Saw it in London and it got extended and exetended until they ran out of dates they could run at the theatre. Love it’s now in Australia and hoping the next news is a uk tour. The show was so amazing and I really wish I could see it again.
Gosh… this was the best musical that year. This and Come From Away. And both shows really worked best as a journey from start to finish that a Tony performance couldn’t really capture. But Groundhog Day was just a masterpiece in writing and lyrics and Andy Karl’s performance was understated, sarcastic, and by the end of the journey genuinely moving. No gimmicks of “look how high he can sing while snot it coming out his nose” just a honest portrayal of a shitty human who is transformed over the course of the evening.
It's a shame Dear Evan Hansen over shadowed literally every other show this season. The fact that its taken me YEARS to finally appreciate all the other original shows from this year really says a lot. (Then again, i was 14 and new intp musical theater, its no surprise i didnt care about much else.) The 2017 Tony's were a tragedy indeed.
this is such a good performance in general, but it kinda annoys me how andy karl overperforms and tries to outshine barrett and company, like bro we get it, you're performing at the tony's and you wanna make a good impression but this isnt the way to do it by standing on top of others. You can kinda see it in barrett's face like dude what are you doing and she was performing it as intended so she was really good and solid but compared to him trying to rise above and doing outlandish runs, he unfortunately, pushed her into the shadows, my ears always gravitate towards barrett's voice, but he stood in the way of that this performance :(
I think he deserves to go all out on the Tony's, after all the shit he had to go through during the show and then not winning a tony he can do whatever tf he wants
Yeah. Terrible mixing job, as is unfortunately pretty common for the Tonys. Andy just happens to have a louder voice, and the audio engineer isn't doing their job and matching them.
I love the song. I did think it was odd to show the grand finale song on the Tony Awards, but it’s not as if everyone didn’t already know the way the story ended.
Andy Carl: "I spent a lifetime seeking signs reading lines... Ah Fuck! I've fucked it! I fucked up the lyrics! I can't go on with that coz it doesn't mean what it needs to mean to me to sing it. They wouldn't notice it, but I can't bear it. I'm going to have to start the whole song again!" True Tim Minchin fans will understand.
I heard this show is coming back to London where it began and this news makes me happy. I saw it once in London and once on Broadway and enjoyed it. Also, Barrett's a babe. I love her on Station 19.
