Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
#1Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:00am
Winners of the 2007-2008 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards, which recognize dance and choreography on stage and on screen, were announced May 14.
Winners follow:
Best Male Dancer on Broadway
Spencer Liff in Cry-Baby
Best Female Dancer on Broadway
Karen Olivo in In the Heights
Best Choreography on Broadway
Rob Ashford for Cry-Baby
Best Choreography in Film
Dave Scott for "Step up 2: The Streets"
Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#2re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:07amCongrats Spencer, now take off yer shirt!
#2re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:08am
That's awesome that Spencer Liff's work was recognized.
And I'm also happy to see Rob Ashford getting more and more recognition for his wonderful choreography!
joe5
Broadway Star Joined: 5/17/06
#3re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 11:26amHappy for Ashford, He deserved the Tony last year for Curtains. So maybe this year for Cry-Baby. And looking forward to his Boston debut of Brigadoon, YEAH!!!!!
LGal
Swing Joined: 5/6/08
#4re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 1:01pmGo Spencer Liff! He definitely deserves it. He is one fierce dancer! And Rob Ashford too...amazing choreography!
#5re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 1:05pmKudos to Karen Olivo :)
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#6re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 4:01pmCongrats to them all!
"Everytime you step on that stage it is somebody's first Broadway show and somebody's last Broadway show. Make it count."
#7re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 4:10pm
Congrats Spencer Liff- we wanna see more of that abs!
Hey Rob~ Make sure you cast him in BRIGADOON wearing nothing but kilts! Cant wait to see it in Boston!
J*
#8re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 4:15pmHaha. I love that image, Jay.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
MungoGypsy8232
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/07
#9re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 4:31pmYay Karen Olivo!!!
Noel&Cole
Leading Actor Joined: 11/10/07
#10re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 5:51pmSo did Rob Ashord win this award over Andy for IN THE HEIGHTS? I thought maybe It was not eligible this year. But I guess since Karen Olivo won it was right? Just thought I would ask so I could know for sure.
#11re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 6:17pm
Yep, Rob won over Andy.
Pretty absurd if you ask me.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Trish2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/20/06
#12re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 9:13pmWhat's absurd about it? Ashford's work is fantastic and well deserved. Andy did a nice job as well, as they both helped propel the story through dance. Ashord just seems to have more of the traditional Broadway pizazz and panache, whereas Andy dealt with more urban themes that don't particularly lend themselves as easily to the genre.
#13re: Liff, Olivo, Ashford and Scott Win Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
Posted: 5/15/08 at 10:49pmSo happy for Karen Olivo, she deserved something for her work in In the Heights
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