This is Broadway? I don’t like that they made it a parody. The original shaped my pre-teen wardrobe and my continued love for ONJ and Gene Kelly! The dancing was the best part and this version doesn’t really have the same appeal.
I was there! Last row of the balcony. Still remember Rosie joking (and swearing) during the commercial breaks, Alan and Natasha winning, and Lion King winning best musical. (which was an upset at the time.)
no and Nell died early in 2003 before that Tony awards so had they done an in memoriam thing there she would have been included in that the Tony's didn't do an in memoriam segment until 2005
This is fun to watch. And fascinating. Just enjoyed the moment when Jerry Lewis is presenting the nominees for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, which Kelly Bishop won. When he announces Patti LuPone’s name, the camera person instead zooms in on Ann Reinking, sitting next to Bob Fosse. Whoops. Still, it’s a fascinating moment to see when neither Patti LuPone nor Ann Reinking were well known yet, and so the producers weren’t able to catch the mistake.
I first recognized Madeleine Martin (the 10-year-old 57th annual Tony Awards presenter) as the voice of JoJo Tickle from the Playhouse Disney/Disney Junior children's stop motion claymation television series JoJo's Circus. Plus, I can't unhear JoJo Tickle.
Even if, forgive the heresy, you don't know who Sutton Foster is, this performance absolutely shows how she is *perfect* in the role, from the first song to the last! I absolutely cannot imagine anyone else in the role, and seeing other productions, while I'm sure that other actresses have worked very hard, they pale in comparison to Sutton Foster.
