great big stuff..

[apdarcey]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:35am

alright, now i saw drs, norbert deserved his tony, he's great. but i'm going to say it... he sounded awful last night. just horrible. during both his opening ditty with john (john sounded so much better) and during great big stuff... he just sounded really horrible. now i know that he had rehearsals in the morning and then a matinee and then the tony's... but he really did not sound good.

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:37am

The performance of Great Big Stuff at the Tonys did nothing to sell tickets. If anything, it makes me want to skip DRS when I come to NYC this Christmas.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:38am

what cracked me up, is they muffle out the words "ass" and "blow-job" from his performance, yet it is perfectly ok for the girls during the Sweet Charity number to "pop their corks" and thrust their pelvises forward, which is much more obvious.....
this show is NOT for middle America, let the words FLOW!

[hawkeyemania]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:38am

I think the mix of a different theatre, Radio City, and the pure joy and excitement of being nominated are too blame. Because we all know he can belt.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:39am

i agree. it was not a good choice for them. they should have included sherie to sell tickets. the number just looked messy and sounded bad.

[theatreboi11]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:39am

I agree I was NOT impressed with DRS. I thought it was such a bad choice! Poor SRS

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:41am

I'd still give DRS a shot but yes, I agree it was a weak performance. Was it restaged from how it is performed each night as it felt extremely under rehearsed-- I could only think he was uncomfortable as he wasn't familiar enough with the staging.

And as I remarked- I hope Gregory Jbarra's mom didn't stay home from something to watch him on the Tonys. He just stood there and watched it.

But he wasnt alone- Matthew Morrison had several seconds of screen time.

[EverythingIsRENT]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:43am

I loved that performance! My sister, who is not into Theatre as much as I am, said that the performance made her DEFINETELY want to see DRS next month, so I guess the performance did what it was supposed to. Norbie sounded great.

[apdarcey]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:45am

it was the exact same staging as at the imperial. he did not sound great.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:45am

I was not impressed with DRS's performance either. I still want the CD though....

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:47am

Wow! it's the same? I guess he was just having an off night. The cast looked much better on the QVC show!

[James2]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:49am

I LOVED "Great Big Stuff" last night! I'm seeing DRS and Spamalot in July, and thanks to last night, I'm looking forward to DRS more!

[JbaraFan1]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:53am

I got the impression Norbert was a bit nervous performing on the Tonys last night. I dunno ...

As for the musical numbers and just the whole Tonys broadcast as a whole, the only show I haven't seen (DRS being the sole one I have) that watching last night makes me wish I could see is Spelling Bee.
I finally "got" why so many people are fans of that show.

[wildcat]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:53am

Well, I thought he was sensational. The man simply oozes talent so if that was what you'd consider a bad performance, I can't wait to see him on a good night!

[cathyhyatt]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:18am

I performance was def. alot better in the show. But it must be hard to take such a song like that out of context and make have as much power as it usually does. I still thought it was great. I don't think Norbert's capable of doing a bad job.

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 12:48pm

I LOVED GREAT BIG STUFF!!! HE DEFINITELY COULD HAVE SOUNDED BETTER BUT OH WELL!! IVE WATCHED IT SO MANY TIMES ALREADY!!!

[Thenardier]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 12:51pm

I think the stage is so big, the whole cast felt lost and they didn't have enough time to move around.

[Aigoo]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 12:52pm

..I really do deserve it.

[cserannie]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 12:52pm

He sang in the opening number too?

[Thenardier]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 12:52pm

yes, and cracked

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 12:53pm

yep he and john sung the part of dirty rotten number together! norbie was so nervous, his voice was all shaky. but there were some points when he was trying hard not to laugh. i loved it! do you think he planned by himself the whole i want some really shhh- classy crap!

[uncageg]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 1:00pm

I was not impressed with his performance last night either. I saw the show on May 24th and was on the floor during this number. He also changed the word s**t to crap and left out the pimp my hactchback line after the Puff Diddy lines. He seemed to be nervous or something.

[cserannie]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 1:11pm

how did they change the text of the song?

[wendy72]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 1:21pm

The cuts in the song --such as the hatchback reference and "Gout"-- were purposely cut to save time. I agree, Norbs was probably a little nervous and we know he was tired (because he did the 8th of eight shows that afternoon and hasn't missed a show since opening in January). I think he settled into the performance as it went on--love the Guccione "robot" dance he does.

[Pinguin]

Posted: 6/6/05 at 1:25pm

Another thing that was weird was the camera angles that they were using...they just made the number look weirder than it was. I dunno...I thought a lot of the camera stuff for the performances was just odd.

I think Spelling Bee's performance was the once that translated best onto TV, I know a lot of people who are now interested in Spelling Bee who weren't before.