2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
Most of the individual segments are nothing to write home about, but I think the whole is greater than the sum of its parts (even if Katy Perry is a scar upon the earth).
"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!" ~Lina Lamont
I am confused by the opening clip of the guy showing Kid Rock's set up and then showing where everyone is sitting in the audience. I am assuming they are having performances outside of Radio City. I am also assuming that I am missing something regarding the lyrics sung by the guy in the alley about getting Lady Gaga pregnant. If I am not, then I am not crazy about the lyrics!
I don't think you missed anything. The guy in the alley is the sleazy host saying that he wants to sleep with Lady Gaga. Did anybody else think that Katy Perry looked a little crazy and obsessive about trimming the hedges? And, if you look at the freeze-frame in the thing on the left of this page showing videos, if you click on the number for the video, it looks like she's about to cut her head off.
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
I actually liked it when it was all put together. I still think Taylor Swift sounds horrible but I loved Katy Perry. I have to say though I'm biased towards her because I absolutely love her music. Definitely liked it a lot better when it was put together rather than individual segments.
"It's about the Benjamins, not the Bernsteins."-CapnHook
While it is good Katy Perry did not get to play "Natalie Wood" Also, Cobra Starship is the best part. Taylor Swift is just straining herself WAAAY too much.
Well, I didn't like any of the individual bits much (except for maybe Russell Brand, just because he's just so incredibly creepy that it's amusing), but I really liked the all-around effect, especially the ending. That was a pretty cool idea.
In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy
Can you imagine if that CONCEPT was done with people who actually could sing? I thought VISUALLY it was cool. The lyrics weren't really that unique, but what bothered me was that no one sounded good singing them. I kept thinking that it needed to be recorded in a studio where they had multiple takes . . . frightening that it WAS and those were probably the best takes!!
Great concept. Poorly executed. Abysmally sung. It gives me a whole new appreciation for the kids who sing and dance it live 8 times a week at the Palace. More talent in one of them than the entire lot of "stars" in the MTV promo. Tragic.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
Hah, Katy Perry is a nicer girl than I thought. Clearly she sounded so incredibly awful to make everyone else sound way better. Good on you Katy Perry, I'd totally make out with you at a party for shameless male attention.
I enjoyed it, though. FANGS UP/JAZZ HANDS COMBO for Cobra Starship. Judicious snaps, Gabe Saporta. You always sing poorly with the most style.
Too bad they cut most of the amazing Ne-Yo/Cobra Starship pairing (which you can see in full on YouTube). Ne-Yo has more talent in his impeccably cocked fedora than everyone else in that video has in their entire body combined.
I agree about the lyrics and the singing being absolutely awful. Yikes. It's too bad they couldn't sing--it might have been cool if it weren't so painful to hear.
I didn't get Katy Perry's thing. Trimming hedges? Wha?
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
Miranda got a nice paycheck and the spots will run for 3 weeks and then be forgotten. It was a smart movie for him. His lyrics are horrendous though, but I hated ITH, so I wasn't expecting much.
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
It shows me, more than ever, just how packaged, processed, and plastic today's pop musical "talent" is. Totally prefabricated and corrected in a studio electronically.
Because when you take away most of their audio enhancing toys, there's nothing left at all. I'll say one thing, it's a tribute to the current crop of sound engineers employed by the record labels that they can make this bunch sound close to human.
You used to have to sing just a little bit to be a singing star. I'm talking about the pop-fluff singers of the '50s through the '80s. The teen stuff.
These people can't sing! Not even a little bit.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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