2009 Tony Awards TONIGHT, BITCHES: Shrecking 9 to 5

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colleenlover		#81	[-]
Posts: 8287 (06/19/08 9:10 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	we can thank our lucky stars -my roommate is a reader for Dirty Dancing now. Said she wants to gauge her eyes out, followed by her ears.
chuckersil		#82	[-]
Posts: 604 (06/19/08 9:46 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Drew B wrote: But I loved that he said it. Producers often don't want to bring a show to Broadway without a 'name' attached. It's an on-going conflict, but it does tend to compromise the artistic integrity of a show when an actor who originates the role is replaced with a 'star.' What always puzzles me is what they consider a 'name'. A friend of mine was Reba McIntyre's understudy in "Annie Get Your Gun", and she was fantastic in the role when she went on. When Reba left, I know she desperately wanted to take over the role. Unfortunately, they brought a 'name' actress in from Hollywood. Who was it? CRYSTAL FUCKING BERNARD! Is Crystal really a 'name'? Or, for that matter, is she really an "ACTRESS"?!?! Seriously, wouldn't they have been better off just letting the talented girl do the role? I honestly think that if theater were more accessible to the masses, i.e. not $100 - $150 a seat, they wouldn't need the "named talent that really can't act" and the really good talented people would get the roles. Stunt Casting is pretty sad sometimes.
Phuz1		#83	[-]
Posts: 3922 (06/07/09 3:30 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Break out the champagne and the harpoons... tonight's the Tony Awards. Finally, a gay host for TV's gayest night. I expect no less than 5 man-on-man kisses during the proceedings. Bonus points if Neil Patrick Harris, Cheyenne Jackson, and Nick Adams engage in a three-way on the stage of Radio City Music Hall. Plus, Liza's going to be in the opening number, so you know it's going to be a glorious train wreck.
Phuz1		#84	[-]
Posts: 3924 (06/07/09 3:48 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Full list of nominees here.
SardonicallyIrrelevant		#85	[-]
Posts: 20054 (06/07/09 4:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I really don't care about anything this year. I just know that musicals made from movies are usually obnoxious. That's why most of my votes are for Next To Normal... whatever that is. Nominations for the 2009 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Play Dividing the Estate Author: Horton FooteProducers: Lincoln Center Theater, Bernard Gersten, André Bishop, Primary Stages *God of Carnage* Author: Yasmina RezaProducers: Robert Fox, David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers, Stuart Thompson, Scott Rudin, Jon B. Platt, The Weinstein Company, The Shubert Organization **Reasons to Be Pretty Author: Neil LaButeProducers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, MCC Theater, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Ted Snowdon, Doug Nevin/Erica Lynn Schwartz, Ronald Frankel/Bat-Barry Productions, Kathleen Seidel, Kelpie Arts, LLC, Jam Theatricals, Rachel Helson/Heather Provost 33 Variations Author: Moisés KaufmanProducers: David Binder, Ruth Hendel, Barbara Whitman, Goldberg/Mills, Latitude Link, Arielle Tepper Madover, Bill Resnick, Eric Schnall, Jayne Baron Sherman, Wills/True Love Productions, Tectonic Theater Project, Greg Reiner, Dominick Balletta, Jeffrey LaHoste Nobody cares about straight plays until they become Oscar-bait indie films. Best Musical Billy Elliot, The Musical Producers: Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions, Weinstein Live Entertainment Next to Normal** Producers: David Stone, James L. Nederlander, Barbara Whitman, Patrick Catullo, Second Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard Rock of Ages Producers: Matthew Weaver, Carl Levin, Jeff Davis, Barry Habib, Scott Prisand, Relativity Media, Corner Store Fund, Janet Billig Rich, Hillary Weaver, Toni Habib, Paula Davis, Simon and Stefany Bergson/Jennifer Maloney, Charles Rolecek, Susanne Brook, Israel Wolfson, Sara Katz/Jayson Raitt, Max Gottlieb/John Butler, David Kaufman/Jay Franks, Mike Wittlin, Prospect Pictures, Laura Smith/Bill Bodnar, Happy Walters, Michele Caro, The Araca Group *Shrek The Musical* Producers: Dreamworks Theatricals, Neal Street Productions Best Book of a Musical *Billy Elliot, The Musical* Lee Hall *Next to Normal* Brian Yorkey *Shrek The Musical* David Lindsay-Abaire *[Title of Show]* Hunter Bell Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre *Billy Elliot, The Musical* Music: Elton John Lyrics: Lee Hall *Next to Normal* Music: Tom KittLyrics: Brian Yorkey *9 to 5: The Musical* Music & Lyrics: Dolly Parton *Shrek The Musical* Music: Jeanine Tesori Lyrics: David Lindsay-Abaire Best Revival of a Play Joe Turner's Come and Gone Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten *Mary Stuart* New Version: Peter Oswald Producers: Arielle Tepper Madover, Debra Black, Neal Street Productions/Matthew Byam Shaw, Scott Delman, Barbara Whitman, Jean Doumanian/Ruth Hendel, David Binder/CarlWend Productions/Spring Sirkin, Daryl Roth/James L. Nederlander/Chase Mishkin, The Donmar Warehouse **The Norman Conquests** Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Dede Harris, Tulchin/Bartner/Lauren Doll, Jamie deRoy, Eric Falkenstein, Harriet Newman Leve, Probo Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Michael Filerman/Jennifer Manocherian, Richard Winkler, Dan Frishwasser, Pam Laudenslager/Remmel T. Dickinson, Jane Dubin/True Love Productions, Barbara Manocherian/Jennifer Isaacson, The Old Vic Theatre Company Waiting for Godot - Only Cause I've Heard Of It Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Elizabeth Ireland McCann Best Revival of a Musical Guys and Dolls Producers: Howard Panter and Ambassador Theatre Group, Tulchin/Bartner, Bill Kenwright, Northwater Entertainment, Darren Bagert, Tom Gregory, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., David Mirvish, Michael Jenkins/Dallas Summer Musicals, Independent Presenters Network, Olympus Theatricals, Sonia Friedman Productions *Hair* Producers: The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Andrew D. Hamingson, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Kathleen K. Johnson, Nederlander Productions, Inc., Fran Kirmser Productions/Jed Bernstein, Marc Frankel, Broadway Across America, Barbara Manocherian/Wencarlar Productions, JK Productions/Terry Schnuck, Andy Sandberg, Jam Theatricals, The Weinstein Company/Norton Herrick, Jujamcyn Theaters, Joey Parnes, Elizabeth Ireland McCannPal Joey Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Marc Platt *West Side* *Story* Producers: Kevin McCollum, James L. Nederlander, Jeffrey Seller, Terry Allen Kramer, Sander Jacobs, Roy Furman/Jill Furman Willis, Freddy DeMann, Robyn Goodman/Walt Grossman, Hal Luftig, Roy Miller, The Weinstein Company, Broadway Across America Best Special Theatrical Event Liza's at The Palace Producers: John Scher and Metropolitan Talent Presents, LLC; Jubilee Time Productions, LLCSlava's Snowshow Producers: David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Marinoff Cohn, John Pinckard *Soul of Shaolin* Producers: Nederlander Worldwide Productions, LLC; Eastern Shanghai International Culture Film & Television Group; China on Broadway *You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush* Producer: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Steve Traxler, Home Box Office Inc., Gary Sanchez Productions, Bat-Barry Productions, Ken Davenport, Ergo Entertainment, Ronald Frankel, Jon B. Platt, James D. Stern, The Weinstein Company, Tara Smith/b. Swibel, Dede Harris/Sharon Karmazin, Arny Granat Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Jeff Daniels, God of Carnage Raúl Esparza, Speed-the-Plow James Gandolfini, God of Carnage Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King Thomas Sadoski, Reasons to Be Pretty Nobody cares about straight plays until they become Oscar-bait indie films. Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Hope Davis, God of Carnage Jane Fonda, 33 Variations Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart Nobody cares about straight plays until they become Oscar-bait indie films. Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish - Billy Elliot, The Musical Gavin Creel, Hair Brian d'Arcy James, Shrek The Musical Constantine Maroulis, Rock of Ages J. Robert Spencer, Next to Normal Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Stockard Channing, Pal Joey Sutton Foster, Shrek The Musical Allison Janney, 9 to 5: The Musical Alice Ripley, Next to Normal Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play John Glover, Waiting for Godot Zach Grenier, 33 Variations Stephen Mangan, The Norman Conquests Paul Ritter, The Norman Conquests Roger Robinson, Joe Turner's Come and Gone Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Hallie Foote, Dividing the Estate Jessica Hynes, The Norman Conquests Marin Ireland, Reasons to Be Pretty Lansbury, Blithe Angela Spirit Amanda Root, The Norman Conquests Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical David Bologna, Billy Elliot, The Musical Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot, The Musical Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5: The Musical Christopher Sieber, Shrek The Musical Will Swenson, Hair Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Jennifer Damiano, Next to Normal Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot, The Musical Karen Olivo, West Side Story Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot, The Musical
bumlets1		#86	[-]
Posts: 1284 (06/07/09 4:08 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	With Billy Elliot getting as many noms as The Producers, I just can't see it not taking home most of, if not all of the awards. Here's hoping for Dolly though. On a related subject- I finally saw Spring Awakening today (Onstage Seating) It was AWESOME!
Gregoire		#87	[-]
Posts: 33192 (06/07/09 4:09 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Congratulations SI, I predict you'll get exactly two right
Carboys Desire		#88	[-]
Posts: 6476 (06/07/09 4:34 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Congrats on seeing Spring Awakening, bumlets1! I <3 that show so much! The only musical that's nominated that I have seen is Billy Elliot, and I saw it in London, not in NYC. But I'm still cheering for it to win everything it can, cuz I really liked it. Plus I love how they've nominated all 3 of the boys that share the roll as Lead Actor. That means they'll each get a statue. Cool for them.
ImCrushingYourHead		#89	[-]
Posts: 3628 (06/07/09 4:37 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Not a very exciting line-up of nominees this year. The only thing I'd root for is Neil LaBute's REASONS TO BE PRETTY, but then again, I heard somewhere that Nobody cares about straight plays until they become Oscar-bait indie films. Oh well.
SuitSnob		#90	[-]
Posts: 10057 (06/07/09 4:41 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Broadway went to shit years ago...look at the crap up for awards! Two musicals written by pop stars...two of the Best Musical nominees based on movies, one of the best musical nominees not even having an original score....CRAP!!! What is it about years ending in a "9?" Ten years ago Fosse won Best Musical and twenty years ago it was Jerome Robbins' Broadway (remember that year...the other nominated shows up were Black and Blue and Starmites....oh yeah...). This is why SuitSnob gave up being a showqueen for Survivor Sucks years ago.
OldFartToo		#91	[-]
Posts: 668 (06/07/09 4:45 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I saw West Side Story Wednesday night and I hope Karen Olivo wins for best featured actress. The "America" number was the show stopper and I think she's fabulous!
Gregoire		#92	[-]
Posts: 33196 (06/07/09 4:48 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I defy anybody who saw Billy Elliott to actually hum a song from it. The music is mediocre, but the dancing is terrific. I hope Next To Normal wins a few awards just to keep the notion of 'original musical' alive. ETA: Okay, maybe I can hum the chorus of 'Electricity'. But what else? Last Edited By: Gregoire 06/07/09 4:51 PM. Edited 1 times.
SuitSnob		#93	[-]
Posts: 10058 (06/07/09 4:52 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Gregoire wrote: I defy anybody who saw Billy Elliott to actually hum a song from it. The music is mediocre, but the dancing is terrific. I hope Next To Normal wins a few awards just to keep the notion of 'original musical' alive. That's because Sir Elton does not collaborate..he just writes a bunch of songs and hands them over. Asshole. If Andy Blakenbueler wins for Best Choreography I wonder how the HD camera will handle his chin. BTW-He is the Biggest Closet Case in New York City, and that is saying a LOT!!!
seaguy		#94	[-]
Posts: 16354 (06/07/09 4:53 PM) AI Forum Moderator Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Gregoire wrote: I hope Next To Normal wins a few awards just to keep the notion of 'original musical' alive. Alice Ripley <3
bumlets1		#95	[-]
Posts: 1285 (06/07/09 4:56 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Unfortunately, living in Kentucky, I haven't seen any of the nominees. :-( I have to wait until they tour to Louisville or Cincinatti. I think the only other time multiple performers shared a nomination was when Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner shared a best actress nomination as Siamese Twins in Sideshow.
Shagnanigans		#96	[-]
Posts: 3605 (06/07/09 4:56 PM) I'm not drunk Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I actually kinda hope that Constantine wins, just to see the sheer sweaty doucheyness of him accepting a Tony award. The whole year is a joke, why not go with a joke award. I would enjoy it if Raul Esparza won for a straight play after getting screwed out of a Tony for his musical work. He so should've won the year David Hyde Pierce did for Curtains. I'm not even a big Raul fan but I think Company was his best performance ever. Made a not-great staging (sorry, I'm over the instruments onstage thing) work because of the real acting in song.
bumlets1		#97	[-]
Posts: 1293 (06/07/09 5:57 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	NPH Anticipation!
bumlets1		#98	[-]
Posts: 1294 (06/07/09 6:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	They seem to be having some sound problems for the opening.
factoryhurl		#99	[-]
Posts: 9061 (06/07/09 6:06 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	i worship at the altar of stockard channing.
SuitSnob		#100	[-]
Posts: 10059 (06/07/09 6:19 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	My god..which of those kids playing Billy Elliot is the most effeminate? That's is what was good about the movie...he was such a real kid. And what was with that flying shit? Whose idea was it to put NPH in Sharkskin? Yuck. Was anyone else worried Liza was going to stumble into the pit out of sheer awkwardness?