ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Erivo might have received an Oscar nom for playing Celie on screen, but that movie isn’t great and it still wouldn’t have made money at the box office. Instead she got to be in a generational hit, WICKED, which is going to be a transformational career moment for her."
On a recent episode of the And the Runner-Up Is podcast (where host Kevin Jacobsen covered the 2023 Best Actress Oscar race), I submitted this questio
In my latest piece for Gold Derby, I’ve provided a poll asking people which female Broadway veteran deserves the next Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. Among the options are...
Jane Alexander Elizabeth Ashley Eileen Atkins Ellen Burstyn Tovah Feldshuh Judy Kuhn Dana Ivey Bernadette Peters Susan Stroman Zoë Wanamaker
In my latest piece for Gold Derby, I’ve provided a poll asking people which male Broadway veteran deserves the next Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. Among the options are...
John Caird Tim Curry Scott Ellis Victor Garber Mark Jacoby Craig Lucas Randy Skinner Lewis J. Stadlen Danny Troob Chip Zien
In a recent feature in The New York Times, Universal's theme park chief Mark Woodbury revealed that the film will be serving as the inspiration for secret "significant attractions" that may come to the company's theme parks in the future. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/WICKED-Movie-Attractions-in-the-Works-at-Universal-Theme-Parks-20250221
starlightlocamotion said: "Woof. I hate that this thread has become the Ariana DeBose hate train. lol.
Let's not pretend this woman isn't superbly talented."
Agreed! I myself mean no disrespect to her at all. She's from my area of residence. I even got to speak with her for BroadwayWorld once, she was great to talk to.
That was fast. And given her previous interviews on the subject, she was definitely interested. Wouldn't be surprised if the word on the street actually hurt the bottom line of her negotiations...."
This is precisely what I think happened. People didn’t respond well to the prospect and that affected their decision. She hasn’t had a single success (even WSS bombed in theaters), so she’s not a draw."
Alright naysayers. Debose is filming a series with Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis (two of the most famous actresses in the world),playing Cordelia in Lear Rex with Al Pacino as Lear and Jessica Chastain as Goneril, and she has many other projects scheduled. If you want to hate on her for whatever reason, that’s fine. But she’s clearly a success, and she’s clearly a draw. You can have your opinion, but don’t be making up BS to support it."
Of the movies DeBose has done since West Side Story...
House of Spoils (lead role) - 48% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Kraven the Hunter (supporting role) - 17% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes; box office flop."
New to the list...
Love Hurts (co-lead role) - 18% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes; currently flopping at the box office.
During Next Best Picture's recent podcast review of that movie, everyone on the panel mentioned that they all have no idea what the hell is going on with her career trajectory. They all felt she mainly lucked out with West Side Story because she was under the guidance of Steven Spielberg. Yet since then, Hollywood hasn't quite figured out what to do with her. Matt Neglia mentioned that she needs to have a serious sit down with her managers.
Kara Lindsay revealed on Instagram on World Cancer Day on February 4th, saying it felt "like the appropriate day to share" she was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer this past fall. She was quick to assure people that she's "going to be ok," feeling "very lucky" to have caught the cancer "early" and quickly beginning eight rounds of chemotherapy, which she just wrapped up on January 30th. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/kara-lindsay-39-announces-cancer-diagnosis-i-have-no-hair-but-i-have-my-spirit/ar-AA1ysMkr
That was fast. And given her previous interviews on the subject, she was definitely interested. Wouldn't be surprised if the word on the street actually hurt the bottom line of her negotiations...."
This is precisely what I think happened. People didn’t respond well to the prospect and that affected their decision. She hasn’t had a single success (even WSS bombed in theaters), so she’s not a draw."
Alright naysayers. Debose is filming a series with Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis (two of the most famous actresses in the world),playing Cordelia in Lear Rex with Al Pacino as Lear and Jessica Chastain as Goneril, and she has many other projects scheduled. If you want to hate on her for whatever reason, that’s fine. But she’s clearly a success, and she’s clearly a draw. You can have your opinion, but don’t be making up BS to support it."
Of the movies DeBose has done since West Side Story...
binau said: "I must admit I’m beginning to feel a little sorry for DeBose and I hope she can navigate her way through the bumps in her career. Winning an Oscar is amazing achievement and no one can take that from her, but no one wants to peak this soon."
They say that it actually is sometimes better not to win. Which may especially be true for those early in their careers. There have been artists who won Oscars early on, but their careers went downhill shortly
EricMontreal22 said: "I bristle at negative comments about the music being unmemorable and not up to what they'd expect from Kander and Ebb (ie Chicago and Cabaret) I admit, I shouldn't be surprised as film critics invariably seem to say this about every modern Broadway score that isn't super well known to non theatre fans (Wicked notably got reviews that made the score out to be a classic--a sharp reversal from the initial Broadway reviews) but grrr"
I remember that was one of many complaints critics had with Rob Marshall's adaptation of Nine. Even Richard Roeper, who gave the movie itself a rave, had that qualm, but it was only a minor one for him.
joevitus said: "The film may well suck (I was no fan of Dreamgirls), but I don't get all this talk about how Condon must hate musicals because he cut the recititives from Dreamgirls or the non-fantasy-sequence songs from this. Did Cabaret demonstrate that Fosse hates musicals?
I'm pretty sure Condon likes, probably loves, musicals. He just doesn't know how to make them well."
When the In the Heights film was originally in development at Universal, Lin-Manuel Miranda told Broadway.com that it's more important to make the best movie possible, not just the best adaptation of a stage musical possible. He said "Sometimes that happens. They show up intact, and they're just dead onscreen. It's a real needle to thread." (@4:04)
degrassifan said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "The Rural Juror said: "Ariana went from a highly suspect casting choice, to being in high contention to win an Oscar!"
With Grande losing the Globe (which she would've easily won like 10 years ago) and Emilia Pérez looking like a serious threat to win Best Picture, I have a hard time seeing Saldana lose at this point."
The Rural Juror said: "Ariana went from a highly suspect casting choice, to being in high contention to win an Oscar!"
With Grande losing the Globe (which she would've easily won like 10 years ago) and Emilia Pérez looking like a serious threat to win Best Picture, I have a hard time seeing Saldana lose at this point.
bryan2 said: "Not being nominated for Best Director is ridiculous."
I'm not surprised. I might've previously mentioned it in this thread, so I apologize for repeating myself. When it comes to blockbuster hits, we've seen in the past that unless they happen to be a serious threat to win Best Picture, they're just never taken seriously by the directors branch. It's how James Cameron wins for Titanic, gets nominated for Avatar, but doesn't get nominated for Avatar: The Way of Water. It's how Greta Gerwig doesn't get nominated for Barbie. It's how Peter Jackson gets nominated for Fellowship of the Ring, snubbed for The Two Towers, but wins for Return of the King. It's how Christopher Nolan doesn't get nominated for Inception, but wins for Oppenheimer. It's how Steven Spielberg doesn't get nominated for Jaws. As the latter mentioned in this reaction video, "this is called commercial backlash. When a film makes a lot of money, people resent it. Everybody loves a winner, but nobody loves a winner."
