Broadway.com 2008 AUDIENCE AWARD winners announced...

Dear lord...

http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=566271



Favorite New Broadway Musical
Young Frankenstein


Favorite New Broadway Play
August: Osage County


Favorite Broadway Musical Revival
South Pacific


Favorite Broadway Play Revival
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Favorite New Off-Broadway Musical
Next to Normal


Favorite New Off-Broadway Play
The Receptionist


Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical
Roger Bart, Young Frankenstein

Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical
Patti LuPone, Gypsy


Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play
Patrick Stewart, Macbeth


Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play
Jennifer Garner, Cyrano de Bergerac


Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical
Christopher Fitzgerald, Young Frankenstein


Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical
Megan Mullally, Young Frankenstein


Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play
Raúl Esparza, The Homecoming


Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play
Phylicia Rashad, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Favorite Diva Performance
Patti LuPone, Gypsy


Favorite Solo Performance
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood


Favorite Onstage Pair
Roger Bart & Sutton Foster, Young Frankenstein


Favorite Ensemble Cast
Grease


Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male)
Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights


Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female)
Sierra Boggess, The Little Mermaid


Favorite Replacement (Male)
Clay Aiken, Spamalot


Favorite Replacement (Female)
Hannah Waddingham, Spamalot


Favorite New Broadway Song
"In the Heights," In the Heights


Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show
Spamalot


Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show
Forbidden Broadway

Updated On: 5/30/08 at 02:05 PM

I'll agree with those.

Yuck!!!!

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Favorite Ensemble Cast
Grease

**and this is the part where I died laughing**

Some sort of glitch must have resulted in all the Young Frankenstein wins. Because . . . seriously?!?

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what a joke

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wait, wait- didn't YF have a nominated song too? Because if so, how did this happen:

Favorite New Broadway Song
"In the Heights," In the Heights

I don't think YF had a song. A few from INTH and Little Mermaid, Great selection this year.

Updated On: 5/30/08 at 02:28 PM

is it possible for an award with no merit to sell out? stopped reading at Leading Actress in a Play as well.

I don't think YF had a song. A few from INTH and Little Mermaid, Great selection this year.

Nope, I finally found the nominations page, apparently YF had *two* songs-

Favorite New Broadway Song
"If Only" - The Little Mermaid
"In the Heights" - In the Heights
"Please Don't Touch Me" - Young Frankenstein
"Roll in the Hay" - Young Frankenstein
"She's In Love" - The Little Mermaid

Best Actor in a Musical made me pee a little.

Roger Bart was the worst thing about YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, in my opinion.

This is obviously just people voting for celebrities and familiar names.

I must say though...I am thrilled that my predictions were wrong and that GREASE didn't win for Breakthrough Performances, Revival, and Couple.

The only one I really really agree with is the Best Replacement for female. Hannah Waddingham was absolutely amazing. I personally loved Spamalot, but I have a feeling that only won because of Clay Aiken. Such a shame.

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