Fun home or an American in Paris?
Fun home or an American in Paris?
Xxxbroadway
Swing Joined: 10/25/14
#2Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 6:23pm
Both have a great shot, but I'm rooting for American in Paris.
#2Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 6:33pm
Fun Home. A lot of broadway reviewers on youtube thought American in Paris is boring.
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#3Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 7:02pm
Youtubers' opinions are definitely the way to swing it!
#4Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 7:03pm
I personally hope and think it will be Fun Home.
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#5Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 7:05pm
P.S. - are we now ruling out Something Rotten! completely?
#6Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 7:24pm
"P.S. - are we now ruling out Something Rotten! completely?"
I personally think it will boil down to Fun Home v. Something Rotten. But deep down I'm rooting for "The Visit", but I know it's 1 in a million that it would win.
#7Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 7:41pm
Fun Home
http://www.goldderby.com/awardshows/experts/tony-awards-2015/musical.html
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#8Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 7:50pm
My vote goes to American in Paris.
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#9Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 7:55pm
I think this is the first year ever that I wouldn't mind if any of the four nominated musicals won. Each of them was wonderful in it's own way. I hope either "Fun Home" or "The Visit" wins because it will help their ticket sales. "An American in Paris" and "Something Rotten" will do just fine without winning.
#10Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 8:01pm
Greased Lightning, to be clear, I was just expressing my opinion between the two options presented. My personal preference would be in this order:
1. The Visit
2. Something Rotten
3. An American in Paris
4. Fun Home
ebontoyan
Broadway Star Joined: 9/22/14
#12Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 8:18pm
I am rooting for Something Rotten or American in Paris
Updated On: 5/12/15 at 08:18 PM
#13Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 9:04pm
If you are talking about just best musical then I'm rooting for fun home, but if your talking in general I'm not rooting for either. King and I all the way ecspecially for best actress!
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GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#14Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 9:26pm
^ Except we're not talking about King & I, so...
ebontoyan
Broadway Star Joined: 9/22/14
#15Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 9:49pm
King & I is a nominee for Best Musical Revival...I am rooting for On the Twentieth Century for that category
GreasedLightning
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/11/14
#16Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 9:52pm
And this thread is discussing Best Musical nominees, specifically Fun Home and An American In Paris. Or am I lost?
#17Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 9:55pm
Jorge
King & I best revival as well for me
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#19Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 11:18pm
Fun Home will add to the literature of great musicals. Fun Home widens the scope of what constitutes a Broadway Musical. Fun Home tells a new kind of story with great skill and nuance.
But at An American in Paris, I had tears streaming down my face, it was so lovely.
It's another year where a very special small work is in competition with a big-hearted spectacle of a show. My brain is all for Fun Home, but my heart is with AAIP.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS for the win.
Curious3
Understudy Joined: 11/14/14
#20Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 11:21pm
It's almost "criminal" that these shows must compete against each other, this is an example of why awards are so absurd. But since the awards exist I vote big time for An American in Paris.
#21Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 11:35pm
"Fun Home
http://www.goldderby.com/awardshows/experts/tony-awards-2015/musical.html
"
these predictions have AMERICAN IN PARIS winning 7-4. And SOMETHING ROTTEN is the dark horse this year. On the other hand, THE VISIT has 0% chance of winning.
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#22Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 11:38pm
"Fun Home is the far superior show."
I very much disagree. I'm not saying American in Paris is superior, but the shows are SO different. You can say that you enjoyed one far more than the other, but you cannot say that one is far superior to the other. American in Paris is a directorial masterpiece as far as I'm concerned, and I hope Wheeldon beats out Sam Gold.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/24/12
#23Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/12/15 at 11:42pm
Well, between those two: An American in Paris!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#24Fun home or an American in Paris?
Posted: 5/13/15 at 12:16am
Audiences have all sorts of reasons for seeing or not seeing any given show, all of which they're entitled to. Some may be ill-informed, some may be prejudiced, but it's their money and they can spend it however they want to.
On the other hand, I hope Tony voters are able to set aside any lesbianphobia if it's knocking around in their brains and coming out their mouths as, "It's just not something I'm interested in."
To borrow an earlier catchphrase: Alison Bechdel, there's never been a musical like her.
Also, I will personally never forgive Craig Lucas if his movie-to-stage adaptation wins.
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Updated On: 5/13/15 at 12:16 AM
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