Beth Leavel for Best Actress in a musical? Really? — Page 2

I think it's a sympathy nomination. No one with Beth's talent should be stuck in such a p.o.s

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Leveal is saddled with some awful lines in the show, but I think it's a credit to her skills that she can speak the lines "Mamma said there'd be days like this. There'd be days like this. Mamma said," but make you feel for character. I thought she gave a great performance because it showed how skilled she was. Those lines were AWFUL, but she was landing those jokes left and right.

They should have had three nominees. Love Leavel but she was atrocious in BABY IT'S YOU, she would just walk on stage, give some awful, cheesy one-liner that's supposed to come across as "tough" and "funny" and then she walks off stage again. Terrible terrible performance, how does that get a nomination?
Things like this really make me question the validity of the Tonys if pretty much people get in by default all the time.

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Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but that's what it is......I have been going to Broadway shows for 40 years.......I have seen many pos but respectfully Beth Leavel IMHO is not in this class.

Beth, Sherie, and Janet all had the same problem: none of them had well-written characters to work with. Janet tried like hell to bring something to her flat character, but the Tony nominators didn't like Wonderland at all. Sherie had a really ambiguous character and was upstaged in her show by two supporting performances and a rotating bed with flames. That left Beth, whose show is still running. She also does what she can in a really bad show to make it bearable. Her tiny moments that work as theater are spectacular; the rest of the time she's calmy keeping her head above the water.

Someone on this board said that Beth takes a piece of crap and makes a masterpiece out of it. At least she's trying. She's a super talented woman as they all are and I would imagine she's doing the best she can with weak material.

If the sole reason Beth got a nom is because this town loves her, then may I believe that the reason Wonderland is shut out is because this town hates Frank Wildhorn??? Sounds pretty stupid but sounds to me that's the logic that is being served around here.

That's a pretty sad way of thinking because it insults the work of the leading women in Wonderland by saying that they didn't get nom'd because NYC hates the composer. That's rubbish.

There is alot of talent up there right now. It's hard to narrow down choices. My hat is off to all of the wonderful women on Broadway.

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That's actually pretty damn offensive, kid.

Updated On: 5/3/11 at 08:03 PM

ANY award that is given, whether it's a Tony Award or a Nobel Prize is SUBJECTIVE. In fact, anything demanding that one vote and voice an opinion is SUBJECTIVE. Therefore, there are no OBJECTIVE criteria upon which an award is truly bestowed. (I don't care what's "on paper." Objective criteria are still interpreted subjectively.)

If someone gets an award because "the community" loves her or him, who cares? Does anyone truly take Tony, Oscar, Grammy, Emmy (and so forth) awards SERIOUSLY? Awards are intended to create enthusiasm and draw attention to a cause, an issue or a market. In this case, the goal is to sell tickets.

As far as I'm concerned, if the Tony Awards attract more people to the theatre, they've done their job...just as BETH is on stage every night at the Broadhurst doing HER job.

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Updated On: 5/4/11 at 08:12 PM

"Beth Leavel, while probably one of the more decent things about BABY, IT'S JEW, did not deserve a nomination for this show."

I never heard of that show. Does it exist?

Something new starring Jackie Mason?

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well said, Pennywise....

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