Skip to main content
My Shows
News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Home For You Chat My Shows Register/Login Games Grosses

If PBS Is Doing COMPANY, Shouldn't Raul Be Given Back the Tony He Was Robbed Of?

New Post Search Report Abuse Rules

Welcome Guest. Please Login or Register.

#2

re: If PBS Is Doing COMPANY, Shouldn't Raul Be Given Back the Tony He Was Robbed Of?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:01am

Man, that must be one tired dead horse!
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#8

re: If PBS Is Doing COMPANY, Shouldn't Raul Be Given Back the Tony He Was Robbed Of?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:17am

Will Raul's wife be testifying for the prosecution or the defense?
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#9

re: If PBS Is Doing COMPANY, Shouldn't Raul Be Given Back the Tony He Was Robbed Of?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:18am

Don't spend the money to tape this production. It is a concept that fails. Bad theatre does not make better television.

Raul Esparza is a talented man--but not in this production.

"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher
#10

re: If PBS Is Doing COMPANY, Shouldn't Raul Be Given Back the Tony He Was Robbed Of?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:19am

PalJoey, you didn't read the fine print correctly. It's not BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL who gave a great performance, it's BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL whose face TV viewers will recognize.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

Updated On: 6/28/07 at 10:19 AM

#11

re: If PBS Is Doing COMPANY, Shouldn't Raul Be Given Back the Tony He Was Robbed Of?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:20am

Everything's a plot, of course.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#13

re: If PBS Is Doing COMPANY, Shouldn't Raul Be Given Back the Tony He Was R

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:22am

Maybe DHP will now be able to rob Raul of an Emmy Award, too! I'm sure DHP will have some guest shots he will be nominated for.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)

Updated On: 6/28/07 at 10:22 AM

#14

re: If PBS Is Doing COMPANY, Shouldn't Raul Be Given Back the Tony He Was Robbed Of?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:22am

And I'd assume that when Raul lost Best Featured Actor three years ago, it was because Michael Cerveris is so well-known and recognizable to the folks watching in the square states.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#15

re: If PBS Is Doing COMPANY, Shouldn't Raul Be Given Back the Tony He Was Robbed Of?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:23am

Hold on, Sueleen, let me take out my magnifying glass to see what the fine print says on her Tony...

...ahh, here it is:

BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY who won't bore TV viewers to death with her speech.

Win some, lose some I guess...
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

Updated On: 6/28/07 at 10:23 AM

#18

pbs is hosting the raul esparza tony award gang bang, is dhp invited?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:32am

i love raul. i think he's great. my wife would leave me in a heartbeat if he winked at her, and i don't even begrudge him that. but he lost. just like john kerry lost. i think what we're seeing here is the inability of people to accept that just because they hope and pray and use hoodoo incantations in hopes of something happening, sometimes it just doesn't. i sense the need for a support group. maybe a 12-step program.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#19

re: If PBS Is Doing COMPANY, Shouldn't Raul Be Given Back the Tony He Was R

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:34am

Now Raul's Bobby will be seen on PBS by millions (or, well, hundreds of thousands) and remembered FOREVER!

That's better than any stinky old Tony Award.

I think David Hyde Pierce should totally go over to Raul's house the night the of the PBS broadcast, with takeout Chinese, and GIVE Raul the Tony.
#20

pbs is hosting the raul esparza tony award gang bang, is dhp invited?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:36am

(or, well, hundreds of thousands)

hundreds.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#24

pbs is hosting the raul esparza tony award gang bang, is dhp invited?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:40am

oh, he would not leave her...at least not in one piece.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#25

pbs is hosting the raul esparza tony award gang bang, is dhp invited?

Posted: 6/28/07 at 10:43am

Raul WAS robbed! I understand "Road Voters" were given a 'butterfly Tony Ballot" that made them THINK they were voting Raul when actually they were voting DHP. Also, voters in Ohio used machine manufactured by an old friend of the Pierce family. There were NO paper trails-- he could manipulate the vote any way he liked!

And I hear that DHP is considering declaring a "State of Broadway Emergency" and not allowing a Tony vote NEXT year so he can STAY Best Actor!

← Back to Message Board

BroadwayWorld TV

View all Videos

Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Ticket Central
Hot Show
Tickets From $73
Hot Show
Tickets From $89
Hot Show
Tickets From $89
Hot Show
Tickets From $65
More Hot Shows Discounts
Recommended For You