilty for prewatching all the performances and stuff.

[AStack75]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:22am

It's just too bad we didn't have audio on Patti when they were apparently having some sort of technical issues. Would have been nice to be a fly on the wall when that happened.

Well, if anything, we learned the sequence for the beginning of the show...

Performance: Lion King
Monologue: Whoopi Goldberg
Award: Best Actress in a Play presented by Laurence Fishburne
Performance: Cry-Baby
More Whoopi
Award: Best Featured Actor in a Play presented by Laura Linney
Performance: Passing Strange
Award: Best Direction of a Musical presented by John Lithgow
Performance: Gypsy (Everything's Coming Up Roses)
Whoopi: Phantom of the Tony's
Theatre Memory: Laura Bell Bundy
Julie Chen: The Year in Plays
Award: Best Score presented by Duncan Sheik
Performance: South Pacific (Medley) announced by Harry Connick
Whoopi: Mary Poppins
Award: Featured Actress in a Musical presented by Kristin Chenoweth Updated On: 6/15/08 at 11:22 AM

[yeslets]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:24am

^ but you did get to see her break the set and then apologize

[Horton]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:26am

Is it still black for everybody?

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:27am

Racist. What's wrong with black?

But yes. Yes it is.

[AStack75]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:29am

We're back on...

[Weez]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:30am

Mum just made me go out to pick her up. What did I miss *this* time?

[heathurrr]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:30am

I've got video!

[SirNotAppearing]

Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:30am

Sah-weet!
And we're getting clips from the plays. Cool.

"He sits. And drinks. A lot.
Because he's Irish."
This montage is so cool. Updated On: 6/15/08 at 11:30 AM