Profile for Peter Barker

walnutoraroach said: "J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company did this at Theater Row with Janine LaManna a few years ago — a fine production, but, except for "The Grass Is Always Greener," which won Marilyn Cooper the Tony for maybe seven minutes of stage time, the material does not hold up. There are other Kander & Ebb scores worth doing at Encores! (The Rink, Flora the Red Menace, Steel Pier) before they get to Woman of the Year, if the point is to illuminate grea

After reading elsewhere comments that were extreme and in many cases simply unhinged, I came here expecting a discussion somewhat more focused on the impact this issue has/will have on Nicole's  performance and continued association with Sunset Blvd. After digesting this thread with its wild tangents on Hitler's reputation, socialism, Catholics and Christians, and of course The Election, I realize that what is happening is that people are reacting to reactions of a reaction

CurtainsUpat8 said: 

Raise your eyebrows all you would like. Why would using the word "disgusting" make me racist? lol The word fits the situation. Two superstars taking away the song of a 21 year old girl on the biggest night of her life... the night she WON the Tony. That is disgusting.

I'm not getting into the fray of accusations. I just find it odd to have a musical performance described in such a way. Unnecessary, maybe. Over

CurtainsUpat8 said: "First of all I take back my apology. I looked at the videos of Carole King and Sara Barielles. What they did was NOTHING similar to what Alicia Keys and Jay Z did. NOTHING. Sara sang a TINY bit of the song and Jesse finished it and Carole King only came in at the end to sing a short DUET with Jesse. So yes, it was disgusting what Alicia Keyes did.

As for your comment calling me a racist.... Pathetic. Sad. Troublesome. Wrong. Childish. and RACIST You ha

Broadway is the smallest and most niche of the major award sectors and the people who watch the Tony Awards care about the Tony Awards. Most theatergoers (or even fans of awards shows) aren't invested in seeing who wins best lighting or costume design when they may have only seen/heard of one or two of the nominees. My suggestion is to make the show a true celebration of live theater with musical numbers and dramatic performances broadcast from their original Broadway stages. If

OhHiii said: "CurtainsUpat8 said: "I think something happened last night which I have never seen happen before.

Alicia Keyes STOLE the song from Maleah. Maleah WON THE TONY. And the composer stepped in and took her best number. So we never got to hear the young lady who WON the award because the composer decided it was best she sing it. That was AWFUL. That was a disgrace imho."

I think you need to understand what this performance was about. I