He, along with the Tabernacle and O’Hara, brings happiness to all this season in this most beautiful performance.
As we wrapped our interview, I asked how often he hears from his fans the iconic line, “Good night, John-Boy.” Thomas laughed and said with admiration, “If I had a nickel for every time somebody yelled that, even when I’m onstage, when people should know better, it’s a constant refrain, and I love it. … The Pearl Buck story was a perfect connection to The Waltons and the country, very American, and I think that really worked.”Īnd that it did. “It wasn’t just that I had done The Waltons, I kind of lived The Waltons out there with my grandparents and my cousins and aunts and uncles in the country growing up. So that was an enormous part of my life,” Thomas added. “I was a New York theater kid who spent all my summers on my grandparents’ farm in Eastern Kentucky in the hills - really gorgeous, beautiful, rural childhood summers. Buck’s Christmas Day in the Morning will bring you to tears. Thomas’ deeply touching and personal reading of Pearl S. Recorded last year, this year’s musical spectacle is set against a country farmhouse and chapel backdrop and is paired with songs and stories that celebrate holiday traditions that have contributed to our country’s rich cultural fabric. No matter what your faith background is, it’s a profound experience if you just let yourself be open to it.”
Everybody should have this experience of seeing this. And not just the performance, or the hall, or the people, but the unbelievable backstage, the coordination, the dedication, the volunteerism of the whole thing, and the spectacular way people worked together and supported each other,” Thomas gushed. “Nothing – nothing – prepared me for this event. Thomas takes the stage with Broadway great Kelli O’Hara, where both stage veterans admit that nothing could have prepared them for hearing and experiencing the voices of the award-winning Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, along with the Orchestra at Temple Square and the Bells at Temple Square behind them. 17 on BYUtv), an event he watched and adored for years, his response was: “How high can I jump? I’m in. 14 on PBS, 90-minute version airs on Dec. No surprise, then, that when he got the call asking him to take part in the 17th annual Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir (60-minute version airs Dec.
0 kommentar(er)
