The 2014 Super Bowl match-up between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks may have been plagued by some bizarre play-by-plays and off-the-wall athletic antics, yet the real spectacle lied in the performances by Renee Fleming, Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers - yes, that sentence now exists and that unlikely combination indeed was presented... with awesome results!
Young, Wild, Free, Old & Crazy Old and young, reserved and wild, sports fans and neophytes - the Super Bowl is a spectacular celebration like no other in American culture except perhaps Thanksgiving insofar as the cultural, social and traditional mark it always makes every single year. And, the sheer amount of people who participate in the festivities of the holiday is simply astounding. The 2014 Super Bowl was no exception, but, this being a performing arts-centric column, it was the theatricality of the night that made it well worth watching for the Broadway babies and performance junkies among us. After all, perhaps the most recognizable and renown modern opera diva was supplanted by the world's most successful pop songwriter and performer as well as one of rock's most beloved acts of all time for a triptych of performances worth savoring - and revisiting - again and again.View Renee Fleming's performance of the National Anthem below.
View Bruno Mars & The Red Hot Chili Peppers Halftime Show below.
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