The Unofficial Munky Awards

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 2:39am

Hey guys, I'm really bored - if you can't tell - so I thought I'd create a BWW Award for the current Broadway season. I will decide the nominees (and I will remain open minded, blocking out all personal preference) and there will be 6 nominees instead of the usual 4 or 5, just to open it up a bit more. Instead of listing the specific designers (I don't feel like looking them up,) I will just list the show name to save time. don't think I'm being disrespectful, I just didn't want this to take me 4 hours to type. Please don't use this thread to comment about who I've chosen and how terrible an idea this is. I know it's a stupid idea, but I'm bored, and I think it will be interesting to see who WE choose as the best as opposed to who THEY choose as the best. Voting starts now, and it will end Friday night (Saturday morning) at 12 Midnight. Results will be posted sometime on Saturday. Thanks and have fun!!!!!

Also, please PM me your answers. Do not discuss who you vote for on this thread. Thanks!!

BEST MUSICAL
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Light in the Piazza
Little Women
Monty Python's Spamalot

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
La Cage aux Folles
Pacific Overtures
Sweet Charity

BEST PLAY
Brooklyn Boy
Democracy
Doubt
Gem of the Ocean
The Pillowman

BEST PLAY REVIVAL
A Streetcar Named Desire
Glengarry Glen Ross
On Golden Pond
Steel Magnolias
Twelve Angry Men
Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Christina Applegate, Sweet Charity
Eden Espinoza, Brooklyn
Melissa Errico, Dracula
Sherie Renee Scott, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Sutton Foster, Little Women
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Jan Maxwell, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Keli O'Hara, The Light in the Piazza
Maureen McGovern, Little Women
Sarah Uriarte Berry, The Light in the Piazza
Sarah Ramirez, Monty Python's Spamalot

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
B.D. Wong, Pacific Overtures
Cheyenne Jackson, All Shook Up
Daniel Davis, La Cage aux Folles
David Hyde Pierce, Monty Python's Spamalot
Hank Azaria, Monty Python's Spamalot
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Christian Borle, Monty Python's Spamalot
Dan Folger, The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, The 25th Annual...Spelling Bee
Mark Harelik, The Light in the Piazza
Matthew Morrison, The Light in the Piazza
Michael Berresse, The Light in the Piazza

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cherry Jones, Doubt
Jessica Lange, The Glass Menagerie
Kathleen Turner, Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Mary Louise Parker, Reckless
Natasha Richarsdon, A Streetcar Named Desire
Phylicia Rashad, Gem of the Ocean

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Adriane Lenox, Doubt
Amy Ryan, A Streetcar Named Desire
Carla Gugino, After the Fall
Heather Goldenhersh, Doubt
Lisa Gay Hamilton, Gem of the Ocean
Mireille Enos, Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
Alan Alda, Glengarry Glen Ross
Bill Irwin, Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Billy Crudup, The Pillowman
Brian F. O'Byrne, Doubt
James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond
John C. Reilly, A Streetcar Named Desire

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Boyd Gaines, Twelve Angry Men
Christian Slater, The Glass Menagerie
Jeff Goldblum, The Pillowman
John Dossett, Democracy
Michael Stuhlberg, The Pillowman
Philip Bosco, Twelve Angry Men

BEST REPLACEMENT (in general, not necessarily the season)
Barrett Foa, Avenue Q
Brooke Shields, Wonderful Town
Harvey Fierstein, Fiddler on the Roof
Jennifer Laura Thompson, Wicked
Sarah Gettlefinger, Nine
Shoshana Bean, Wicked

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
All Shook Up
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
La Cage aux Folles
Monty Python's Spamalot
Sweet Charity

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Little Women
The Light in the Piazza
Pacific Overtures
Monty Python's Spamalot

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Doubt
A Streetcar Named Desire
On Golden Pond
The Pillowman
Twelve Angry Men
Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

BEST COSTUMES
Brooklyn
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
La Cage aux Folles
Little Women
The Light in the Piazza
Monty Python's Spamalot

BEST LIGHTING
A Streetcar Named Desire
Doubt
The Glass Menagerie
The Light in the Piazza
Monty Python's Spamalot
The Pillowman

BEST BOOK
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
All Shook Up
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Light in the Piazza
Monty Python's Spamalot

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Frogs
Little Women
The Light in the Piazza
Monty Python's Spamalot

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
All Shook Up
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
La Cage aux Folles
Pacific Overtures
The Light in the Piazza

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Light in the Piazza
Monty Python's Spamalot
Pacific Overtures

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
A Streetcar Named Desire
Democracy
Doubt
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Pillowman
Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

BEST ENSEMBLE OF A MUSICAL
All Shook Up
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
La Cage aux Folles
Pacific Overtures
Monty Python's Spamalot
Sweet Charity

STRONGEST OVERALL CAST
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
A Streetcar Named Desire
Doubt
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Light in the Piazza
Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

BEST SOLO SHOW
700 Sundays
Dame Edna: Back with a Vengance!
Jackie Mason: Freshley Squeezed
Laugh Whore
The Good Body
Whoopi

Updated On: 4/26/05 at 02:39 AM

Posted: 4/26/05 at 3:23am

im sure tons of people who havent seen em all will vote...

ive been trying to stay off the guessing topics simply cuz I havent seen em all, i know what like of the ones ive seen tho.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 3:35am

That's why this is terrible unofficial, and just for the pure hell of it. Very few people on here have seen all the shows. It's not about guessing - there's no guessing involved - it's just who YOU would like to see win the BWW Award!

You don't have to see all the nominees - that's why this is just for fun. So PM me your answers, just for the hell of it.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 3:40am

oops.

Updated On: 4/26/05 at 03:40 AM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 4:07am

Incase any of you were interested to see the breakdown of how many prestigious BWW Award nominations each show got, it's below. yes, I have insomnia.


The Light in the Piazza - 15
Monty Python's Spamalot - 13
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - 10
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 9
Doubt - 9
A Streetcar Named Desire - 8
Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - 7
The Pillowman - 7
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - 7
Little Women - 6
La Cage aux Folles - 6
Pacific Overtures - 6
All Shook Up - 5
Sweet Charity - 4
Twelve Angry Men - 4
Democracy - 3
Gem of the Ocean - 3
Glengarry Glen Ross - 3
The Glass Menagerie - 3
On Golden Pond - 2
Brooklyn - 2
Reckless - 1
After the Fall - 1
Dracula - 1
Brooklyn Boy - 1
The Frogs - 1
Steel Magnolias - 1
Sight Unseen - 0
The Rivals - 0
'night Mother - 0
Julius Caesar - 0
Good Vibrations - 0

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 7:53am

I'm almost scared of myself. I've nearly seen everything.

[TVBoy]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 9:28am

nice work, munk. finally something worthy, instead of those silly "hot or not" threads...

wow, I've seen most of these shows... I guess that's a good thing.

Updated On: 4/26/05 at 09:28 AM

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 9:30am

So TV..do you find this thread..Hot or Not?

[TVBoy]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 9:35am

this thread is so hot, b-wayboobs, I'd call it blazin'

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 9:40am

munk... I don't object to your creation of an "unofficial" theatre award, but I think you should consider renaming it. Submitted for your consideration: The Munky.

[Plum]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 9:43am

Ooh, a precursor to the Official Unofficial BWW Awards.

[CurtainUp2]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 9:52am

And since the majority of people voting will not have seen, heard or spoken of most of the shows...

I give you... THE MUNKY AWARD

Updated On: 4/26/05 at 09:52 AM

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 10:04am

I love this Munk, what fun. I'm actually seeing Streetcar and Sweet Charity this week so I will vote after. I really like this though its the type of thing I really enjoy, and since it is "unofficial" no one has to scream that it shouldn't be done.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 1:19pm

bump

[LittleFish8386]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 1:50pm

Oh this is fun!

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 2:34pm

I voted!

[paradox_error]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 2:46pm

I voted too!

Though I think maybe it wasn't such a good idea, considering I've seen NOTHING!!!

But I didn't vote on things I could have NO IDEA about, like Lighting Design...

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 2:48pm

I love awards!

[paradox_error]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 3:04pm

Me too!!!

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 3:12pm

me three!
votes are in...

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 3:12pm

Best Featured Actress in a Play goes to...

[apdarcey]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 3:43pm

hot mama mef.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 3:55pm

You said it.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 6:16pm

thanks guys

Just a note: Don't vote for things that aren't nominated. I won't write them in. Also, please remember that if I didn't nominate something (like ASSASSINS) that's because it's not from this season. It's fine to not vote in a category you know nothing about - but don't vote for 2 or 3 people per category - I won't count them.

Thanks!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 4/26/05 at 6:52pm

bump