I was still a kid and I remember we saw it from seats in one of the boxes right next to the stage so I missed the mother's entrance (damn those sightlines) and I was blown away by the hands and the war sequence.
"That duck was a sexual toy, and it was on display!" -- an unknown Nashville town leader
I have the libretto, and some of the lines I hear about, mainly alot of the Lead Player's were cut out of the published ones. Apparently Schwartz didn't get along with Fosse.
I have a paperback edition that was published shortly after the premiere (back in the days when they did mass-market editions of B'way plays). I wonder if there's anyway to compare the two.
"That duck was a sexual toy, and it was on display!" -- an unknown Nashville town leader
>> Does it have the "Nagingly" line? Where the Leading Player yells at Catherine for not getting her line right?
A quick look and I dont see anything. There's something about her missing her first cue and then the LP ragging on Pippin about her at the end. What's yours have? At the start of scene 5?
"That duck was a sexual toy, and it was on display!" -- an unknown Nashville town leader
victor garber not winning for damn yankees, and if i didn't say it already ann harada not being nominated
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
excuse me! god attitude! i was just saying. i can't really judge because i have not seen avenue q, but i think that wicked's concept is better, and more appropriate, than avenue q's.
"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions."
~The one and only John Lennon
I respect your opinion, WickedRocks, but there is NO way that Brian Stokes and Antonio should have lost that Tony to Harvey Fierstein.
Someone just reminded me of THE biggest mistake in Tony history: Ragtime losing to Lion King.
Also, the following people should've been nominated for Tonys: Douglas Sills, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Ann Harada, AVENUE Q Ned Beatty, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Jayne Atkinson, OUR TOWN Jane Curtin, OUR TOWN Hunter Foster, URINETOWN Jeff McCarthy, URINETOWN Laura Benanti, NINE Edward Norton, BURN THIS (Had the show opened on Broadway, he would have won a Tony) Kerry Butler, HAIRSPRAY Mary Bond Davis, HAIRSPRAY Jeremy Kushnier, FOOTLOOSE (in recent memory, this is probably my #1 pick) Tom Plotkin, FOOTLOOSE Faith Prince, LITTLE ME Kerry O'Malley, INTO THE WOODS Jesse L. Martin, RENT Anthony Rapp, RENT Sherie Rene Scott, AIDA Amy Spanger, KISS ME KATE Anna Friel, CLOSER Jason Raize, THE LION KING Cheryl Freeman, THE CIVIL WAR Paul Giamatti, THE ICEMAN COMETH Dick Cavett, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Rebecca Luker, THE SOUND OF MUSIC Paige Price, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Daniel Jenkins, BIG Martin Moran, BELLS ARE RINGING Susan Egan, TRIUMPH OF LOVE Rachel York, VICTOR/VICTORIA Sarah Jessica Parker, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
although i believe that wicked should have one the tony, i also feel the need to argue that these shows/people won or lost because certain people felt that these shows/actors were/were not good enough for a tony, or someone/something was better/worse.
Biggest Tony mistakes: "Miss Saigon" losing to "The Will Rogers Follies" "Wicked" being nominated for anything (except best costumes. The costumes are very cool)
>>The problem with the year of The Producers was that there wasn't much in the way of competition, coupled with the enormous PR machine that The Producers put to its command.
ever heard of a lil show called THE FULL MONTY? the score was DEELIGHTFUL
I wouldn't say that the Full Monty was Delightful... (It's a Woman's World? Come on!) Being up against Broderick and Lane, not to mention Mel Brooks boosting broadway...the judges weren't going to pass it up.