Topic: HIT SONG - OPENING NIGHT (Read 26727 times)

George · « **Reply #420 on:** June 11, 2017, 08:50:21 PM »

PAGE 15 DANCE!!

George · « **Reply #421 on:** June 11, 2017, 08:50:46 PM »

And "How'm I supposed to deal with that?"

bk · « **Reply #422 on:** June 11, 2017, 08:52:11 PM »

Who is this horrifying woman backstage?

bk · « **Reply #423 on:** June 11, 2017, 08:52:48 PM »

Falsettos - charmless and manic - I wonder how many people will be filling movie theaters this summer to see it?

bk · « **Reply #424 on:** June 11, 2017, 08:53:29 PM »

Oh, and the usual special kudos to the sound people mixing in the totally fake screaming mixed in with the paid teenagers in the cheap seats, paid to scream for everyone.

George · « **Reply #425 on:** June 11, 2017, 08:53:51 PM »

Announced as they went to commercial:

Best scenic design of a play: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

Best scenic design of a musical: THE GREAT COMET (they didn't say the whole title)

George · « **Reply #426 on:** June 11, 2017, 08:56:52 PM »

James Earl Jones received a special lifetime achievement in the theatre award.

George · « **Reply #427 on:** June 11, 2017, 08:57:54 PM »

Best score: DEAR EVAN HANSEN

George · « **Reply #428 on:** June 11, 2017, 08:59:14 PM »

They evidently practiced their speech!

George · « **Reply #429 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:00:18 PM »

DEAR EVAN HANSEN best musical production number.

George · « **Reply #430 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:01:29 PM »

He shuts his eyes a lot.

Laura · « **Reply #431 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:05:39 PM »

I've been watching clips of the numbers on youtube while ya'll have been posting. Everything I saw seemed pretty meh to me.

bk · « **Reply #432 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:07:15 PM »

Of course they practiced their speech - thank their agent (which they didn't, BTW - oops) - he is at least partially responsible (he was conveniently sitting right in front of the boys - he tried hard to get them to hug him or get himself on camera - failed. And that song - sorry, five people sang it at the Hit Song auditions - I'd heard it was the greatest new theater song EVER. To me it sounds like every other "new" theater song of the last decade - they all have the same harmonic structure and open fourth and fifth chords - it's a joke already.

bk · « **Reply #433 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:07:51 PM »

And classic "now" set and movement and lighting, designed to get applause rather than actually serve, you know, the number.

bk · « **Reply #434 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:08:03 PM »

Then again, what do I know about anything.

bk · « **Reply #435 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:08:11 PM »

Page fifteen? Really?

bk · « **Reply #436 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:08:21 PM »

Shouldn't we be on page fifty-two by now?

bk · « **Reply #437 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:08:49 PM »

But fifteen pages is nothing to sneeze at, although I just sneezed. May have to turn on the heat - it's chilly in here tonight.

George · « **Reply #438 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:13:40 PM »

Best lead actor in a play: Kevin Kline

George · « **Reply #439 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:15:09 PM »

Kevin Spacey as Johnny Carson.

George · « **Reply #440 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:16:25 PM »

GROUNDHOG DAY best musical production number.

George · « **Reply #441 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:20:47 PM »

In one shot, you can see someone just standing in the wings. I assume he's a stagehand. He's wearing all black.

George · « **Reply #442 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:21:22 PM »

Commercial...which means bathroom break for me!

bk · « **Reply #443 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:22:32 PM »

I'd prefer looking at the stagehand - these numbers are just not what Broadway is to me. A forgettable tune, forgettable lyric, and a leading man rather than a character actor (remember Bill Murray). And ooh, projections - projected snow - such a cheap way out these days.

bk · « **Reply #444 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:23:39 PM »

I'd put up any of our production numbers against any of this stuff. They look just as good.

George · « **Reply #445 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:32:28 PM »

Announced during the commercial:

Best lighting design for a play: INDECENT

Best lighting design for a musical: THE GREAT COMET

George · « **Reply #446 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:32:51 PM »

HELLO, DOLLY! best musical production number.

George · « **Reply #447 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:34:05 PM »

Best lead actress in a play (announced by Bette): Laurie Metcalf for A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2

George · « **Reply #448 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:37:34 PM »

Best featured actress in a musical: Rachel Bay Jones for DEAR EVAN HANSEN

George · « **Reply #449 on:** June 11, 2017, 09:41:20 PM »

And now in a special performance, the Radio City Rockettes.

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