While I agree with your bottom one, my next to the bottom would be Hell’s Kitchen. It was far too long, why was Jay Z there, and while I know her NY song is in the show hearing all the pedi-cabs play it in mid town has made that song like nails on a chalkboard for me. I also would rank Suffs a lot higher than you did. I like that they just did one song straight through instead of a medley. I also saw Suffs and this song brought back how I felt watching the show. My top 5 would be: Outsiders, Illinoise, Stereophonic, Merrily, and Suffs.
1. The Outsiders 2. Merrily 3. Illinoise 4. Stereophonic Seeing those four performances is causing me to think about another trip to NYC. Probably won’t make it in time to see Merrily. I’ll definitely see them when they’re on tour in Nashville. I’ll also try to see Suffs and Elephants. Your comments on the opening number are spot on. Cabaret sucked. I loathed it so much I rewatched the movie Friday night just to get my sense of appreciation back.
Maybe I'm just thinking about the older versions of Cabaret, but I found Eddie Redmayne's performance to be really boring and did not give me any interest in finding more about the character. Fully agree with you about Outsiders & Merrily, though I think I would have kept Outsiders on top, if only barely. The choreographed rumble blew my mind. When this show tours to Denver in a year or three, I will definitely see it.
I have to agree with Jean Ross' family, in that the Sally Bowles character based on her just gets more and more messy, the original does the best job of giving you something like a cabaret show, I get the film is Fosse, but the source material is practically lost, a lot of history revisionism, and I don't know, we don't see Jean Ross that went on to be a film critic, political writer and very vocal anti-fascist. I think it detracts from the story that its been revised so much trying to push a narrative of "oh no I was mindlessly partying and Hitler is my fault". Was everyone supposed to join the communists having brawls in the streets? would that make anyone happier?
I didn't see Eddie redmayne, but I saw mason alexander Clark who was incredible. The casting ruined Sally and Cliff characters, but it's like they weren't even the main characters anymore
Having just seen "Tommy" this weekend, I can tell you that the Tony performance does NOT capture the power of that show. I'm not a Who fan, I've never seen the movie (which I'm told is significantly different -- and not nearly as good as the musical), but I was blown away by the power of the music and the message of the show. I saw it with five friends, and we were all very impressed.
Hopefully, you’ll see Suffs. I actually love the song & it’s pretty powerful in the show - but it was such a boring performance on the Tony’s. They should’ve performed G.A.B. You can find several performances of that song on RUclips- it’s very much an audience favorite.
I like your considerations in ranking these numbers. My fave is also Merrily and for the reasons you stated. 2. Illionoise 3. Water for Elephants 4. Cabaret 5. The Outsiders. 6. Tommy. I guess Hell's Kitchen got more time than any other show due to its "cool" factor.
While I agree with your bottom one, my next to the bottom would be Hell’s Kitchen. It was far too long, why was Jay Z there, and while I know her NY song is in the show hearing all the pedi-cabs play it in mid town has made that song like nails on a chalkboard for me. I also would rank Suffs a lot higher than you did. I like that they just did one song straight through instead of a medley. I also saw Suffs and this song brought back how I felt watching the show. My top 5 would be: Outsiders, Illinoise, Stereophonic, Merrily, and Suffs.
The opening to this years Tony awards was probably the worst they have done in a decade. At least the shows performing made it good
1. The Outsiders
2. Merrily
3. Illinoise
4. Stereophonic
Seeing those four performances is causing me to think about another trip to NYC. Probably won’t make it in time to see Merrily. I’ll definitely see them when they’re on tour in Nashville. I’ll also try to see Suffs and Elephants. Your comments on the opening number are spot on. Cabaret sucked. I loathed it so much I rewatched the movie Friday night just to get my sense of appreciation back.
Merrily likely won’t tour.
Maybe I'm just thinking about the older versions of Cabaret, but I found Eddie Redmayne's performance to be really boring and did not give me any interest in finding more about the character. Fully agree with you about Outsiders & Merrily, though I think I would have kept Outsiders on top, if only barely. The choreographed rumble blew my mind. When this show tours to Denver in a year or three, I will definitely see it.
I have to agree with Jean Ross' family, in that the Sally Bowles character based on her just gets more and more messy, the original does the best job of giving you something like a cabaret show, I get the film is Fosse, but the source material is practically lost, a lot of history revisionism, and I don't know, we don't see Jean Ross that went on to be a film critic, political writer and very vocal anti-fascist. I think it detracts from the story that its been revised so much trying to push a narrative of "oh no I was mindlessly partying and Hitler is my fault". Was everyone supposed to join the communists having brawls in the streets? would that make anyone happier?
I didn't see Eddie redmayne, but I saw mason alexander Clark who was incredible. The casting ruined Sally and Cliff characters, but it's like they weren't even the main characters anymore
If Eddie’s was boring Alan Cumming’s must put you to sleep.
Having just seen "Tommy" this weekend, I can tell you that the Tony performance does NOT capture the power of that show. I'm not a Who fan, I've never seen the movie (which I'm told is significantly different -- and not nearly as good as the musical), but I was blown away by the power of the music and the message of the show. I saw it with five friends, and we were all very impressed.
Good to know and I'm glad you were impressed with it!
Hopefully, you’ll see Suffs. I actually love the song & it’s pretty powerful in the show - but it was such a boring performance on the Tony’s. They should’ve performed G.A.B. You can find several performances of that song on RUclips- it’s very much an audience favorite.
Thank you I will look up their other songs they've performed!
I would recommend Suffs, I really enjoyed it when I saw it!
I will consider seeing it this summer!
I like your considerations in ranking these numbers. My fave is also Merrily and for the reasons you stated. 2. Illionoise 3. Water for Elephants 4. Cabaret 5. The Outsiders. 6. Tommy. I guess Hell's Kitchen got more time than any other show due to its "cool" factor.
We should have done if we were married
Hell's Kitchen was my favorite, followed by the Outsiders and Cabaret