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Tonya Harding: The Musical: The Hour was the harrowing and infamous story of Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding, told through her perspective in the form of a musical.
The show may have ended but Tonya lives on, still on her website, Tonyaharding.com. The Musical was based in Los Angeles about the infamous and harrowing story of Tonya Harding, told from Tonya Harding's own perspective.
At first seeing this website, I thought, "What?", then, eventually, "well, why not?" Arguably, Tonya Harding, a former world-class figure skater of her own personal creation, was the best as well as the most controversial thing that ever happened to figure skating. The interest in figure skating since the 1994 Olympics has more than tripped and most of that increase attention, good or bad, is because of Tonya Harding.
The musical show headline declared: Starring: Leslie Korein as Tonya Harding Heather Woodward as Nancy Kerrigan Meghan Parks as Lavona Golden Tony Rodgriguez as Jeff Gilooly Madeline Wager as Diane Rawlinson Dick Beck as Shawn Eckhert Chorus: Ele Woods Ariana Lenarsky Ben Parks Dan Amerman Tony Maccio
Written by Jesse Esparza Songs by Manny Hagopian Directed by Jesse Esparza and Leslie Korein Musical Direction by Bryan Blaskie "I always wanted someone to love me for me," Tonya says, "not for who I was. That was so naive. Nowadays, I could care less about anybody but me. I am not about to care for someone else. It sounds cruel and selfish, but I've been there and done that." However, Tonya today says she cares about so many people, especially her fans. Ten years after skating at the Lillehammer Olympic Games, Tonya Harding laced up her figure skates and incorporated figure skating into her training routine for boxing. Only one of two American woman to land a triple axle in US 20th century competition, Tonya told Harry Smith when she appeared on The Early Show that she is seeking reinstatement in the U.S. Figure Tonya would like to make enough money boxing then retire to live alone with her Persian cat, Smalls. "It would be having enough money to go hunting and fishing and go to the big four-wheel-drive mud bogs," she says. "And every once in a while put on a really pretty dress and go to dinner at a place like Applebee's or something." From The Oregonian: "I really do believe," says Christine Brennan, best known skating author, "that the boom that figure skating has experienced for a decade really started with what we know as 'the whack heard 'round the world.' . . . Everyone in figure skating, to this day, should be sending a thank-you note to Tonya Harding." If she hasn't already, Brennan might consider dropping the two-time Olympian a card, too. The story launched Brennan's career on such a rocket ride that she calls her condominium in an upscale Washington, D.C., neighborhood "the house that Tonya built."
The Triple Axel is the Everest of women's figure skating, both terrifying and compelling. The only jump that starts on the forward foot, it explodes in 31/2 revolutions -- yet demands a delicate touch on takeoff and iron strength on landing. Tonya Harding became the first U.S. woman to land the jump in competition when she completed it 45 seconds into her free skate at the 1991 U.S. championships. The second young woman to land the triple axel was cute and bouncy teenager, 15 year old Kimmie Meissner on January 15, 2005. She finished third place after landing the triple axel during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships here in Portland, Oregon. |
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