Broadway.com's All Shook Up Tony Mistake

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Broadway.com's All Shook Up Tony Mistake

Posted: 5/10/05 at 5:28pm

In Broadway.com's article on the tony nominations they list the productions that did not recieve a single nomination and they fail to mention All Shook Up's lack of nominations (much to my suprise)! Did anyone else notice this?

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re: Broadway.com's All Shook Up Tony Mistake

Posted: 5/10/05 at 5:33pm

good eye.
i cant believe ASU didnt get any

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 5:39pm

Cheyenne didnt get a nod?!

#4

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 5:39pm

Nope.

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#5

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 5:45pm

I'm surprised David Rockwell didn't get a nomination for his All Shook Up set...oh wait he did...a few years ago. It was called Hairspray.

Just kidding. David Rockwell is an idol of mine.

Akiva

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 5:46pm

If they deserved anything, it was lead actor and orchestrations. I really thought they could've had a chance of winning for orchestrations.

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 6:30pm

I also noticed this immediately. I thought Jackson and or the girl (sorry) MIGHT get nominated, but from what I hear, I really thought they would have got a scenic design nom and possible orchestration.

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 6:31pm

Jenn Gambatese.

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#9

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 6:35pm

I wanted Cheyenne and Jenn to get nominated!
Or All Shook Up to get something!!!!!!!!!

I'm so sad!

#10

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 6:40pm

Am I the only person who thought that show didn't deserve anything? Honestly, I thought it was awful when I saw it. I can't see any of its appeal.

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 9:42pm

According to Variety, the Tony nominators wanted to "send a message" to jukebox musicals. Shame on them. All reports indicate that Cheyenne Jackson gave a Tony-worthy performance, and to ignore him is a slap in the face to all the people who labored hard to create this show. So what if the songs aren't original. Everything else is: book, performances, direction, choregraphy, sets, lighting, costumes, orchestrations. Ignore Good Vibrations, fine. It got unanimous bad reviews. But All Shook Up certainly deserved some recognition by the Tonys.

#12

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 9:46pm

I liked the choreography quite a bit.

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 9:51pm

I loved the orchestrations. "Cant help falling in love" sounded great especially.

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 11:30pm

While Jenn and Cheyenne are both excellent, I'm not surprised neither got a nod because the competition is quite stiff this year. But I thought the set design was one of the best I had seen in a long time. The way they showed movement, and the final chapel set. I thought they were a shoo-in for a nom. And the orchestrations and choreography were wuite good as well. There probably is some truth to the variety article...

#15

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 11:36pm

Man its like they want to pretend ASU doesn't even exist...

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Posted: 5/10/05 at 11:51pm

I visited the ASU website today, and "Can't Help..." sounded great, even on the poor quality clip they had playing in the background.

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re: Broadway.com's All Shook Up Tony Mistake

Posted: 5/10/05 at 11:58pm

I realized last night that they weren't going to get anything...and I mean ANYTHING.

I was happy when I saw the article in Variety because it explained why I realized they weren't going to get any recognition. It sucks, but it's the truth. They wanted to send a message and they did.

You don't want to nominate it for Best Musical...fine. But I honestly think All Shook Up is more-than worthy of at least one nomination, let alone an actual award. I can understand them wanting to poo on the fact that it's a jukebox musical, but they couldn't even give it a nom for sets?

Say what you want about the show because it's a jukebox musical, but the sets are completely independent of that fact. I didn't see Pacific Overtures and I haven't seen Piazza yet, but I defintely think ASU's sets were better than Spamalot's.

Sigh. Politics...

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Posted: 5/11/05 at 12:19am

Watch "All Shook Up" will be around for alot longer than some of the shows nominated.

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#19

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Posted: 5/11/05 at 12:27am

I loved it! And i was keeping my fingers crossed for Sharon Wilkins...but oh well. I'll keep rooting for them

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Posted: 5/11/05 at 12:47am

"Watch "All Shook Up" will be around for alot longer than some of the shows nominated."

And what a shame that is if this prophecy comes true.

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Posted: 5/11/05 at 1:30am

well, as much as i was hoping to see at least a performance of this show on the tonys or at least SOMEWHERE! I'm eagerly awaiting the release of the cast recording!

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Posted: 5/11/05 at 1:36am

I can't wait for the cast recording! Are they going to do a CD signing party?

#23

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Posted: 5/11/05 at 8:16am

Cheyenne is wonderful, he absolutely deserved recognition.

John Lithgow did NOT need another undeserved nomination. (Anyone else still angry that he not only STOLE a nomination from Hunter Foster for Urinetown and ended up winning that Tony for his lousy 'Sweet Smell of Success' performance?) Grr...

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Posted: 5/11/05 at 8:23am

While I wouldn't go as far as saying this show was terrible, I will say I wholeheartedly agree with the reviews that said it was average. It frustrated me as I saw it midway through previews and it fell short of being total mindless fun, but only just. It kept threatening to break out into being a song and dance extravaganza and then it never did. Shame.

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#25

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Posted: 5/11/05 at 10:23am

The stuff shirts @ the nominating committee probably thinks ASU is not worthy of Broadway as it is not lofty enough & all is does is entertain. We see it Sunday & I guarantee if we see Bee we will enjoy ASU much more

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