Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Broadway historian and Director of Programming at Feinstein's/54 Below, attended the dress rehearsal last night and wrote about it on her Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jenniferashleytepper (not sure if the post is public).
Spoilers: Charlie Rosen, who leads a big band that often performs at 54 Below and other NYC nightclubs, is the bandleader. Jennifer writes: "Charlie LEADS the band as the on-stage musical director/arranger/bass player. We got to watch our homeboy truly share the stage with Martin Short, Maya Rudolph, Jimmy Fallon, Paula Pell, Miley Cyrus, Kenan Thompson, and more. (Tom Hanks and Larry David also have hella amazing moments in the premiere episode - as does Savion Glover & the cast of "Shuffle Along"!)... I cannot believe I got to watch Charlie create the classy, dynamic, gorgeous big band sound and vibe that I've seen him do many a time before... but this time IN NBC STUDIO 6A. Where Conan was. Where Letterman started. And tonight, where a new variety show started, one that pushes boundaries and at the same time emanates this blast of old-fashioned television FUN. " On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 2:37:24 PM UTC-4, Bob Jersey wrote: > > "Maya and Marty," run (of course) by Lorne, debuts on NBC Tuesday (31), > with plenty of big-time name guest stars to (they hope) get people to watch > as-it-airs... Brian Steinberg, the Variety > <http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/maya-rudolph-martin-short-variety-show-lorne-michaels-1201783661/> > > (link) editor writing about this, has the gall to bring up a comparable (in > his mind) effort from the past which actually included... Letterman... > > B > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
