#1
Posted: 3/30/10 at 3:53pm
What else could be nominated for Best Musical? Could Idiot win?
Could American Idiot win Best Musical?
#2
Posted: 3/30/10 at 4:03pm
without being opened yet and reviews being written yet, its certainly hard to say. Although, with all the hype i'm betting on it getting a nod along with Fela, Come Fly Away and Memphis.
#3
Posted: 3/30/10 at 4:06pm
Having also seen The Addams Family, Memphis, Fela, and Sondheim on Sondheim, I can easily see American Idiot beating those musicals.
Updated On: 3/30/10 at 04:06 PM
#4
Posted: 3/30/10 at 4:41pm
Sure, I haven't been that impressed with any original musicals this season.
#5
Posted: 3/30/10 at 8:44pm
Another slim year for choices. It should DEFINITELY get a nod.
Win? WAY too early to guess...but of course, it COULD.
Win? WAY too early to guess...but of course, it COULD.
#6
Posted: 3/30/10 at 9:34pm
I have yet to see American Idiot but all the rest have sucked. Fela! was probably the most thought out of all of them and I think my favorite.
#7
Posted: 3/30/10 at 9:42pm
What a crappy season for new musicals.
Only 2 new scores, both extremely flawed. 2 modern dance shows disguised as musical theatre. A revue. And an album.
Hardly the brightest season for the future of musical theatre.
Wish Scottsboro Boys could sneak in but it seems highly unlikely.
Hope Everday Rapture comes in a stirs up the pot a little.
Only 2 new scores, both extremely flawed. 2 modern dance shows disguised as musical theatre. A revue. And an album.
Hardly the brightest season for the future of musical theatre.
Wish Scottsboro Boys could sneak in but it seems highly unlikely.
Hope Everday Rapture comes in a stirs up the pot a little.
"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"
#8
Posted: 3/30/10 at 10:02pm
Edited for bizarre double post.
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Updated On: 3/30/10 at 10:02 PM
#9
Posted: 3/30/10 at 10:12pm
Only 2 new scores, both extremely flawed. 2 modern dance shows disguised as musical theatre. A revue. And an album.
Two albums! American Idiot and Million Dollar Quartet. I honestly would give Burn the Floor a Best Musical nomination over half of the crap in this category this year.
Two albums! American Idiot and Million Dollar Quartet. I honestly would give Burn the Floor a Best Musical nomination over half of the crap in this category this year.
#10
Posted: 3/30/10 at 10:29pm
I've never been able to understand why American Idiot is simply an "album" or a "jukebox musical" when shows like Tommy aren't.
It's a ROCK OPERA, people.
and the answer to your question? Yes! Its main competition would be:
1. An inoffensive, formulaic and competent musical that opened months ago and that most critics inexplicably treated like a crayon drawing their kindergartner posted on the refrigerator.
2. A funky, innovative Afrobeat show that is nonetheless too loosely structured and obscure for road producers to like it.
3. Is it a languid, storyless dance piece or a rowdy bonanza suited for a Vegas showroom? YOU DECIDE. Nobody else seems to be able to.
4. A multimillion dollar-budgeted franchise adaptation with an unbeatable pedigree that nonetheless seems unable to make itself heard.
5. Great singers singing Sondheim songs while he talks on plasma screens behind them.
This is a weak year, but it doesn't matter - American Idiot is exactly the kind of thing the Tonys will eat up. It's commercial but artsy, edgy but familiar, the kind of show that can play in Cleveland and Columbus Circle.
It's a ROCK OPERA, people.
and the answer to your question? Yes! Its main competition would be:
1. An inoffensive, formulaic and competent musical that opened months ago and that most critics inexplicably treated like a crayon drawing their kindergartner posted on the refrigerator.
2. A funky, innovative Afrobeat show that is nonetheless too loosely structured and obscure for road producers to like it.
3. Is it a languid, storyless dance piece or a rowdy bonanza suited for a Vegas showroom? YOU DECIDE. Nobody else seems to be able to.
4. A multimillion dollar-budgeted franchise adaptation with an unbeatable pedigree that nonetheless seems unable to make itself heard.
5. Great singers singing Sondheim songs while he talks on plasma screens behind them.
This is a weak year, but it doesn't matter - American Idiot is exactly the kind of thing the Tonys will eat up. It's commercial but artsy, edgy but familiar, the kind of show that can play in Cleveland and Columbus Circle.
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#11
Posted: 3/30/10 at 10:45pm
so when does the cast cd of american idiot to come out i hope it is soon.
#13
Posted: 3/30/10 at 10:50pm
Why couldn't Catch Me If You Can open this season? 
Though I haven't seen any of the other shows besides CMIYC, I could see that taking best musical and best score (easily the latter).
Though I haven't seen any of the other shows besides CMIYC, I could see that taking best musical and best score (easily the latter). 
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