What song will they do at the Tony's?

*An American in Paris-Concerto in F/I Got Rhythm/An American in Paris
*Fun Home-It All Comes Back/Come to the Fun Home/Days and Days
*The King & I-Shall We Dance?
*On the Town-New York, New York
*On the Twentieth Century-Babette
*Something Rotten!-Will Power/A Musical
*The Visit-Love and Love Alone

*Finding Neverland-Believe/Stronger
*Gigi-The Night They Invented Champagne

Updated On: 5/4/15 at 10:41 PM

Tony's what?

Take it with a grain of salt, but Riedel said in a column that Something Rotten is doing Welcome to the Renaissance. If that's the case, I think it's a good choice as it's the catchiest number in the show. A Musical works in the theatre, but as Aladdin showed last year, a showstopper in the theatre doesn't work as well when you have to truncate it at the Tonys.

Yes, they did cut Lovely Love out of Something Rotten during previews. The first time I saw the show was about a week and a half before it opened and the song was gone but they must have just cut it out because it was still in the Playbill.

Welcome to the Renaissance will be a good number, but I do think A Musical would be the best choice....granted yes it may not play as well a la Friend Like Me which has been brought up but it is such a joyous number....and I have said on here too that they may want to keep most of the number a secret and that is where the cutting of it would really disservice it.

But yes, Riedel may be right and he may also be very wrong....he is something else, that is for sure.

^To showcase Tony Nominee Judy Kuhn.

Updated On: 5/5/15 at 08:22 AM

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Updated On: 5/5/15 at 08:35 AM

I would love to see THE VISIT perform "Look at Me" as it features the entire cast and some gorgeous choral/counterpart singing. But I bet they'll do "Love and Love Alone."

In recent years, if I recall correctly, some shows have elected to do a medley of two songs from their scores. I think that would work well for SOMETHING ROTTEN ("Welcome to the Renaissance" and "Will Power" as best bets for a general audience) and THE VISIT ("You, You, You" and "Love and Love Alone.")

Updated On: 5/5/15 at 09:28 AM

I think "You, You, You" is the best choice from "The Visit" from a strictly musical/lyrical standpoint. However, "Yellow Shoes" shows the entire cast and it's upbeat (which is not true of most of the score).

Fun Home really should do "Welcome to Our House on Maple Avenue" (perhaps with some of the Prologue in there). "Welcome to Our House on Maple Avenue" is the music used in the advertising and that will jog people's memories. It also shows the family and that's probably a good thing. It's relatively upbeat and presents the dynamics of the story.

On the Twentieth SHOULD do "Babette".

On the Town-"New York, New York". No question...

The King and I-"Getting to Know You"-show the adorable children with Kelli O'Hara. (Alternatively, "Shall We Dance?")

Something Rotten-"Welcome to the Renaissance" (personally, I'd hold back on the show stopper-it's like giving the best part away (not that I think it's the best part but most people do) into "Will Power". (An alternative is "I Hate Shakespeare/Will Power" medley to show both Borle and D'Arcy James and the two sides of the story.)

An American in Paris-"Stairway to Paradise" with a huge dance break. (Because the dancing is the star of the show here.)

I'm so TIRED of medleys. Unless you have a solid five or ten-minute chunk, as ANNIE did in 1977, they feel like a hodgepodge of nonsense-- even when the good shows do them. I think individual numbers work best and come off strongest, even if they're just duets or solos.

Having said that, FUN HOME will probably do a medley. And I think THE KING AND I will probably do a medley to so they can showcase the adorable kids and the costumes.

I'd love to see THE VISIT do "In the Forest Again", but that spoils the whole evening, doesn't it? So why not "Love and Love Alone?"

Wonder if FUN HOME could do a medley with the three Alisons? Start with "Ring of Keys", into a piece of "Changing My Major", and ending with "Telephone Wire". It might give some an idea of the arc of the show and the three ages concept. If done correctly, it might de-mystify it for some people. And it would still save plenty of surprises and not give too much away.

Updated On: 5/5/15 at 01:00 PM