Because in her final note she sang "so much better than BEFAR!" instead of "BEFORE."
Christine Ebersole would have sang "so much better than BEFORE." And look what happened to her! TONY!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
Updated On: 11/27/08 at 10:03 PM