Broadway.com Audience Award Winners Announced- Page 2

[DARTH]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 9:04pm

Most of these results are both shameless and shameful.

Average voting age for these awards: going on 16.

Average IQ of persons voting for these awards: Somewhat less than that.

A total waste of time and cyberspace.

[Virgo]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 9:38pm

Well, the fans have spoken and 175K fans (largest vote ever) cast their vote only once, no spamming was allowed. Give it up to the winners and if you didn't vote, you can't complain, if you did and your favorite didn't win then apparently your favorite is in the minority.

Congrats to all the winners and thanks go Broadway.com for allowing the fans to choose their favorites. Unlike the Tony's, Drama Desk and Theater World Awards.

[jordangirl]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 9:58pm

No spamming...but that didn't stop people from using different legit email addresses from different computers ~ and therefore different IP addresses.

I didn't do it, but I've seen undergrads at my university running around the computer lab doing online voting for various things where the IP is logged.

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 10:18pm

Yeah, if the Spring Awakening fans did it for the nominations, they probably did for the actual voting as well.

Virgo, BWW has its own fan awards and the current results are much more diverse (not to mention realistic) than the Audience Awards would lead you to believe.

[singtopher]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 10:34pm

I tried hard to rig the awards to reflect a much more honorable crowd with my four e-mail accounts. It didn't really work out.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 10:40pm

Those results are embarrasing.

[Craig]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 10:47pm

Virgo - how do you actually know no spamming was involved? Just curious where you got that info since I didn't see anything about that in the story from the link was posted. just that they had their largest turnout of 175,000 votes.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 10:48pm

I doubt there was absolutely no spamming.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 10:58pm

I kind of doubt there was.

They're a little, online-based fans awards that hold no weight. What would be the use?

[Virgo]

Posted: 5/25/07 at 11:13pm

"Virgo - how do you actually know no spamming was involved? Just curious where you got that info since I didn't see anything about that in the story from the link was posted. just that they had their largest turnout of 175,000 votes."

Well, I just figured that most folks know how to follow rules and you were allowed one vote. Now of course, you'll have the fanatics who try to vote more then once. Okay, so I'll change that to minimal spamming. Like someone else said, what would be the point anyway in voting 10 times? Most here are dismissing the award as a joke anyway so it really doesn't matter.

[Bobby Maler]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 12:02am

Yeah, Talk Radio winning was a big surprise. A great performance by an amazing actor in a forgettable and irrelevant play.

Omigod you guys? Really?? That has to be the most annoying song ever.

And yes, Jonathan Groff was a shock too, although he's not very much behind Raul in the BWW Awards....

[BDavis0092]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 12:38am

Les Miserables got favorite revival...yet it wasn't even NOMINATED for the Tony.

Jonathan Groff for Leading Actor???

Favorite long running show is Wicked. That just makes me laugh.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 1:43am

I'm going to pretend I didn't read about half of those.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 2:38am

I think people voting for "Omigod, You Guys" just because it's not Spring Awakening doesn't really help either. I mean, yes, the song nominations were a bit ridiculous, but is voting for "Omigod" really the better of two evils? Are the Spring Awakening songs that terrible?

That Legally Blonde got two wins and Grey Gardens only got one (thank goodness that Ebersole came through) is pretty funny. I just saw Legally Blonde and kind of enjoyed myself, but come on. Does it deserve to win anything? No.

~Steven

[peaceone]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 3:38am

Congrats to the winners and a special hand clap to Fantasia

[MungoGypsy8232]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 9:00am

Don't ya just love popularity contests. I love Spring Awakening, but I hate how the people who all voted for it probably never even saw it, making this an awards competition based on CDs.

[Al Dente]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 10:37am

A SHAM, A COMPLETE SHAM!!! HOW COULD THIS BE, THESE WERE RIGGED, RIGGED I TELL YOU!

Please people, get over it. OF COURSE Orfeh would beat MLW. These ain't the Tonys and the average age of a broadway.com reader who would even VOTE in such a contest would be FAR more intersted in Orfeh and definitely more likely to see LB than MLW in Grey Gardens. But of course, if the woman who's gotten every major nomination this season actually WINS the broadway.com audience award or if the fresh faced, handsome hearththob from SA does, or if the SA fans outnumber the stodgy "real" theater fans, it all MUST be rigged.

Life is one big popularity contest, get used to it. In this case, there's real talent to go with the looks and popularity and it's an obvious thorn in the side of a few posters who have nothing better to do. I personally feel they chose right.

[ruprecht]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 10:39am

I love you Al!

[Dirty_Rotten_Guy]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 11:22am

Groff winning both Best Actor and Best Breakthrough Performance...that is SAD.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 11:27am

Oh God, these make me want to vomit. They make the Broadway audience look like a bunch of fools, but given the ongoing downfall of Broadway.com's integrity, I guess that works.

Les Mis for revival? JONATHAN GROFF FOR BEST ACTOR? Shameful. If Raul wasn't going to win, he should at least have lost to someone else who's mildly deserving.

My God, thankfully these kids don't have Tony votes. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together would know there's absolutely nothing award-worthy about that performance.

Updated On: 5/26/07 at 11:27 AM

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 12:32pm

Anyone with two brain cells to rub together would know there's absolutely nothing award-worthy about that performance.
THANK YOU. Why does everyone keep saying he's so great? He's a little more than serviceable.

I think Norm or Alex G. should've taken that spot, though I'm not a fan of Les Miz. They were a lot better than Groff.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 12:35pm

Al Dente, why do I have a feeling you wouldn't have responded to my post if I hadn't mentioned Orfeh, or another actress won over MLW?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 12:40pm

Jonathan is really talented, but the role is an underdeveloped maybe-hero. Any good-looking actor with a pretty voice could do the same job he's doing.

[Al Dente]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 12:45pm

Actually Wizard, I would have due to the accusations being thrown around regarding integrity or apparently, lackthereof. Someone had to be a voice of reason and possibly try and explain who the voters are. I also get a huge kick out of the palpable fear going around about Orfeh vs. Wilson. That's why I responded if you must know.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 6:45pm

It's sad people voted for Ohmigod You Guys out of spite for Spring Awakening. All those songs from Spring Awakening(with the exception of My Junk) is much better than a song going "OHMIGOD" the whole time.