David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters

[Yankeefan007]

David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#1

Posted: 5/27/08 at 11:58am

Now why wasn't CRY-BABY as funny as this column?

http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=566186

[JRybka]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#2

Posted: 5/27/08 at 12:19pm

That was really funny!

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."

[defyingravity11]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#2

Posted: 5/27/08 at 12:43pm

I thought that they ruled against this after the Avenue Q campaign.

[H.Higgins]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#3

Posted: 5/27/08 at 12:44pm

That was really fantastic. Well played!

[jennyish]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#4

Posted: 5/27/08 at 12:47pm

I would still never vote for him.

I chose, and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.

[ljay889]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#5

Posted: 5/27/08 at 12:48pm

You are the 793 smartest, best-looking people in the theater world. (Oh, and greetings to you, Fran and Barry.)

- Why is he greeting Fran and Barry like this??

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#6

Posted: 5/27/08 at 12:49pm

He's probably making a joke?

[Anakela]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#7

Posted: 5/27/08 at 12:50pm

- Why is he greeting Fran and Barry like this??

I think it's a joke? Since there are 795 voters total, 793 + Fran and Barry.

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#8

Posted: 5/27/08 at 1:20pm

Not that funny.

And Rob Ashford should kick him in the shins.

[ljay889]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#9

Posted: 5/27/08 at 1:21pm

Fran and Barry are voters? nice.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#10

Posted: 5/27/08 at 1:27pm

The letter had more life in it than the entire show itself. I love it!

[BustopherPhantom]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#11

Posted: 5/27/08 at 1:42pm

Niice. It's good to know that someone has a sense of humor about the whole process.

"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum

[uncageg]

re: David Javerbaum's Plea to the Tony Voters#12

Posted: 5/27/08 at 2:25pm

Loved the hundreds of viewers comment!

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder