2006 Yankeefan Award WINNERS

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 4:12pm

Congratulations to all! It has been, for the most-part, a great theatergoing year. Onward and upward to 2007.

Worst Jukebox Musical - HOT FEET
Best Financial Flop - THE WEDDING SINGER
Best Critical Flop - THE THREEPENNY OPERA
Worst Flop - HOT FEET
Best Off-Broadway Show - [title of show]
Show Which Most Deserved The Broadway Transfer - SPRING AWAKENING
Best Male Debut - BOB MARTIN, The Drowsy Chaperone
Best Female Debut - SARAH JONES, Bridge and Tunnel
Best Male Breakthrough - RAUL ESPARZA, Company
**Best Female Breakthrough**
Worst Female Debut - AMANDA PEET, Barefoot in the Park
Worst Male Debut - CONSTANTINE MAROULIS, The Wedding Singer
Best Male Replacement - JONATHAN PRYCE, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Best Female Replacement - JUDY KAYE, Sweeney Todd
Worst Male Replacement - CONSTANTINE MAROULIS, The Wedding Singer
Wost Female Replacement - RITA WILSON, Chicago
Best Understudy/Standby - TINA MADDIGAN, The Wedding Singer
Freshest Long Running Show - AVENUE Q
Best Male Return - RAUL ESPARZA, Company
Best Female Return - CHRISTINE EBERSOLE, Grey Gardens
Best Return in a Bad Show - CAROLEE CARMELLO, Lestat
Show To Which You'd Give a 2nd Chance - HIGH FIDELITY
Most Anticipated Show That Was a Let Down - MARY POPPINS
Worst Attempt at Americanization - FESTEN
Best Actor Currently on Broadway Who Was In Disney's On The Record - ASHLEY BROWN, Mary Poppins
Best Showtune of 2006 - "AS WE STUMBLE ALONG," The Drowsy Chaperone
Worst Showtune of 2006 - "SURE AS SUN TURNS TO MOON," Tarzan


**Due to questions of validity, this category has been eliminated from the 2006 awards. The category will be reinstated for the 2007 competition with greater regulations. The technical winner of the 2006 vote is Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens.**

Tally:
The Wedding Singer - 4
The Drowsy Chaperone - 2
Company - 2
Hot Feet - 2
Mary Poppins - 2
Everything Else - 1



Updated On: 12/30/06 at 04:12 PM

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 4:14pm

"Best Critical Flop - THE THREEPENNY OPERA"

Woo!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 4:19pm

How can someone be the Best Breakthrough AND Best Return?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 4:20pm

Hence my little message.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 4:21pm

If only the Tonys had cool categories like this.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 4:23pm

I think Rath is referring to Raul Esparza, as well.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 4:28pm

I knew I Love You Because wouldn't win, but I was really holding out hope for Grey Gardens. Or at least Mary Louise Wilson, who is NOT getting the love she deserves.

At first I was mad that Wedding Singer got 4 awards, but then I realised two were for Constantine's apparently horrible performance. Poor guy.

[SirLiir]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 5:20pm

Poor guy? Maybe he needs to learn to act, both in his craft and also toward his once loyal fans.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 7:45pm

He got a good percentage of the votes.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 9:19pm

bump, for more people to see.

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 9:33pm

Thanks for doing this, yankeefan!

"Best Off-Broadway Show - [title of show] "

Yay!!!

[TomMonster]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 9:55pm

Thanks, Yankee. It was fun! Sorry I didn't vote. Maybe next year! Keep it up.

[dramaqueen2]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 10:21pm

hahaha funny yankeefan!
=)

[jv92]

Posted: 12/30/06 at 11:55pm

Worst Showtune- Sure as Sun Turns to Moon

Well deserved. It truly is a ****ed up version of "Anything You Can Do" that doesn't rhyme or make much sense.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 12:01am

I guess it depends on if you're considering breakthrough something that defines one's career and really puts it on another level, or if it's the shot-from-a-cannon type of thing, where you're like "who IS this guy?" I guess a breakthrough performance doesn't have to be by a newbie.

Anyway, yay Raul.

Updated On: 12/31/06 at 12:01 AM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/31/06 at 8:55am

Next year will be fun. Yay, now I have something to look forward to next December!