<p>Yeah, my daughter and I felt so bad for her! It's almost like she went into a trance; my roommate at college had petit mal seizures, and she looked like she actually had one on camera. Poor thing! She sounded great up until then, though. I actually thought the boy today had a great voice, too.</p>
<p>I thought both the young man from U of M and the young woman from Wagner who were on today did a terrific job. They both had beautiful voices and great presence!</p>
<p>are any of these performances avalible online? I missed yesterdays and todays because of school.</p>
<p>I've been watching the series every morning (i missed the Rent day, though) and I was really bummed when the redhead forgot her words! She was my favorite (her audition sounded great!) but her onstage performance wasn't the same because of the accidental pause. I also liked Amanda's Hairspray song... very very good :)</p>
<p>I'm expecting some awesome and funny Avenue Q performances! And I agree with Elliotsmom... the guys are just smiling. Hopefully tomorrow's Princeton will do more than just that.</p>
<p>Props to all the performers though... This is such a cool opportunity for them. <em>jealous</em> lol</p>
<p>OK, my daughter and I both like the girl who forgot the words!! And the guy who sang from the Wedding Singer. Can't remember their names, sorry! I'm sure the girl who forgot the words will lose votes, but not based on talent; just that she forgot the words!</p>
<p>I thought the grils who sang to day had the most interesting voice. I did not see the Wednesday group though and couldn't really tell much from the clip.</p>
<p>Was anyone else disappointed by who won?</p>
<p>Aaaahh... a little. They were pretty good, but not my favorites. My husband, however, nailed it; I asked him who he thought won and he guessed BOTH correctly. As a math teacher, I told him that if it were entirely random, he had a 1 in 25 chance of guessing both of them correctly. He should be a casting director, lol! (He DOES produce shows at a local community theater)</p>
<p>Who won? I could only see Monday's show.</p>
<p>The winners were:</p>
<p>Andrew Arrington from UM and Brianna Horne from Wagner</p>
<p>and why were you disappointed by the winners?</p>
<p>Good for them! Unfortunately I didn't see the performances. I just read that Brianna went to HS in my hometown. Nice exposure for these students. I wish them well.</p>
<p>I was disappointed because, like rossji, I thought they were alright but definitely not the best. Their duet was pretty good, though.</p>
<p>That's fair daminal. I think they were all great and very talented but when I looked at most of the other performances, my thoughts were that they are nothing different than what's already out there. I do remember stopping what I was doing when the two winners performed because they really caught my attention.</p>
<p>They are all winners though. They have all gotten a once in a lifetime opportunity for exposure.</p>
<p>Just caught "Broadway Week" on TV this morning (Regis & Kelly on ABC). Each day this week they're spotlighting a show with Tony nominations. Today was Pajama Game. Three actors did a number from the show. It was very entertaining (song, dance, etc.). Afterward Regis & Kelly spoke with the actors asking about where they were from and how they got into "the business." A nice piece. It was toward the end of the hour. Can't wait to see tomorrow (The Drowsy Chaparone).</p>
<p>I didn't get a chance to see most of the CBS performances (I'm in school all summer), but I wanted to point out that neither of the UM kids are "flash in the pan" successes or simply "lucky" to have this opportunity. Both were cast at The MUNY in St. Louis (a great Equity summer stock gig) well before the CBS contest was even formulated; in fact, Cortney was also cast there last year. Such professional success may also be true of others who were contestants. Of course each of us who watch is allowed to have our favorites :) - but I think we should respect each finalist for being chosen by Bernie Telsey (biiiiig deal casting agent), whose name was very publicly on the line with this, so he obviously saw something marketable in each! I don't think the point was that these performers were "different from what was already out there" - rather it seemed to be that these were slightly younger/still training performers of viable Broadway-level marketability. I encouraged my students to look at what was marketable and watchable about each performer, not to focus on what they did NOT like - because some of that (pitchiness, forgetting lyrics) was certainly a result of nerves and a brief amount of practice in the crazy TV studio environment.</p>
<p>EsMom-
What were their answers to those questions?</p>
<p>None of the three (two men, one woman) mentioned any college training. One guy (grew up in Brooklyn) did mention training in NYC and said he'd had an Equity card since age 9. The woman said she'd been cast in Reno, NV for the Cats tour while she was still in high school, though she was originally from Maine. They other guy didn't really say much about training. </p>
<p>The choreographer for Pajama Game apparently was the same for Cats, so that's where two of the actors were plucked from.</p>