"Best Musical" 2007 TONY Contenders — Page 5

I never said it was "payback" that because AIDA didn't win that Mary Poppins should, I said I thought AIDA should have won( and have been nom.)..and that I think Mary Poppins has a good chance at winning compared to most of the shows..It's a family-friendly show that's very well known, not like Spring Awakening where they limit the age for their audiences...For Revival I think A Chorus Line is going to win

ACL and Les Mis are both eligible and with only four slots for 5 shows (and considering how lackluster the Apple Tree revival is and how big a hit that ACL has been at the box office), I certainly wouldn't count out ACL for not only a nod, but a possible win vs. Company and 110 In the Shade.

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A Chorus Line is eligible for best revival. It is not eligible for choreography,costumes,direction, and the technical aspects of this show because it is the same as in the original run.The same goes for Les Miserables.

The subject matter of a musical doesn't have anything whatsoever to do with it getting a nomination. I think with the with many new musicals this season, the committee will be wise enough to not nominate Mary Poppins because of obvious reasons.

You couldn't even call Beauty's reviews mixed. They were pans.

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FutureAladdin -- I wasn't directing my comment at you; I didn't address you, nor did I ever say you said it was "payback." I actually hadn't even read your post. I was replying generally to the idea that had been raised.

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Updated On: 2/17/07 at 08:22 PM

Nope, no worries. I just wanted to clear that up since you quoted me.

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My point was that both MP and BATB both got slaughtered by critics yet audiences love both shows and both get good crowds..and BATB got nom. even with bad reviews so I am certainly hoping MP does too

Lizzya9...once again you have farted around the fact that you hate SA...maybe you should see it before you judge...blah blah good night at the theater...just stop!!!!!! I am so sick of your comments. B & B is closing BOO HOO...Mary Poppins won't ne nominated...so please stop with the SA topics...just becuase it is not Supercalifradulistic--blah blah does not mean it is a piece of crap.

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She doesn't "hate" it, she's made the executive decision that SA is inappropriate for all people who aren't adults. She has deemeed it too crass and vulgar and deviant. And, I mean, she would know because she's a fourteen-year-old girl.

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Just because Rosie loved it doesn't make it a good show? Valid. But didn't Rosie also love Mary Poppins? So guess what? That doesn't make IT a good show, either. Doesn't Rose also love like, everything? And Rosie isn't the only person who loved Spring Awakening -- many critics did, as well. Seriously, I'm hardly a big fan of Spring Awakening, but get a clue. It got a more-than decent critical response, and you're making claims that completely overlook that fact. You keep saying "just because it has lots of talk show appearances or just because Rosie loved it or just because it has a big fanbase, it isn't good," but you conveniently ignore the critical response; is that because you think it's infallible and you're in denial that something offensive to your sense of purity (which you seem to think you should impose upon everyone) might actually be good theater?

And if the topic is the same, no honey, people are not going to just discard the past and neglect to bring it up. You're making the same asinine arguments, and begging the past to be remembered. No comment stands alone or is "just a comment."

Yank, as for what sells versus art, I wouldn't count SA out; sex sells.

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Updated On: 2/17/07 at 09:36 PM

please stop arguing - I never said SA WASN'T good because of that stuff, you are reading wayy too much into it. I was just commenting that the average theater-goer's or a critic's opinion may be different than a Tony judges, that's all. PLEASE get over the past. This isn't what this thread is about anyways, I made my comment about what I thought about the 'Best Musical' 2007 TONY Contenders and that's it. So, move on and don't take other peoples' comments so seriously. just post what you have to say and leave it behind.

We receive Becoz better because she's mature in her posts.

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