YouTube Finds
I've recently become addicted to this fabulous website, TIME magazine's invention of the year. And, from time to time, I think it will be my duty to share with you some fantastic finds. Today, two Broadway clips, both act one finales.
First, an eight-and-a-half minute segment from the 1982 TONY Awards. Jennifer Holliday performs "And I Am Telling You (I'm Not Going)" from DREAMGIRLS. It is fantastic--she's the only person who should ever sing this song I believe. Except JJ who supposedly does a mean karaoke rendition.
Second, a clip from the infamous Broadway flop, CARRIE. I was going to link to "And Eve Was Weak," which I saw the other day online and LOVED, but now it's gone, as is the downfall of YouTube. I wish they offered a pay service (or free!) that would let us download the clips. Maybe soon. But, here is Betty Buckley and Linzi Hateley, "I Remember How Those Boys Could Dance."
2 comments:
Holliday's is a Godzilla of a performance.
Also, look closely. Recognize Lorrell? She's a good deal thinner in 1982 than she is now as a sometime guest on ABC's top-rated medical soap opera.
Every now and then I keep remembering that I wish that someone would mount a local production of CARRIE because I'm curious how that show was.
Some of the things I've heard were cool (Carrie telekinetically getting dressed for the prom), but I also heard there were reasons why it flopped.
Sigh.
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