Agreed on all your points. While I loved the content and the host of this years 64th Annual Tony Awards I cannot believe both the technical glitches and the directorial failings.
The sound problems, right from the outset and involving the single most known person scheduled to be on the broadcast (Elton John) were upsetting on two counts: 1) That they happened up front, pointing to a lack of preparedness and 2) That they happened continually. The issue is that this is not some one-off production; the venue is among the best for live performances anywhere, and they had a full dress rehearsal at 9:00 AM that day. Did they know that they had mic problems? Did they experience any sound mix issues in dress? Did they not know that when Lord Farquar sings about "growing" that perhaps the feed should be on him and not the chorus line on stage right? Did no one think to hand Liza the envelope before she walked out -- knowing full well they were (as usual) under a time crunch and once back from commercial things would happen quickly? And what about the guy walking through the live shot in the background (behind the faux glass of a portico) who did a mid- course correction so fast that I expected to hear sound effects normally associated with 'Ricochet Rabbit'. Certainly not a Tony worthy of an Emmy for any production value category. Ron Casalotti Wayne, NJ On Jun 9, 6:41 pm, "Karla Robinson" <[email protected]> wrote: > That was about the worst sound editing on a live broadcast I've ever seen. > Ever. So many times the mics were not turned on when they needed to be, or > one performer was potted up loud on a group number, or some other error > occurred. I wonder what happened.. > > Karla S. Robinson, Ph.D. > > [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
