Broadway Week on Regis and Kelly
Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:29am
I am sure there will be a list posted soon.
Glad I will be home to tape and watch
Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:41am
i'm assuming it's just gonna be a Tony leadup
Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:49am
Because even though it LOST the Tony award 3 years ago, it's still the only show playing on Broadway.
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
Posted: 6/1/06 at 11:51am
Cheers,
Christopher
Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:01pm
Sarcasm is your friend.
Cheers!
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:02pm
Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:26pm
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Posted: 6/1/06 at 12:51pm
Posted: 6/1/06 at 1:09pm
Posted: 6/1/06 at 1:14pm
It is your opinion that it's mediocre, and not an opinion everyone shares.
And Ken, we all know why Q won the Tony. Now they have put guidlines in place to hinder that kind of "marketing to the Tony voters" that Q was guilty of. Wicked is the show laughing all the way to the bank with it's Broaway run and successful tours while Q closes in Vegas. They made a bad move and it bit them in the fur.
Posted: 6/1/06 at 1:28pm
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Posted: 6/1/06 at 1:57pm
Even if they hadn't I suspect AVE Q would have won anyway. Why? Look at the opening night reviews. AVE Q got near unanimous raves. WICKED opened to mixed reviews (hardly any raves) and quite a few outright pans. Fans of WICKED seem to think that the show was cheated, when in fact it was never assured of winning, no matter how popular it is. (GREASE is also very popular yet it never won a single Tony award.)
As for Regis & Kelly (to swing this back on topic) they are at least filling some of the void that opened when Rosie O'Donnell quit her daytime show. Thanks to her promotion (and hosting) the 1997 Tonys scored their best ratings in years.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:28pm
Unfortunately, that's not all they did.
Even if they hadn't I suspect AVE Q would have won anyway.
Not necessarily true, but we'll never know. Many "road" voters came out and admitted that the only reason they voted for Q was in the hopes of a tour. Yeah, that's their bad, but it's widely speculated that Q had no intent of touring when they were leading road producers into thinking they were. (And Q winning was in the voters best interest because they could have used the "Tony Award Winning" label in marketing to promote it on the road). I hate to rehash this thing and I'm sorry I brought it up because this debate has been run into the ground and I'm guilty right now of contributing to that. But no, Q didn't just draw attention to their show. It was very calculated and manipulative, but they got what they deserved out of it. No tour and a flop in Vegas.
Updated On: 6/2/06 at 02:28 PM
Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:26pm
Did they do it last year? I don't remember hearing about it.
Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:37pm
Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:18pm
Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:22pm
:I think please do not tell me if I misinterpreted information:
And Q is my favorite so I am sorry this thread was turned into a debate about Tony's that are done with... but I must add my two cents: I think Q touches people where Wicked doesnt. And I think that is why it won.
Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:25pm
A fight of who should have won the Tony?
P.S. cpnchicago- I am not blaming you...you started a very good thread which made a turn in somewhat of the wrong direction.
Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:25pm
Posted: 6/1/06 at 4:28pm
Q touches people???
q made me laugh my ass off, and i am a guy and thought wicked touched me more ....
Posted: 6/1/06 at 5:10pm
Posted: 6/1/06 at 7:12pm
that being said can't wait for next week! It's going to be amazing!!
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