Anything Goes - 65th Annual Tony Awards

This shouldn't be possible.... This is a great example of what NOT to do in Directing a musical. You do NOT have your leading lady sing a complicated, wordy song with lyrics that all start the same way. You do NOT then break up said song with an eight and a half minute full on tap number. You do NOT put your leading lady out front, leading the entire dance ensemble in said break FOR THE FULL NUMBER! You do NOT then, after dancing for eight minutes, have her finish the song with more verses and end with an 8 measure held note................ The only time a director should ever attempt this is if you have cast Sutton Foster, who can belt a high C in her mask, has a better dance line than most of the ensemble, and can genuinely act. There was not at the time (and maybe even still) another Broadway star with the skill set to pull this off 8 times a week for a 2 year run. (Though I give Rachel York very VERY high marks for the tour)

I bet a good 1000 of those views are just Jonathan Groff.

This just in: Sutton Foster doesn't require oxygen. More at 11.

The Internet was invented so we could watch this. All other purposes are incidental.

That crushing realization that I will never be Sutton Foster

Warning: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME WITHOUT THE GUIDANCE OF YOUR PERSONAL SUTTON FOSTER

Can we think of the amount of calories they burn in this number alone?

What amazes me about this is that it's VERY complicated choreography which I'm sure took a long time to master and they do it 8 times a week, yet everyone looks like they're having a good time!

Sutton Foster is one of the last in a dying breed of classic Broadway leading ladies. There's such a magnetism to her on stage in the way stars like Mary Martin and Gwen Verdon would captivate back in the day.

Sutton Foster is that impossibly rare find: a true triple threat who can not only sing, dance, and act equally well, but can do all of the above better than anyone else on the stage with her. She's one in a million.

Can we just have a little shout-out here for the costume designer? The costumes are completely adorable.

Besides this entire performance being incredible, Hugh Jackman always looks like a kid in a candy store at the Tony's! He's always so happy to be there and he always looks like he loves every bit of it and is impressed by everything, such an amazing and incredibly humble man for a person that has accomplished so much!

I love how she just started that last note like she didn't do the longest dancebreak ever at the Tony Awards

Sutton or Patti? Everyone is forgetting that Jonathan Groff absolutely killed this, come on now

her economy of movement, her natural style, her singing, her acting, her charisma, her talent -- she is unmatched IMO

Real talk to everyone in the comments: Sutton and Patti are both fierce bitches. Stop comparing them and enjoy both of their badass performances!

I actually never seen Anything Goes but the tap dancing is so epic and refreshing! You rarely find dancing like that in a musical nowadays except Newsies. Also, Sutton Foster has a stunning voice

I can't watch this without hearing Jonathan Groff's commentary in my head :)

Ok so Sutton Foster's great. That goes without saying. But that ensemble!! They danced incredibly and then while still dancing immediately launched into singing a similarly wordy and complex part of the song with harmony, while Sutton stopped to take a breath.

All the comparisons here of Patti LuPone vs. Sutton Foster in the same show are just apples and oranges.  Foster is a dancer who also sings, whereas LuPone is a singer who also dances a bit.  In this number, Sutton is the central dancer throughout the very long (this is shortened by almost 4 minutes from the actual Broadway number) tap sequence.  She immediately sings another verse and chorus afterwards.  In Patti's show, she does a few little steps at the beginning, then stands against the wall and nods to the beat while the dancers do their thing, then a few more steps and singing at the end.  She really doesn't have the "dance then sing" stamina that Sutton has.  In my opinion, doesn't make either of them better or worse than the other.  They're both pretty fantastic.