ALW was ROBBED! — Page 2

Yeah, Oprah definatly has connections to the Tony Awards... NOT! Where do idiots come up with these ideas!?

That is so stupid. Tarzan wasn't robbed of a thing. Maybe The Woman in White wasn't, either.

The Tony Awards are a group's opinions of the shows & the actors & everyone invovled. There is no right or wrong. Make your own awards if there is a problem.

I think Maria was robbed, not too sure about the show though.

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I am not as upset about the show getting nominated as I am Maria not getting nominated. That is heartbreaking. I think that a lot of people think that, "Oh she's just gonna get nominated because she has breast cancer and has been through a lot" I think that the reason she deserved to be nominated is because of her talent, ambition, and determination that kept the show running for the time that it did. Although she did not get nominated, I think she will remain in a lot of people's hearts which is more important to me than a statue.

And muscle, I am sorry, but I disagree on Adam Brazier should have been nominated. I don't think he did that great of a job....He would be a GREAT Tarzan though.

I think Brazier was great. If I were to rework WIW though I would add more of Anne into the story so that Angela or someone as talented could have more stagetime. I think she deserved a supporting actress nom!

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ALW was ROBBED!
Posted On: 5/16/06 at 03:29 PM

I think if they had stuck to their original plan - open in Chicago in November, come to NY in Jan - things could have been very different. They would have had a $6 million advance no matter what because of the ALW name alone. That would have kept the show doing good business till this time (of Tony Noms) and it probably would have had a bunch of nominations considering the competition really petered out.

Although there's some here who hate WIW, there would have been enough support from the Theatre community for it to do well.


BINGO chernjam, that's what I've been saying both on here and on the MBFC forum!

My saying that WIW should have stayed with the original schedule and previewed in Chicago has nothing (well almost nothing ) to do with the fact that I live in Chicago!

Every show that I know of that previewed in Chicago went on to become HUGE successes on Broadway, to name two, The Producers and Spamalot!

We'll never really know for sure now, however, that's my opinion!

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I don't see how people can believe in a world that doesn't reward sheer theatrical genius such as 'The Woman in SH*Te.'

They cancelled the Chicago preview because Ballw anted to go back to the UK by March.

Maria was robbed more than anybody else! I think she definately deserved it over Chtia Rivera and/or Sutton Foster.

The set design was robbed. It should have at least been nominated for being so inovative, interesting, and exciting.

Michael Ball also got robbed.

I'm happy it at least got best score. I *really* hope it wins it!

THE WOMAN IN WHITE was simply spectacular and was a lot more interesting to me than DROWSY, CP, JERSEY BOYS, LESTAT, WEDDING SINGER, TARZAN, & IN MY LIFE. I have no desire to see any of the others.

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The preview in Chicago was cancelled because Michael Ball was doing PATIENCE for the New York City Opera and would have to be in New York during the expected rehearsal time for THE WOMAN IN WHITE ( following the announced previews and opening date for Broadway). Although at the time of the cancellation of the Chicago preview, it wasn't even sure that Michael would be signing up to be on board WiW.

If ever there was a show that was so robbed of a chance, it was this show - with hardly any publicity at all ( never heard of any meet-the-press for the cast announcement, no rehearsals-footage-on main media, no talk show appearances except for Maria talking about her illness, no ALW talking about it when he was in NYC for the Phantom celebrations, etc.). What did we expect????

The American producers ( Boyett Ostar) have already written off the costs for this show. After all, they must be grinning because they are producers for two of the shows with excellent odds to win a TONY -- THE DROWSY CHAPERONE ( which succeeded WiW at the Marquis) and HISTORY BOYS! Has there ever been a time when the same producers won for both Best Musical and Best Play in the same year?

Re ALW chances - at least, there is a cast recording of the London show that the TONY voters can listen to if they feel like giving it a real chance. How ironic!

Updated On: 5/16/06 at 08:27 PM

If Lloyd Webber wants to make a comeback in the public eye he should resume work on the Phantom sequel. That would stir things up big time

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"now he can go around telling everyone how it was everyone else's fault WIW closed - lol"

I know your're joking Chernjam (well mostly) but there's a ring of truth to that statement.

There was a great deal of finger-pointing going on with regards to the reason(s) for the closing. And there were many factors involved. But ALW did not support the show the nearly as much as he could have (although from what I have heard he had his reasons). He had a great opportunity to promote his new original Broadway musical while celebrating the triumph of Phantom becoming the longest running show on Broadway. Instead he actually went out of his way in interviews to avoid talking about WIW (in one interview he actually referred to "Beautiful Game" by name as "the show before my most recent one", and didn't even utter the words "Woman In White".)

Still, I'm pleased he got the nomination because the score deserved it. I am surprised that Maria did not get a nomination, but her category was tough. Michael's performance certainly merited a nomination (even giving the rest of the competition in his category), but the early closing and his absence at the end clearly killed any chance he might have had.

This show had one of the finest casts I've ever seen on stage at one time. They were uniformly excellent. Unfortunately, the Producers gave up on it before it opened and things went downhill from there.

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Updated On: 5/17/06 at 01:51 PM

The show sucked all the way from it's London origins. Why they bothered we will never know. I really was amazed they transfered it at all.

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I'm still mad about By Jeeves.