D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards

[Rob]

D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#0

Posted: 5/20/05 at 11:49am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/l.cfm?id=72917

[DAME]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#1

Posted: 5/20/05 at 11:56am

Very Happy for Charlotte. A true broadway trooper.

HUSSY POWER! ------ HUSSY POWER!

[freelancer]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#2

Posted: 5/20/05 at 12:04pm

Hurrah for all us spastic dancers! Norbert - proof that you don't have to be graceful to dance.

"I'm gonna jump straight up, kick a hole in the moon. Don't know exactly where I'm going, but I'm know I'm gonna get there soon." - Jerry Lukowski (Patrick Wilson) in "The Full Monty"

[broadway betty]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#3

Posted: 5/20/05 at 12:24pm

I love that Norbert won this. His "movements" are hysterical! I bet he let out a chuckle when he heard the news. His bookshelf is getting mighty crowded.

"I'm the STAR!"--Daniel Reichard during Glory Daze sound check

[Plum]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#4

Posted: 5/20/05 at 12:57pm

Wha? How on earth did Butz win?

[apdarcey]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#5

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:00pm

that's ridiculous for norbert, great for charlotte.

[Unknown User]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#6

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:13pm

I wonder why Chita didn't win for The Rink? I saw her dance in that show and she was incredible. She always is, but she was very strong.

[MrMidwest]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#7

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:16pm

Can someone tell me somewhere where I can hear what D'Amboise's singing voice sounds like?

"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

[RentBoy86]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#8

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:17pm

You could try "limewire"

[Unknown User]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#9

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:21pm

Speaking of Charlotte. Does anyone remember her dance tribute to her dad at his Kennedy Center Honors? She did a fun choreography with her brother and I think it was to the music of "Let's Misbehave."

[NBC]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#10

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:40pm

D'Amboise is on the Jerome Robbins' Broadway cast recording, singing the Peter Pan and Anita roles...and she sings a bit on You Could Drive a Person Crazy on the 1995 Company revival cd.

She is more of a dancer who sings, though, than vice versa.

"I cried during the Frug." - MC

[timote316]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#11

Posted: 5/20/05 at 1:58pm

I have three letters concerning both:

YAY for Charlotte
WTF? for Norbert

Either way, good for the both of them. I think Norbert is going to need a new display case after his run is over.

[ShuQ]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#12

Posted: 5/20/05 at 2:00pm

I think it's really hilarious that Norbert won. But really, out of this season, who else is going to get it?

And I truly think that is an awesome way to acknowledge Charlotte, she definitely deserves it. It's too bad she can't get a Tony...

[Plum]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#13

Posted: 5/20/05 at 2:05pm

ShuQ- why not give it to one of the Cagelles or something? And if they chose not to give a choreographer award, they can choose not to give it to a male dancer, either. Butz had a lot of movement, but I think Lithgow danced more than him in DRS.

[apdarcey]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#14

Posted: 5/20/05 at 2:31pm

i think giving it someone like andy pellick would have been a completely valid, and better choice.

[mikem]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#15

Posted: 5/20/05 at 2:51pm

I loved Norbert in DRS, but I have to agree that it's astonishing that anyone thinks that he performed any dancing worthy of an award. It says something about the state of dancing on Broadway today that I can't think of any other viable options for either male or female dancer. (I agree that the collective Cagelles award would have made more sense -- I wonder if the committee had thought of that.)

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[Unknown User]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#16

Posted: 5/20/05 at 3:08pm

i havent seen DRS, but I wasnt under the impression there was a lot of dance in it?? I wouldve expected someone from La Cage too.

[apdarcey]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#17

Posted: 5/20/05 at 3:12pm

wait, i just reread the article and does everyone realize that charlotte didn't win best female dancer? they generally have three awards:
best choreographer
best male dancer
best female dancer

the only one of those three that they gave out this year was best male dancer and it was to norbert! charlotte got a special honor award acknowledging her benefitting broadway during the 2004-2005 season (playing roxie and charity)... but she didn't get female dancer. i mean last year they gave it to kathleen marshall, hugh jackman and donna murphy, all deserving. this year they only give one and it's to norbert? give me a break. jerry mitchell and his cagelles deserve this more than anyone else mentioned. this is bs.

[neelyohara]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#18

Posted: 5/20/05 at 3:36pm

YAY for Charlotte.

Not today, Geraldine.

[Plum]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#19

Posted: 5/20/05 at 3:52pm

Oh wow. The only "dancer" they saw as worthy of an award was Butz? I mean, really? He did a lot of jumping around in "Great Big Stuff" and "All About Ruprecht" and maybe some dancing in "Dirty Rotten Number," but for heaven's sake he spent a good portion of Act II in a wheelchair. At least Lithgow had "The More We Dance"; give the award to him.
Updated On: 5/20/05 at 03:52 PM

[WickedOne2]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#20

Posted: 5/20/05 at 4:02pm

Believe it or not, DRS has a lot of dancing it it... and it was choreographed by Jerry Mitchell. Most of the dancing is done by the ensemble, although Norbert and Sherie and Norbert and John have some great dance numbers. I was kind of surprised about Norbert's nomination, but he had such great physical comedy that must have something to do with it.

"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe

[apdarcey]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#21

Posted: 5/20/05 at 4:07pm

i know, but wickedone, then they should have rewarded mitchell (for both la cage and drs this season!) or the ensemble. i've seen the show, and norbert does not qualify as best male dancer on broadway 2004-2005. especially compared to others on broadway, others in his show! (both john and greg do more dancing than norbert) and past recipients (his performance does not stand near ones in recent memory, dance-wise!)... it is ludicrous. and not giving out any female awards? i mean, surely christina applegate is not the best dancer on broadway, but she's sure doing a hell of a lot more than norbert leo butz.

now i do think he should win the tony, but this award is ridiculous. give it to someone who actually dances.

[justme2]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#22

Posted: 5/20/05 at 4:12pm

Why would they NOT give a choreographer award? I agree with apdarcey that Jerry Mitchell would certainly have been a possibility.

Is this a case of the committee having to agree that the choregraphy was so absolutely stunning that it deserves to be called out, and they don't feel that Mitchell's choreography was of that caliber?

"My dreams, watching me said, one to the other...this life has let us down."

[apdarcey]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#23

Posted: 5/20/05 at 4:14pm

it's a case of a committee not wanting to recognize a production they deemed not great. they only thought la cage was ok. thus they take away all merits it deserves.

[apdarcey]

re: D'Amboise and Butz Win 2005 TDF / Astaire Awards#24

Posted: 5/20/05 at 4:17pm

really, i'm very irrationally upset about this. especially after i read that charlotte's wasn't even the real award, it was just a little special mention. if they had given her the real award i would've said ok. but no. they decided the only person qualified to receive an astaire award was someone that doesn't even dance in his current show. that is just an insult to every single dancer and choreographer on broadway past or present. i'm really disgusted in this.