Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#1
Posted: 12/11/17 at 2:58pmAs the year is nearly coming to a close what do you think will be the biggest controversy regarding broadway this year?
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#2
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:03pm
I will forever remember where I was when I heard Betsy Wolfe was no longer in Carousel.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#3
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:03pm
Betsy Wolfe's departure from CAROUSEL.
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#4
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:06pm^certainly for these boards and cinders and I! HAHA.
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#7
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:21pm
The Wednesday Night Spongebob Audience
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#8
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:30pm
The OOTI goat: is the diaper abusive? (And what about the chickens - are they unionized?)
And let's not forget the attack on Bombalurina at the Neil Simon!
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#9
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:37pmGreat comet casting and closing.
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#10
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:41pm
It's a toss-up between Great Comet closing and Hello Dolly at the Tonys (performance choice and the appropriateness of Midler's acceptance speech, the latter of which was a HUGE DEAL to really old-school highly conservative closed-minded Tony purist marms and their grandmothers).
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/16
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#11
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:48pm
Oak, Mandy & the Great Controversy of 2017
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#12
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:52pm
Hello Dolly's Tony performance was a big one for me. (Will they? Won't they??) So was SITPWG pulling themselves entirely out of consideration.
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#13
Posted: 12/11/17 at 4:04pm
-Great Comet seemed by far the biggest/most involving-there were at least three or four sizable threads solely about the controversy
-The whole Betsy Wolfe kerfuffle
-Perhaps the MFL casting? While I wouldn’t call it a scandal, it definitely got a lot of attention this year.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#15
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:07pm
-Rapp/Spacey situation (both were on Broadway at the time)
-Tom Wopat arrest (albiet not Broadway)
-Riedel leaving Theater Talk
-current casting director situation
-Patti Murin's performance being embraced by people who post here 
Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/13
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#16
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:19pmBette Midler's Birthday Cake
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#17
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:29pm
It's gotta be the Comet controversy. That was intense.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#18
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:37pm
Comet made me vomit. I agonized over what tickets to buy to see Mandy, bought them, and the next day had to get a refund.... argh.
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#19
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:43pm
Things with potential impact 5/10 years from now -
- Rapp/Spacey allegations and eventual consequences.
- Casting directors unionizing controversy
- The way race relations in America played into Great Comet's closing
Honorable mention - When Pigs Fly cancellation. We get one-two of these somewhat highly covered shows every year where finances fall through.
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#20
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:47pm
The HUGE NY Times article that's going to blow-up Broadway that's been coming every day for two weeks - and that still hasn't come.
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?#21
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:56pm
CurtainPullDowner said: "Betsy Wolfe's departure from CAROUSEL."
Is that controversy? That feels more like plain old drama!
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