Tony performance 'grades'

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:17pm

How would you grade this year's Tony performances? Mine would go something like this:

DRS: B
La Cage: B
Spelling Bee: A-
Piazza: A-
Spamalot: B+
Sweet Charity: C+

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:21pm

yeaah Christina Applegate wasnt doing too well in my opinion. Does she really sing like that all the time? I mean I dont think shes awful, shes good, but not as good as I expected her to be. I'm not really familiar with Sweet Charity, but I was expecting a really powerful singer.

[Pinguin]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:22pm

I'll bet they were better live. Some of those camera angles were ANNOYING.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:23pm

If you compare the shows to "A New Argentina" from Evita in 1980, they all rate an "F". Very few Tony performances have been able to generate that kind of buzz.

Rumor has it that immediately after the Evita Tony performance, phone lines in Manhattan were jammed for two hours straight.

[Joshua488]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:24pm

I wasn't expecting much from Christina Applegate. She delivered a much stronger performance than I thought she would. I was pleased and I'm sure I had a big, cheesy grin throughout her performance. Now I am 100% positive that I must see Sweet Charity this summer.

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:24pm

Cut down version of mine is:
La Cage- A+
Piazza-A
Spam.- A

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:25pm

Just so you know SallyBrown.

Charity isn't a singing role. It was written for Gwen Verdon, an amazing performer, but she had a very limited range. This role has been played by some Broadway legends not known for their singing voices.

Christinas voice is just fine for the role!

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:25pm

I thought most (not all) shows fared better than last year:

DRS: B-
La Cage: B+
Spelling Bee: A
Piazza: A
Spamalot: B
Sweet Charity: D (My boyfriend actually asked if this was a professional production)

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:26pm

ahhh thank you ljay, I figured that that would be the case. Makes sense thank you thank you

[hypertruffle]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:27pm

If you compare the shows to "A New Argentina" from Evita in 1980, they all rate an "F"

Wasn't that performance lip synced? Not to sound rude, I like Evita. I bought it recently and play it daily.

[Pinguin]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:29pm

Whether or not Christina's voice is ok for the part or if she's supposed to be able to sing or whatever...she didn't do much for herself or the show with the performance.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:32pm

If you watch it on Broadway's Lost Treasures, yes, EVITA's "A New Argentina" is lip synched. But still amazing anyway.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:32pm

DRS: B
La Cage: B+
Spelling Bee: A-
Piazza: A-
Spamalot: B
Sweet Charity: C+

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:32pm

Hmm...

I like Bobby's grades except I'd switch Spamalot and DRS and give Charity a bit higher.
Eh, it'll look like this:

DRS: B
Piazza: A
Charity: C+
La Cage: B+
Spelling Bee: A
Spamalot: B-

And I only give Spamalot that high only because it was nice to see someone better than Sara's understudy singing. I thought the number didn't work at all on TV.

~Steven

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:32pm

DRS: B
La Cage: B+
Spelling Bee: A+
Spamalot: B
Piazza: B
Charity: C-

[alphieboy]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:36pm

DRS: B
La Cage: B
Spelling Bee: B
Spamalot: A-
Piazza: A
Charity: D

[holdmetouchme]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:36pm

The "purpose" of these mini productions is to entice those in a national audience to see these shows. Based on this premise (and I haven't seen any of these productions)

Definitely want to see
Spelling Bee
Piazza

Would consider seeing
La Cage

Thought I'd like to see but having second thoughts
Spamalot
DRS

Thought I's like to see but having 2nd, 3rd & 4th thoughts
Charity

[lau22]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:37pm

Spamalot: A+
DRS: A
Piazza: B+
La Cage: B
Spelling Bee: B-
Sweet Charity: C+

[Jimmyojimmy]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:38pm

DRS:B+
La Cage:A
Spamalot:B+
Charity: D (uggh Christina sucked)
Spelling Bee:C
Piazza:C


Updated On: 6/6/05 at 06:38 PM

[wickedfan]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:41pm

Oh! My grades, totally forgot:
Piazza: A
Spelling Bee: A
DRS: B
La Cage: B (only because of the fabulous Les Cagelles, thanks in no part to the horrible camera editing)
Spamalot: B-
Sweet Charity: C

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:43pm

DRS: D
La Cage: A
Spelling Bee: C
Piazza: A
Spamalot: D
Sweet Charity: C

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:45pm

ugh! dont let the DRS performance make you not wanna see it! this show is amazing and there are so many elements that led up to it not sounding as good as it could have. spamalot was just bad cuz i thought the music was boring lol....my grades

Spelling Bee- A
Sweet Charity- pfft D
La Cage- A-
DRS- B+ but during the actual show its like A+++++
Spamalot- ick...C lol.

every time i see tim curry i think frank n furter. lol.

[bially082]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 6:50pm

DRS: B
Spamalot: A
Charity: C-
La Cage: D
Spelling Bee: B-

I thought all the performances sucked last night. They were all the wrong songs, too much dancing and not enough singing. None of the stars except Norbert and Christina were really showcased/ They seemed obsessed with featuring large groups of people this year more than in past years. I would have loved to have seen La Cage do the same thing it did in 1983 as that was much better.

[Elphabuff2]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:07pm

I'm guessing that SPAMALOT is fantastic live b/c the performance last night, to me, was not bad at all. I know all the men did was sort of bumble around and look stupid. I think they were the reason it was not-so-well received.

Was Sara wearing a different costume than she normally wears as "Lady of the Lake"? Maybe I have only seen her in one of her costumes. Anybody clarify? Thanks.

Besides SPELLING BEE (please somebody tell me WHAT IN THE HELL was up with the Reverend Al Sharpton, please! I am way out of the loop, I guess.), LA CAGE, & maybe PIAZZA, I'd like to not think about the others.

[bwayrocks_ca]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:22pm

Spelling Bee: B
Piazza: A
DRS: A
La Cage: B-
Spamalot: B-
Charity: D

And a question about "A New Argentina" on DVD. Was this really lip-synched at the Tonys or is the DVD's sound just "off"? I only ask because it sure looked like Patti was singing her heart out. Thanks.