Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
In the past I’ve had trouble waking up by 9am on Thanksgiving morning in order to catch the Broadway portion of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. This year was very different, since our new puppy, Sookie, had me up at 4:30am to take her out.
So, by the time the Broadway shows performed I was up and about and working on unpacking our home, and didn’t give the performances my undivided attention, but here are my thoughts all the same
- Hair – Nothing wrong here, but nothing remarkable either. It looks like a very professional restaging of Hair, but I didn’t see anything to entice me to go see it.
- Bye Bye Birdie – Selena says “I’m just a fan of John Stamos in general” and I have to agree, he does look like he’s bringing a lot of fun to the part of Albert Peterson (a personal favorite role of mine since I performed it senior year of high school). But, nostalgia aside, this was a safe choice of songs from that show, and it didn’t go well, unless the choreographer intended for Stamos to fall and miss marks that many times. Looks like it could use some work.
- Billy Elliot – Selena started tearing up, as she does now – pregnancy hormones – when this was announced up next cause she loved the movie. I’ve never seen the movie and with this teaser I sure doubt I’ll be seeing the play. It reminded me of a British retread of “Little Girls” from Annie. It did not interest me at all.
- Shrek – I loved it. The costuming is fantastic. The song was so much fun and will be a great punctuation on the musical (I’m assuming it comes at the end as it did in the movie). Combined with the Prince’s number from the Tony Awards, this show is looking worth the trip to the Great White Way.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody.
Shrek – Well, you’d better hurry up- cause in case you missed the mention, they said it is closing – forget when.
Hair – Don’t be a fool, go and see it. But, maybe wait until January when the original Crissy is back- she rocks… you’d recognize her from some Mac v. PC commercials. You can come with us when we see it again : )
Can’t help ya with the rest, except that I too am generally a fan of John Stamos, mostly for the nostalgic Uncle Jessie factor, but that’s basically what he looked like up there… but with different and a few more girls- not really what you’re going for on B’way, I don’t think.
Hmm…I’m going for the opposite opinion. ‘Hair’ was great, but I’ve seen it on Broadway, so I’m remembering the experience. It’s one that’s very, very good when you’re in the moment in the theater.
‘Shrek’ on the other hand bored me to tears.
‘Billy Elliott’ – meh. I understand the show is supposed to be quite good, but this number was a drag.
I never miss the parade. My parents and I went up to NYC a couple of years ago to watch it with Erich. This year I signed up for our Turkey Trot 5 mile run/walk to benefit the local help the homeless organization. So I had to tape it which was nice given the fact that I do not really enjoy the singers and only watch it for the balloons. Bye Bye Birdie was my favorite of the shows Thursday morning. And see Billy Elliot. It is a fun story.
I have to concur with the John Stamos fan-ness… but the number was pretty cheesy.
Okay, I did not tear up when they announced Billy Elliot. I just said, “Aww…I love that movie. Go Billy!” I DO tear up when I see that little Asian girl on the PC commercials creating graphics, because I think that’s what Dad’s going to force our little one to be.
But I digress. Shrek is just great because we love our friend Daniel Breaker (Donkey) and are happy to see him doing well. One of the nicest and funniest actors/people you’ll meet!