The 2010 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held yesterday and featured performances from four Broadway musicals.
1. Memphis performed “Steal Your Rock and Roll.” It’s time for them to start doing other songs for press. They’ve sung this song at almost every press event they have been a part of. It’s becoming boring, but their performances are always put together very well.
2. American Idiot performed “Good Riddance,” their curtain call song. They sound great on this song, which is not on the cast recording, but can be downloaded here. However, it sounds nothing like the rest of the show, so it may mislead viewers into buying tickets for a show they will hate.
3. Million Dollar Quartet performed a medley of songs from their show. It was not memorable at all. I hope this show closes in January. It does not deserve to be on Broadway, because it’s a jukebox musical about the writers of the music (like Jersey Boys). I’m not even going to bother reviewing this piece of junk.
4. Elf performed “Sparklejollytwinklejingley.” It was cute and lead viewers into buying tickets to an enjoyable holiday show. I’ve yet to see the show, but based on the clips I’ve seen, it is cute, but not memorable. I enjoyed the song with the exception of the AWFUL dance break; the choreography was absolutely horrible. I felt bad for the ensemble. Although this number was enjoyable fro the most part, I wish Beth Leavel and Matthew Gumley would have performed “There is a Santa Claus,” which I still remember as being a highlight of this year’s Broadway on Broadway.
If you haven’t seen the performances, look them up on youtube and post your thoughts in the comments here.
Until next time,
Jack
