Broadway.com Awards...Ugh- Page 2

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 9:06pm

Harry's pecks won. LOL!

Corine, maybe your lack of success with men is attribruted to your inability to correctly identify key parts of the male anatomy. It's pecs. See, pec is short for pectoral. Peck is what a loud bird does to release her frustration. Hmm...

The "uhg" happened for me when Orfeh didn't get a nomination for Diva performance.

I loved TRAILER PARK too, but come on, it was open for what, 3 weeks? I don't think too many of the 14 year old kids in Kansas happened to be sitting in the audience at Dodger Stages during that short period of time. Not to mention that the actress that had the TRAILER PARK audience in the palm of her hand was Leslie Kritzer. The only reason SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE won Off-Broadway Musical was because Idina was in it. The Best Off-Broadway Musical this year was [title of show]. I would call Sarah Jones' turn the Best Diva Performance of this year.

Updated On: 6/6/06 at 09:06 PM

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 9:10pm

Winners of the Broadway.com Audience Awards:

Favorite New Broadway Musical
The Color Purple

Favorite New Broadway Play
The History Boys

Favorite Broadway Musical Revival
Sweeney Todd

Favorite Broadway Play Revival
The Odd Couple

Favorite New Off-Broadway Musical
See What I Wanna See

Favorite New Off-Broadway Play
Dog Sees God

Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Musical
Harry Connick, Jr., The Pajama Game

Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Musical
LaChanze, The Color Purple

Favorite Leading Actor in a Broadway Play
Ralph Fiennes, Faith Healer

Favorite Leading Actress in a Broadway Play
Julia Roberts, Three Days of Rain

Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Musical
Manoel Felciano, Sweeney Todd

Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Musical
Felicia P. Fields, The Color Purple

Favorite Featured Actor in a Broadway Play
Bradley Cooper, Three Days of Rain

Favorite Featured Actress in a Broadway Play
Cherry Jones, Faith Healer

Favorite Diva Performance
LaChanze, The Color Purple

Favorite Solo Performance
Sarah Jones, Bridge & Tunnel

Favorite Onstage Pair
Michael Cerveris & Patti LuPone, Sweeney Todd

Favorite Ensemble Cast
Sweeney Todd

Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Male)
John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys

Favorite Breakthrough Performance (Female)
Felicia P. Fields, The Color Purple

Favorite Replacement (Male)
Ben Vereen, Wicked

Favorite Replacement (Female)
Eden Espinosa, Wicked

Favorite New Broadway Song
"Show Off," The Drowsy Chaperone

Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show
Wicked

Favorite Long-Running Off-Broadway Show
Altar Boyz

Shows with Multiple Wins:
The Color Purple - 5
Sweeney Todd - 4
Wicked - 3
Faith Healer - 2
Three Days of Rain - 2

http://www.broadway.com/Gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=530557

Updated On: 6/6/06 at 09:10 PM

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 9:23pm

Wow, I'm pretty pleased with the results--yaay for Color Purple, La Chanze, Felicia Fields, JLY in one category, and See What I Wanna See.

[MOXIEINTHECITY]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 9:26pm

These winners are very People's Choice Awards-ish.
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[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 10:44pm

These awards are the Peoples Choice Awards for Broadway. Meaning they are a total joke and carry no weight to anyone who matters.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:33pm

W..T..F..

Favorite Long-Running Broadway Show
Wicked

I just died right there...

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:41pm

You mean you honestly couldn't have predicted that?

[musicalfandukie]

Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:47pm

wicked has won that award ever since it opened so no suprise there and the fact that it's still probably the most popular show on broadway should tell you it might win. as for the color purple i think it's awesome it won. people say it's overated but what honestly came out better than it this year besides Droswy?? and there both 2 completely different shows.
Updated On: 6/6/06 at 11:47 PM

[bella cantato]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 12:25am

"Bree, there was that and the fact that now see what I wanna see won instead of (far worthier IMO), Trailer Park. You just know those crazy "you know who" fans sat around all day and slammed the site with votes. Good show, but far from the best. "

Right, I'm sure that made an impact, since you could only vote once per screen name and multiple votes from the same computer were also disincluded.

[LumBabsFan]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 12:36am

Can someone just please explain to me HOW they define "long runner"? I mean, yeah, these days 1 yr is great for a show, 2 years is wonderful. But I thought long runner meant more in the double digits, like Phantom, Rent and B&B? IMO, Wicked is just NOT a long runner.

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 12:43am

I threw up in my mouth a little at Ben Vereen. How did he beat Aaron Lazar?!

[FosterChild]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 1:47am

How would you define long-runner, Lum? I don't think one year sounds right, but two plus seems valid. Very few shows get to that point.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 1:51am

I HATED Ben Vereen in Wicked.
Sigh.

[ruprecht]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 1:52am

Doesn't whoever's playing Elphaba win every year? I guess Julia Murney will get one in 2007.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 2:08am

I think that most people voted for Julia Roberts because it was the only actress they knew. The same about Wicked.

[ruprecht]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 2:12am

Then how would Mano Feliciano win?!?

[LumBabsFan]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 2:17am

Foster - yeah, I agree, 1 year isn't enough. Apologies if I came across wrong there. I don't know, maybe my standards for a long runner are high, but seems like Wicked beats out the double digit shows every year. I love B&B, but I don't expect it to win favorite (I know I'm a minority LOL). But Phantom and Rent, IMO, at LEAST deserve a higher chance than Wicked. Like I said, my standards may be too high, but the true long runners are those who have survived for a VERY long time.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 2:17am

The "best supporting actor in a musical" category was pretty much actors who are not big stars. It didn't feature any huge Hollywood celebrity.

[FosterChild]

Posted: 6/7/06 at 8:55am

Wanna Be A Foster,

The only reason Leslie Kritzer had the "Trailer Park" audience eating out of the palm of her hand is because the she had BOTH of her hands around their necks demanding it. I haven't seen scenery chewing like that since... well, Beth Leavel in "The Drowsy Chaperone"!!! Those two fall into the "Do Not Work Well With Others" category.