2022 Olivier Awards Thread — Page 2

''To be fair though that Tony Award season was weaker than usual given how a number of musicals had not officially opened yet when the pandemic shut Broadway down in March 2020. Moulin Rouge's competition that season were only: Jagged Little Pill, Tina, and Lightning Thief.''

Had it not been for the COVID hiatus, I still think ''Moulin Rouge!'' also would've won Best Musical over ''Girl From the North Country,'' as well as ''Mrs. Doubtfire,'' ''Six'' and ''Flying Over Sunset.'' I know it has its detractors, but box-office wise, ''Moulin Rouge!'' had been quite a crowd-pleaser before its 10 Tony Award wins.

Updated On: 4/11/22 at 03:02 AM

I too think “Moulin Rouge!” would have won many Tonys if the season was completed. Tveit and Orchestrations not, but all the rest, especially the tech ones, were much likely a given

Since when does Keala Settle sounds like that?!

I don't recall which one (perhaps someone else here will), but Settle's accent was discussed in another thread.

melodyrose said: "JLP is a show that makes you THINK/FEEL, MR is totally VISUAL- of course it won the Tony, people just needed an escape from COVID reality- I totally get it!

Leslie"

JLP didn’t really make you THINK so much as it did flash the virtue signaling directly into your eyes and ears like a set of super bright LED headlights that blinded you to what was otherwise a really crappy book constructed from after school specials.

Jordan Catalano said: "Here’s my take on “Moulin Rouge”, which could just all be in my head but makes sense to me.

The two leads are so ridiculously miscast (him ESPECIALLY) that people leave the show more focused on how awful he was and the zero chemistry between them and that just overshadows so much of what’s actually good in the show. When something as major as the leading performances stink, that’s all of what people remember."

Exactly THIS! It goes to show you how important casting really is! I'm still flummoxed Alex Timbers was involved or even signed off on these two!

Updated On: 4/12/22 at 12:23 AM