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"Broadway Backwards" gets pretty gay

by
Michael Portantiere

February 5, 2008

The male ensemble strutted half-naked through "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair," from South Pacific. (Don't expect to see the number staged this way in the upcoming Lincoln Center Theater production!)


 

Lainie Kazan sang of lost love in "The Gal That Got Away," from the film A Star is Born


 

Tituss Burgess, a.k.a. Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, performed "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret


 

Cheyenne Jackson (Xanadu) and Anthony Rapp (Rent) avoided camp and played it straight, if you'll pardon the expression, as they brought the concert to a close with a moving, thrilling performance of "Suddenly Seymour" from Little Shop of Horrors

 

 

 

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Submitted by
Dennis Ayers
on Tue, 2008-02-05 08:41.
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Question...

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Not_so_witty (70 points) (12 posts)
on Tue, 2008-02-05 09:10.
do these performances ever get released on DVD or CD? I mean, what about us folks out here in the sticks who only get to see endless high school productions of Oklahoma and Guys and Dolls with an occasional Our Town thrown in for variety?!

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I'll opt for "take"

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Brian Juergens (1205 points) (6471 posts)
on Tue, 2008-02-05 09:32.
Yes - when news first hit that Harris and Burtka were doing a duet, my first thought was "Take Me or Leave Me" (followed by an ill-considered "Shapoopi" fantasy). Wish I could have been there to see it.
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Now instead of doing things

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Jane (160 points) (32 posts)
on Tue, 2008-02-05 10:49.
Now instead of doing things I scheduled for this evening I'll be looking for Neil and David on YouTube.... And people wonder why I barely meet the deadlines...
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Who is the beyond hot Eric Bogosian type in South Pacific?

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Guillermo Serri... (3151 points) (817 posts)
on Tue, 2008-02-05 14:37.
Cheyenne who? While my heart will always go one for Jackson, he is taken after all. As such, I now have my mitts set on the hairy-chested hunk in the first caption. Any info. so that I can know the name of the man who I am now pining for? You guys never disappoint me so bring it on...
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I second the request ...

Submitted by
Pantzini (228 points) (54 posts)
on Wed, 2008-02-06 11:23.

Must. Know. His. Name.

[after some research]

Could be Danny Beiruti, but I'm not really sure.

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Ben's picture

Looks like Danny

Submitted by
Ben (5 points) (1 post)
on Thu, 2008-03-06 15:20.
He does look like Danny...cant be sure though. I am in awe of that Chest too....sigh!
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Niel Patrick Harris

Submitted by
Dennis (338 points) (68 posts)
on Tue, 2008-02-05 18:05.
Well, I knew Doogie was gay right away, I mean he had a cut boy climbing hi nis window every night when he was still just a teen. LOL. I want to know what happened to his cute neighbor?? Dennis
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Max Casella

Submitted by
phredd allen (75 points) (15 posts)
on Wed, 2008-02-06 00:24.

. . . is the actor who played Doogie's neighbor. And I must say he matured quite nicely himself. I have never seen a single episode of "the Sopranos," but apparently he was a member of the cast.

www.hbo.com/sopranos/cast/actor/max_casella.shtml

 

The truth is not always pretty . . . but it's still the truth.

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Max

Submitted by
Dennis (338 points) (68 posts)
on Thu, 2008-03-06 14:21.

Thanks for the info and the link.

He did indeed mature well. better than Doogie in fact.

Where do you dind this info, I've been looking for info on Max for quite some time.

Dennis

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Just like your living room

Submitted by
fermat (50 points) (13 posts)
on Fri, 2008-02-08 00:19.
It's just like when I sing all the girl's parts to the musicals when I listen to them at home, except this time it's with more famous people. Every time I see or hear a show I change the leads so it's man and man together. And I always thought the men should sing "Gonna wash that man" anyways, and the women should have sung "There ain't nothing like a dame." "I'm not blunt. Everyone else is overly vague."
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VIDEO

Submitted by
nightfish91 (30 points) (5 posts)
on Fri, 2008-02-08 15:02.

I've been googling like mad the past few days to find video of "Broadway Backwards 3" and I finally found it!!

http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Video.aspx?ci=560275 http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Video.aspx?ci=560279

(I really wish someone would post the full version of "Take Me or Leave Me" since it sounds spectacular.)

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Right song wrong singer.

Submitted by
Insideguy (2490 points) (496 posts)
on Fri, 2008-02-08 17:31.
While I thought that Neil and David should sing THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE. It was cut from the film in favor for of MY MAN, which Fanny Brice originated in the Ziegfield Follies of 1921. I imagine or out of drag Charles Busch (aka Angela Arden for you Nukies)dis a great rendition. I wish they do the same thing here in Los Angeles.
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Take Me or Leave Me

Submitted by
Mr Z (25 points) (4 posts)
on Fri, 2008-02-08 18:53.
Thank you nightfish91 for the clips!!!! I can't wait for the whole thing... fun I thought the boys would have sung opposite parts... "It's time to speak truth to power y'all."
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