I'm glad Jonathan Larson stuck to writing and not singing.
Were they playing the karaoke cd as the background music on that section? The "no day but today" theme they played like 3 times sounded like the end of a TV show theme song.
They did not do anything on THE CIVIL WAR? I wonder why.
They also could have done more on PHANTOM and CATS.
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
I think there should have been less about Wicked and more about the older shows. Don't get me wrong I love it but I love other shows too, and they used about twice as much time on wicked as they did with the other shows and it's still so new! Was pleased with the Cabaret section though Would've been cool to see Avenue Q on there, Les Miserables deserved more time, as did a lot of other shows. They should've made a part 3...
I thought tonite was part 3? I thought there should have been more time on the Les Mis, Phantom, Miss Saigon section-they kinda just brushed over some great shows. I loved the Jerry Orbach commentary though. I had never heard the story about the director who died opening night, I found it very reminiscent of Jonathan Larson and Rent...
"Commit a little mortal sin, its good for the soul"
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
I told you the Jonathan Larson segment was great. Hey, Emcee.......were you jumping up and down when they showed Adam? I have already stated my opinions on what I wished they would have cut and added so I won't go there again unless asked to.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
I have seen it 5 billion times already so it didn't really effect me the way it did when I first saw it (I had tears running down my face), especially when the director of RENT sounded like he was about to cry when talking about Jonathan.
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
Yes, if I am correct, they showed clips of the original with Jerry Orbach, the revival with Bebe Neuwirth (sp?) and Anne Reinking (sp?) and then the movie. I thought it was one of the best segments
"Commit a little mortal sin, its good for the soul"
I agree Jon, I didn't really see the method to what shows they chose to feature and those they chose to ignore...I could obviously see why some featured shows were influential, but I think they left alot out and added some fluff material. They could have included Assassins in the Sondheim section and its postponment due to 9/11 (or maybe its just that Assassins is my favorite Sondheim...)
"Commit a little mortal sin, its good for the soul"