Brooklyn Beats the Critics — Page 2

There is NO WAY POSSIBLE it could get up for best musical, as much as I would like it to.

The nominees will be:

Spamalot
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Light in the Piazza
Little Women
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Brooklyn would probably be next or even All Shook Up, but only 4 shows can get nominated. Brooklyn would probably be nominated before Good Vibrations and Dracula however.

EDIT: melissa errico fan beat me to it!

Updated On: 1/22/05 at 08:39 PM

Benzy-

You're still right, even though I beat you.

After all, you're a Broadway Star and I'm just an understudy.

how quickly we forget DRACULA. even though I liked it...

Cats, I remembered DRACULA. I just thought it would be good taste not to mention it.

And I've heard lots of negative feedback about CHITTY and I'm sure it's all true, but you never know with the Tony committee when it comes to really expensive shows like that. If the reviews really slam it then it's out and Little Women is in, but if reviews are mixed (as Little Women's probably will be on Monday) then what the committee decides to do in May could be really interesting.

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Updated On: 1/22/05 at 08:57 PM

Is CHITTY really only a $12 million dollar musical? In today's scheme of things, that number sounds low to me.

Of course, you may be correct, Margo, I have no idea. (And before anyone says "What does it matter?" let me paraphrase my favorite quote from Thomas Mann: "Art is only interesting when examined obsessively.")

Brooklyn Beats The Critics...

They pummeled critics and audiences with their insipid music, awful story line and community theater hysterical performers.

I say sue.

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Wow..thanks for the laugh Mr. Tuttle. I needed a laugh to take my mind off of shoveling the mountains of snow that are accumulating outside.

I cannot WAIT for Light in the Piazza :)

I love all the performers especially Sarah Uriarte Berry.. is her role big enough to qualify for supporting actress if she is good enough?

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. READ NO FURTHER IF YOU HAVE THE DESIRE TO BE SURPRISED ABOUT THE BASIC PLOT ELEMENTS THAT EVERYONE AND THEIR SISTER WILL KNOW BEFORE SEEING THE SHOW.

PIAZZA is about a girl and her mother touring Italy. The girl, who at first you think is 14 or 15, turns out to be a 24 year old woman with a learning disability that gives her the mind of a child. The mother is suffering through a miserable marriage, and has run away to Italy to get away from an abusive husband. Clara, the girl, falls in love with an Italian, Fabrizio, who also falls in love with her. The musical is about the resolution of these characters: Margaret, the mother, who claims to want the best for her mentally slow child, but who in reality really wants to hold onto her and keep her a child because she will have nothing left if Clara leaves; Clara, who IS a child, mentally, and just wants to be loved; and Fabrizio and his Italian family, who want various and sundry other things, like starring in the final season of The Sopranos on HBO. Wait, I made that last part up. But you get the gist.

Updated On: 1/22/05 at 10:36 PM

"Actually, I would be interested in a debate the day AFTER the Tonys, IF you bring the $1 million ..... in cash."

This quote was from Margo...I was directed here for a Piazza synopsis and saw that...

not tryin' to open old wounds or stir anything up, I just think it's kinda funny...cause now it is the day after the Tony's and that's from like, I dunno, January...

oh how time flies

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