Dear Hunter Foster, Meredith Patterson, Chris Sieber and Anyone Else With Internet Access — Page 16

Namo the admin hes talking about is not him

And as vocal as i have been about this (and still am) it would be more constructive talking about the stuff that needs talking about. Foster has some great ideas but stupidly said things he should not have said (nowhere near as bad as what some have said who are involved....im looking at you Chris Sieber) but it's done now. So lets focus on what everyone was talking about Tony night before all this happened...the terrible show, poor producing, awards not been given out on the air, bad reprenation of the season etc etc.

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"One thought that I had a year ago, and I think someone brought it up is to have the Equity awards like the Sag awards. That its a night voted on by the actors. Now, the Sag awards only vote for other actors, but the Equity awards could include everything from best ensemble to best replacement to best book to best dresser if we wanted. Maybe have NY1 televise it or not. All the actors would have to do is vote online and you could have it at a theatre. You could either do that or have everyone who is employed on Broadway in a show at the time (Dressers, stagehands, musicians, etc.) could vote, but that might get complicated. It's an interesting idea and might give the Broadway community a chance to honor itself without the burden of a commercial award show."

Lol. What a lame idea. So all in all what he wants is recognition and attention. Giving a good performance is not in itself good enough, Hunter needs the adulation.
And we all know that the votes would never go to the most deserving, but rather the least known. I mean CZJ is Equity, but based on what I've read she never would have won b/c she's too Hollywood. Never mind the fact that she gave the best performance.
This whole thing reminds me of that song from The Act called "Little Do They Know". Bitter and jealous gypsies bemoaning their fate.

So, who wants to bet that the Foster household is having a coniption right now over the Redgrave/Jones Driving Miss Daisy announcement. Damn you Hollywood!!

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Taz i normally agree with everything you say but this i dont.

I think his idea is actually a good idea, i think quite a few things hes come up with the past 24 hrs have been good. I still disagree with many of his points as i keep saying but he does seem like hes very much about making some positive changes. I think if Foster had not come out so aggresive with remarks about 'To many celebs' or insults to Jones i think many people on here would be behind him.

End of the day Broadway could do with a better platform for their season etc than what the Tony Awards have to offer at the moment.

Oh and a better season would help lol

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I really dont think it has anything to with Hunter wanting a spotlight for him and his wife lol

You maybe right that the group has gone way of track now and the original group descrition etc for the group has done it no favours, but i guess i like to be optomistic. I just think that now everyone has got their feeling out about everything thats happened, it would be nice if as much energy could go in to looking at ways to shake up the Tonys etc

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You really don't think people who work so hard and win something to honours their talents or lifetime achievement and then not even let them collect their award on the telecast is fine?

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I think songanddanceman's judgement has been clouded by the fact that he's been conversing with these "stars" over on that vile group.

Hunter's latest "solution" is nothing more than a masturbatory, self-congratulatory gesture where he and the likes of his wifey can walk the red carpet and act like the "stars" they think they are.

He still didn't address who is going to foot the bill for these Equity Awards of his or why NY1 would opt to air such a thing. He's a dreamer, and logic seems to defy him.

I agree 100% about the lifetime achievement award. But you must admit, songanddance, that has nothing to do with "Give The Tonys Back To Broadway." And yeah, I sure see the "Equity Awards" being a Hunter Foster - Jennifer Cody showcase. It's pretty obvious that they think they run Broadway. They think they ARE Broadway. I don't think they stopped for a second to think about the utter arrogance of that group. It was pretty obvious even seeing her posts on it yesterday. Especially that crap about having "movie stars playing the roles of Broadway stars" and "a cherished Broadway tradition", and having lunch with someone "broadway-style!" She CLEARLY thinks of herself as a Broadway star. To be cherished and celebrated! At next year's Equity Awards! But hey, I admire your optimism.

The "Equity Awards" wouild only be fair if it could be guaranteed that every voter actually saw all the plays. That's easy with the SAG Awards. A SAG card gets you into movies for free at many theatre. Can you imagine a Broadway producer giving comps to every out-of-work actor in NYC so they can vote?

It's a great scam to get free tickets. Sort of like how any schmuck with a blog can call himself a "theatre critic" and try to get comps.

Another problem with the proposed "Equity Awards": How do the people actually in shows go see all the other shows they are supposed to be voting on? It's just a logistical nightmare that would never work.

Did anyone else also find it interesting that (when I could still see what was going on at that site and ridicule it - sigh) Mr. Foster kept referring to the amount of members the group had as proof that he was right? About 9000 now. I couldn't help thinking every time he brought that up that that just means there are a large number of spiteful people out there. I mean, the facebook group praying for President Obama's death is far over a million people. (or at least was - I wonder if that's been shut down yet.) Are we to assume that the amount of people following your group makes it more worthy? Or does it just prove that there are a huge amount of idiots out there?

Updated On: 6/30/10 at 12:00 AM

Has anyone suggested a "Best 'celebrity' performance" Tony yet? Seems like someone should have already.

All these no name actors and actresses reminded me of my favorite line from Grey Gardens,
"You've become the pettiest of creatures,
an actress, without a stage."

Hunter Foster is just trying to save face with the ridiculous "Equity Awards" idea.
What he fails to grasp is that he is not only insulting this years Tony Award winners YET AGAIN but the integrity of the American Theatre Wing and the Tony Awards themselves.
Any actor who has ever won or hopes to win a Tony would never align themselves with these people now.

Apologize & delete the FB group.