Jordan, I completely agree with every single word.
I don't know about the rest of you, but this whole misguided and petty affair really disturbs me. I've always thought, and god knows they love to say it, that the Broadway community was welcoming to all, proud of its diverse backgrounds, and extremely altruistic. This is a community that I long to be a part of professionally, that I am working and striving toward as much as a 20-yr-old in acting school can.
And this "movement" completely flies in the face of that.
Hunter Foster, Chris Sieber, and Jen Cody were actors whose work I respected and who I have supported in the past. Not anymore.
It deeply saddens me that there is a facet of the Broadway community that embraces equality,charity, and being welcoming to all- except when it comes time for the accolades and walking down the red carpet. Why are you in this? For the love of the work or the love of recognition?
These "Hollywood actors" (as if all actors weren't the same) were giving some damn good performances- and nearly all were indebted to the theatre, and many consistently work in it. But you guys wouldn't be so quick to lash out at people like Nathan Lane or Kristin Chenoweth, who have had crossover appeal in both screen and stage, would you?
...and I didn't even want CZJ to win the Tony. I was rooting for Sherie.
If they wanted to make a difference they should boycott the Tony Awards. ...but they wouldn't do that, would they?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."