How I learned the difference between love and respect at my first Broadway show.
We arrived to the theater about 30 minutes before the show was scheduled to start, so I began talking to the girls seated in front of us. They seemed very lovely, and smart. They laughed at all the right times, had good manners, and applauded at the correct points, unlike some other audience members. Skip forward to about fifteen minutes before Brotherhood of Man.
Brotherhood, as many know, is the pinnacle of the show. It exemplifies Darren as a performer, as long as the rest of the cast. There are notes in that song that must have impossible to hold, and it really tests the every member of the number in the dance department. If you haven’t seen this video of Daniel Radcliffe performing it along with the cast at the 2011 Tony Awards, watch it now, and just imagine Darren doing it.
Now, imagine a group of six girls and their mothers standing up, gathering their things, and leaving right before it.