2009 Best Musical Nominees

[MrJNLong]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#1

Posted: 3/28/10 at 2:55pm

So, as of April 15, all four of the 2009 Tony nominees for Best Musical (Billy Elliot, Next to Normal, Shrek, Rock of Ages) will have ran on Broadway for more than a year. Not too bad for "recession time."
The only other times this has happened in recent memory were 2005 (Spamalot, Spelling Bee, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Light in the Piazza); 1992 (Crazy for You, 5 Guys Named Moe, Jelly's Last Jam, Falsettos); and 1991 (Will Rogers Follies, Miss Saigon, Once on this Island, Secret Garden). Of course, all of the 1995 nominees also ran for more than a year, but there were only 2 that year (Sunset Boulevard & Smokey Joe's).
Kinda cool.

[PReeves2]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#2

Posted: 3/28/10 at 3:19pm

That is pretty cool! I thought Shrek closed in January?

[Mark_E]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#2

Posted: 3/28/10 at 3:27pm

^It did but it still played for more than a year!

It's really great though that Rock of Ages and next to normal have continued to have very strong runs!

[wdwfreak]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#3

Posted: 3/28/10 at 3:28pm

^ Yes, Shrek closed in January, but it started in November 2008 making it run for over a year.

[PReeves2]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#4

Posted: 3/28/10 at 3:41pm

most be coming out of the recession then!

[wdwfreak]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#5

Posted: 3/28/10 at 4:05pm

^ Why are being such a total douche about this? Why don't you be on here for a month and see how much **** you get, stupid ass.

[PiraguaGuy2]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#6

Posted: 3/28/10 at 4:14pm

...What?

wdw, chill. PReeves literally did NOTHING wrong. You're the jackass here.

Formerly SirNotAppearing - Joined 3/08

[PReeves2]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#7

Posted: 3/28/10 at 4:28pm

Welcome to Broadwayworld.com! here is your first Bitch slap!

relax wdw. Its a positive time for broadway shows. People are actually coming to shows and keeping them open. Start reading the box office receipts and note for yourself things have picked up again and 8 shows don't have to close on one day like they did back on Jan. 8th.

[ljay889]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#8

Posted: 3/28/10 at 4:29pm

Wtf just happened? lol.

[wdwfreak]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#9

Posted: 3/28/10 at 4:50pm

I was flipping out because you using a sarcastic tone for no reason. The OP just pointed out an obvious fact...

[roseaddams]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#10

Posted: 3/28/10 at 5:30pm

I didn't read that as sarcastic at all. Chill out, wdwfreak.

"You mean what was the best picture of the year or what did they pick as the best picture of the year?" - California Suite

[snarkywannabedreamer]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#11

Posted: 3/28/10 at 9:57pm

how can you tell the poster's tone from a single written sentence? you must be a wizard!

[Will O'Donnell]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#12

Posted: 3/28/10 at 10:43pm

Yeah I didn't read that as sarcastic either.

[PReeves2]

2009 Best Musical Nominees#13

Posted: 3/28/10 at 10:47pm

wasn't trying to be sarcastic at all. Thought it would be a show of support for all of the Nominees and current running shows.