re: Gypsy 2008 Broadway Cast Recording
Aug 21
2008, 07:26:16 AM
Just so you know... you can get a (legal) copy of this recording in front of the St.James shortly before the show begins, even if you are not seeing the show. (I got mine this Tuesday when I saw the show, BTW)
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re: Riedel: 'MAMMA MIA!' MANIA - Island Abuzz As Movie Is Set To Debut
Jul 9
2008, 08:01:12 AM
Cute column, although I found it disturbing that Craymor "insisted that all the creators and designers of the musical work on the movie". :x
Still, I have no doubt this will be a huge worldwide hit. In Korea, for example, Mamma Mia the musical was so popular that it was revived at least three times, and even people who don't really care much about musical theater in general know what Mamma Mia is about.
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re: Favorite 'Entire town singing' Songs?
Jul 9
2008, 04:11:55 AM
I have to second 'Good Morning Baltimore' from Hairspray. <3
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re: broadway.com MAJOR error (SOOOO FUNNY)
Jul 8
2008, 10:58:25 AM
Hahahaha!! This is the funniest thing I've seen on BWW since the '[tos] goes to Tonys' video.
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re: Mamma Mia Movie Reviews?
Jul 8
2008, 10:54:59 AM
Short worrell4077: OMG DARK KNIGHT IS AWESOMEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, your shilling for TDK in every single Mamma Mia thread here is beyond lame. I hope you're at least getting paid for doing it, 'cuz otherwise you'd be one sad person.
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re: [title of show] goes to the Tony After-Parties.
Jun 20
2008, 06:15:33 AM
Not only was it a funny video, but it actually made me want to see [tos] (which I know nothing about).
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re: Tony Nominees Are... (from the official website)
May 13
2008, 08:37:36 AM
If I'm counting it right, South Pacific got 11 noms and Sunday got 9 noms. This is indeed the year of revivals!
edit: oh, and In The Height has 13 noms, Gypsy 7 noms. But don't quote me on these figures. :P
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Full Tony Nominations Out! (from the official website)
May 13
2008, 08:24:09 AM
I apologize if it has already been posted, but the Tony website already has the full list of nominees:
http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/index.html
UPDATE: the list is down. It seems that whoever in charge of the website put the list up by accident and realized it just now, lol. Check out the BWW list instead:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=27843
Best Play
August: Osage County Author: Tracy Letts
Rock 'n' Roll Author: Tom Stoppard
The Seafarer Author: Conor McPherson
The 39 Steps Author: Patrick Barlow
Best Musical
Cry-Baby
In The Heights
Passing Strange
Xanadu
Best Book of a Musical
Cry-Baby Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan
In The Heights Quiara Alegría Hudes
Passing Strange Stew
Xanadu Douglas Carter Beane
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Cry-Baby Music & Lyrics: David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger
In The Heights Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Little Mermaid Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater
Passing Strange Music: Stew and Heidi Rodewald Lyrics: Stew
Best Revival of a Play
Boeing-Boeing
The Homecoming
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Macbeth
Best Revival of a Musical
Grease
Gypsy
Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Sunday in the Park with George
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Ben Daniels Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Laurence Fishburne Thurgood
Mark Rylance Boeing-Boeing
Rufus Sewell Rock 'n' Roll
Patrick Stewart Macbeth
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Eve Best The Homecoming
Deanna Dunagan August: Osage County
Kate Fleetwood Macbeth
S. Epatha Merkerson Come Back, Little Sheba
Amy Morton August: Osage County
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Daniel Evans Sunday in the Park with George
Lin-Manuel Miranda In The Heights
Stew Passing Strange
Paulo Szot Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Tom Wopat A Catered Affair
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kerry Butler Xanadu
Patti LuPone Gypsy
Kelli O'Hara Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Faith Prince A Catered Affair
Jenna Russell Sunday in the Park with George
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Bobby Cannavale Mauritius
Raúl Esparza The Homecoming
Conleth Hill The Seafarer
Jim Norton The Seafarer
David Pittu Is He Dead?
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Sinead Cusack Rock 'n' Roll
Mary McCormack Boeing-Boeing
Laurie Metcalf November
Martha Plimpton Top Girls
Rondi Reed August: Osage County
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Daniel Breaker Passing Strange
Danny Burstein Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Robin de Jesús In The Heights
Christopher Fitzgerald The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Boyd Gaines Gypsy
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
de'Adre Aziza Passing Strange
Laura Benanti Gypsy
Andrea Martin The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Olga Merediz In The Heights
Loretta Ables Sayre Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Direction of a Play
Maria Aitken The 39 Steps
Conor McPherson The Seafarer
Anna D. Shapiro August: Osage County
Matthew Warchus Boeing-Boeing
Best Direction of a Musical
Sam Buntrock Sunday in the Park with George
Thomas Kail In The Heights
Arthur Laurents Gypsy
Bartlett Sher Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Choreography
Rob Ashford Cry-Baby
Andy Blankenbuehler In The Heights
Christopher Gattelli Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Dan Knechtges Xanadu
Best Orchestrations
Jason Carr Sunday in the Park with George
Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman In The Heights
Stew & Heidi Rodewald Passing Strange
Jonathan Tunick A Catered Affair
Best Scenic Design of a Play
Peter McKintosh The 39 Steps
Scott Pask Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Todd Rosenthal August: Osage County
Anthony Ward Macbeth
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network Sunday in the Park with George
Anna Louizos In The Heights
Robin Wagner The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
Michael Yeargan Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Costume Design of a Play
Gregory Gale Cyrano de Bergerac
Rob Howell Boeing-Boeing
Katrina Lindsay Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Peter McKintosh The 39 Steps
Best Costume Design of a Musical
David Farley Sunday in the Park with George
Martin Pakledinaz Gypsy
Paul Tazewell In The Heights
Catherine Zuber Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Best Lighting Design of a Play
Kevin Adams The 39 Steps
Howard Harrison Macbeth
Donald Holder Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Ann G. Wrightson August: Osage County
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington Sunday in the Park with George
Howell Binkley In The Heights
Donald Holder Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Natasha Katz The Little Mermaid
Best Sound Design of a Play
Simon Baker Boeing-Boeing
Adam Cork Macbeth
Ian Dickson Rock 'n' Roll
Mic Pool The 39 Steps
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Acme Sound Partners In The Heights
Sebastian Frost Sunday in the Park with George
Scott Lehrer Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific
Dan Moses Schreier Gypsy
Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Stephen Sondheim
Regional Theatre Tony Award®
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Special Tony Award
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), in recognition of his historic contribution to American musical theatre in the field of orchestrations, as represented on Broadway this season by Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific.
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re: 'Mamma Mia' Soundtrack Release Date?
May 9
2008, 05:35:11 AM
I'm looking forward to this one. I can't stand the computerized garbage that is the London version.
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re: New Video Show Previews Now Online
May 4
2008, 11:30:16 AM
Wow, nice updates!!! Thank you so much.
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re: When will the next production of AIDA be?
May 2
2008, 10:11:07 PM
Any movie featuring tons of Efron's shirtlessness is good in my book.
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re: Laura Bell Bundy Gets Sardi's Caricature
Apr 29
2008, 06:42:21 PM
"I think Laura is beautiful and that drawing does not look a thing like her."
ditto. I mean, wtf?
But still, congrats to LBB!
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re: Ben Brantley actually got a hat to eat
Apr 29
2008, 10:06:58 AM
bertandrew2, I couldn't care less whether you like Patti Lupone or not. Hell, I don't even know much about Patti.
I called you (and your friends) a sore loser because of your unhealthy obsession with Patti. You apparently have to say something nasty about Patti in every single ****ing thread about her. This thread, for example, was not about her performance, and yet you still had something bitchy to say about her.
Even as a casual lurker on this board I fully know that you'
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re: Ben Brantley actually got a hat to eat
Apr 29
2008, 04:26:56 AM
Now, if A Director posts something moronic here, the trip of sore losers (the other two being bertandrew2 and BKCollector) on BWW will all have graced this thread.
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re: Legally Blonde Set Design pictures?
Apr 27
2008, 12:19:02 AM
wow, allofmylife, you're god!!! never seen those concept pics before, so thanks.
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re: JACKIE HOFFMAN KISSED A SOLDIER-IN-TRAINING ONSTAGE TONIGHT
Apr 26
2008, 03:55:07 AM
"Is that legal?"
Eh, is there a law against underage kissing in the U.S?
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re: When did they add the 'Works every time!' to Bend and Snap?
Dec 6
2007, 09:34:12 AM
Wow, thank you so much, Anakela! I think I will replace all songs with the official versions except for What You Want. The dance segment in What You Want is one of my favorite moments from the show. 
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re: When did they add the 'Works every time!' to Bend and Snap?
Dec 6
2007, 05:17:01 AM
While we're at it, are there any other differences between the official and the leaked version? I have the official CD but I've downloaded the leaked version (I couldn't wait, lol) which is on my iTunes now, so I'm wondering if I should bother replacing it with the official one.
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re: Video of Annaleigh Ashford Singing 'Popular'
Nov 9
2007, 10:41:42 PM
Wow, Annaleigh's voice is much stronger than I thought. She did walk through it, but I'll reserve my judgement until I actually see her in the show.
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re: OMIGOD YOU GUYS!: Clumsy LOVES Noah-Emmett and Stage Mishaps: Legally B
Nov 9
2007, 08:11:33 PM
And during the scene after Blood In The Water where Emmett tells Elle her law career isn't over: Laura said "Thats no problem, except there weren't enough seats in there..."
Hahaha!! I love how Laura handles stage mishaps. Her throwing shoes was brilliant but this is even better.
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