Profile for djoko84

Thank G-d Green is gone from theatre reviews. He was absolutely awful. The only reason people are saying bring back Brantley is because Green was so bad, he made Brantley look like Shakespeare. Brantley is a curmudgeon and should stay on X or whatever platform he's on now. I hope they'll get a younger critic who'll actually know what they're talking about. Green is the main reason the NY Times Critics' pick has no influence anymore. Not to mention, the Times doesn't ha

binau said: "It's crazy to see how much the Tony ratings have declined over the years. This is the way they talked about them in 2003 according to the NYtimes. Now 4.85 million seems good, but that's still a 40% decline from 22 years ago:

"[In 2003] Despite attempts to attract viewers to the Tonys broadcast by using more celebrity presenters, ratings were about the same as last year's record low, according to an early tally by the Nielsen Media Res

gibsons2 said: "djoko84 said: "JSquared2 said: "djoko84 said: "I miss in-person lotteries. I wish they'd do away with the digital lotteries. I find myself going to the box office the day-of most often now to try to get cheaper tickets."



No one is stopping you from doing that.Most people don't have that kind of time."

That's my point. The in-person lotteries were for people who set aside time

JSquared2 said: "djoko84 said: "I miss in-person lotteries. I wish they'd do away with the digital lotteries. I find myself going to the box office the day-of most often now to try to get cheaper tickets."



No one is stopping you from doing that.Most people don't have that kind of time."

That's my point. The in-person lotteries were for people who set aside time to go to them and hopefully they'd be rewarded fo

bjh2114 said: "djoko84 said: "bjh2114 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "The other awards members overlap. Critics etc."

But MANY of the voting members for all 3 of these voting bodies are ALSO Tony voters."

Actually, this is very false. Voters for any of the awards do not overlap with the Tonys. You're just making things up now."

Perhaps you'd like to tell people like Helen Shaw and Adam Feldman

bear88 said: "Geez, djoko84, you remain determined to spoil any fun by knocking down more straw men. We all know the New York Times poll of Tony Awards voters is done by its theater reporter and that Jesse Green is a critic and isn’t running around conducting a formal survey.

The only points I would make are the following:Death Becomes Heris probably stronger than I thought. It got a bunch of Tony nominations and picked up steam at the box office. Green&rsqu

bjh2114 said: "BJR said: "Also worth noting Drama League's voters tend to be more conservative, less adventurous. In fact, that 2019 year KISS ME KATE beat OKLAHOMA!

I'd say MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, OH MARY and SUNSET are clear frontrunners. And while it doesnt settle the Audra v Nicole debate, it does not hurt Nicole's chances."

What's actually worth noting is that anyone who pays for a Drama League membership at the voting level o