Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards 2018

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Updated On: 5/17/18 at 12:59 PM

JSquared2 said: "Not really that surprising, since the majority of the voters are teenage fangurls."

Very true. As to why Mean Girls won most of the category’s.

Plus, when the Broadway Audience Award nominations were first announced, ''Mean Girls'' had 12 and ''The Band's Visit'' had only 2.

I'll bet it's the only award Glenda Jackson loses to Uma Thurman.

Updated On: 5/17/18 at 01:33 PM

these awards are a joke lol

All awards are subjective, and ultimately popularity contests. Hey, BroadwayWorld is holding its own Theater Fans' Choice Awards. It's only the voting constituency that changes. And the prizes reflect their distinct tastes. Sometimes, it's critics. Other times, it's Tony voters. Or the public. Or even teenage girls. That's showbiz.

Updated On: 5/17/18 at 02:54 PM

Wayman_Wong said: "All awards are subjective, and ultimately popularity contests. Hey, BroadwayWorld is holding its own Theater Fans' Choice Awards. It's only the voting constituency that changes. And the prizes reflect their distinct tastes. Sometimes, it's critics. Other times, it's Tony voters. Or the public. Or even teenage girls. That's showbiz."



That's a fair point, but the constituency is not the only difference. Consider that the Tony Voters are required to see every eligible production before voting. The same is obviously not true here. People just vote for actors/shows they like without actually being able to compare them to their competitors, or potentially without even seeing the show itself. So the credibility is drastically lower, not because they are teenagers, but because there is no accountability or system in place to allow for more objectivity.

And by the way, I would definitely think BroadwayWorld's awards - I don't consider them exempt from the same criticisms at all. Although I think BroadwayWorld probably has a wider demographic range than Broadway.com.

Very happy and congratulations to Mean Girls for winning this! Despite the tut-tutting and dismissals from elitist snobs, this certainly matters - it gives them a clear sign that there is a group that absolutely appreciates their show, regardless of the views of other, and that's great. Regardless of any of my own opinions on the show, I'm always glad to see a show has a group giving its resounding support for it. Anyone trying to demean this and shoot down the show's voters because they're "just" teenagers, and most certainly because their tastes don't match with what they believe should be the "acceptable" taste, as if their own tastes and qualifications on a subjective medium are somehow superior, are evil elitist snobs who can be safely ignored.

Updated On: 5/17/18 at 08:20 PM

Oak2 said: "Very happy and congratulations to Mean Girls for winning this! Despite the tut-tutting and dismissals from elitist snobs, this certainly matters - it gives them a clear sign that there is a group that absolutely appreciates their show, regardless of the views of other, and that's great. Regardless of any of my own opinions on the show, I'm always glad to see a show has a group giving its resounding support for it. Anyone trying to demean this and shoot down the show's votersbecause they're "just" teenagers, and most certainly because their tastes don't match with what they believe should be the "acceptable" taste,as if their own tastes and qualifications on a subjective medium are somehow superior, are evil elitist snobs who can be safely ignored."



There’s also a group that probably would have voted The Jerry Springer Show as favorite talk show, but it doesn’t make it The Best.

GeorgeandDot said: "I went to vote a few days ago and I clicked out the very second that I saw that Katrina Lenk wasn't nominated.

I can't wait for the Twitter "stans" to cry come Tony day because Mean Girls and SpongeBob were "robbed" just like their beloved Comet."

Only Comet WAS robbed...

UncleCharlie said: "Damn straight. Everyone knows it's Maury "You are NOT the father" Povich. if you don't agree, you're not only wrong but elitist and morally bankrupt."



You forgot “un-American”.

I stand by what I said above, but I do think there are deeper problems in here which are rooted in elitism. Most teenagers -- and in fact most people -- don't really have the time or money to see as many shows as the people on this board do, especially if they live outside of New York (as most human beings do). So naturally people will gravitate toward the shows that are geared toward them, as many young people seem to have done in this case.

As I said above, I DO think that people who see more shows are in a better position to speak with more objectivity (though of course there is no such thing as true objectivity here), because they have more perspective. But we are only able to do that because of immense privilege. And Tony Voters, as I pointed above, are even more qualified to judge shows because they are all in the business, and are comped into every show. But again, that comes with even more privilege. And to ignore that privilege -- and demean people without it -- IS very much elitism. I admit I need reminding of this myself sometimes.

Updated On: 5/17/18 at 08:45 PM