Stars flocked to pay tribute to Stephen Sondheim for his 90th birthday digital live performance Sunday evening – however the curtain got here down shortly amid a large number of technical hitches.
The present, which signed up a slew of huge names from Meryl Streep to Patti LuPone and Hamilton composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, was already working 35 minutes late when host, actor Raul Esparza, got here on the dwell hyperlink and began chatting to the director with out realizing he was being broadcast.
When “Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration” lastly began, composer Stephen Schwartz kicked off proceedings on the piano.
Sadly, Esparza’s follow-up hyperlink was then fully mute as he spoke to the camera- and after a couple of minutes, he merely walked off and the hyperlink was turned off.
The live performance shortly turned the highest trending Twitter subject of the evening as Lin-Manuel tweeted: “Hope somebody is rolling on the Noises Off manufacturing taking place proper now at #Sondheim90Live performance.”
He added: “My coronary heart hurts for Raul on the tech stuff, who has put collectively by all accounts an unforgettable present. I actually can’t wait to see it. However the WORK WAITS… #Sondheim90Live performance”
Actress Rachel Bloom tweeted: “Sometime a musical shall be made primarily based on the feedback part of this Sondheim 90th Birthday live performance dwell stream which is now 15 minutes late and counting.
One other added: “I actually haven't laughed this tough in two months. That is already the best evening of my life,” whereas referring to Sondheim’s musical “Into The Woods”, one other wrote: “The issue with the #Sondheim90Live performance livestream is that somebody inadvertently used hair that the witch had already touched.”
Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin, Christine Baranski, Kristin Chenoweth, Sutton Foster, have been among the many others performing to boost funds for ASTEP (Artists Striving to Finish Poverty).
The present lastly began after 9:15pm Sunday and one particular person tweeted: “That’s showbiz child.”
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