"Brotherhood of Man" -- probably my favorite number from one of my favorite musical comedies -- a sure fire showstopper if it's done right -- flopped around like a dying fish on the stage last night.
But this, my friends ... THIS is how you win a Tony. (The good stuff starts at about 40 seconds in.)
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Wait...wait...I loved that version last night. I was still humming it this morning.
...Were there any Spidey jokes ? Even indirect ones ?
And , given what I've heard about " The Scottsboro Boys " - any blackface ( including " we-can't-say-it " ) references ?????????
Horse races, I guess. I just thought that everyone was doing the right stuff, but it didn't feel like anybody's heart was in it (except Radcliffe). By contrast, I thought "Don't Break the Rules" had all the energy "Brotherhood of Man" is supposed to have. But if it worked for you, that's a win.
There were several ... there was a line in the opening number about the threat of towering cost overruns ... and then at one point, host Neil Patrick Harris took to the stage and said doing Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark jokes would be too easy, but it's such a big story that they had to do something .... so he did a bit where he tried to tell as many Spider-Man jokes as he could in 60 seconds. He got in six (including "No fans were harmed in the making of this performance -- yet" and "This is the only show where the actors in the cast are in casts") but his seventh one was cut off.
Looky here: Tony Awards 2011 - Neil Patrick Harris Tells 'Spider-Man' Jokes"
The Scottsboro Boys is fashioned to be similar to an old minstrel show, but the actors are all black and the subject matter is all too real.
Doc Beechler (mod-MD) said: