Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album 2018 — Page 2

BroadwayConcierge said: "everythingtaboo said: "I'll be honest, I'm still not over them nominating Kinky Boots again after it winning 3 years earlier."

It was nominated (and won) in 2014 for its Original Broadway Cast Recording. The show, but not the same production, was nominated again last year for its West End Cast Recording. Two different albums!"

Well yes, but was there really anything that substantially different in the producing of it, except that it was recorded live? 

I'm listening to SITPWG as I read and write this!  I'm obsessed with it and would love to see this win the Grammy.  As much as I am gunning for Pasek & Paul to get their EGOT, the recording of DEH doesn't compare to Sunday.    That being said I'd be happy for them to win this as well.

If Comet and Sunday in the Park are edged out of nominations, something's wrong. Dear Evan Hansen will be in there (and likely win) because of Pasek and Paul and the obvious hype factor. Really hoping Dave Malloy gets a Grammy in place of the Tony he should have received. It'd also be kind of beautiful to see Josh Groban get his first Grammy for this show.

Updated On: 11/25/17 at 04:48 PM

Call_me_jorge said: "The Dolly album is just poorly produced"

 

The "Hello, Dolly!" score could be played on a kazoo and recorded with the sound quality of a scratched-up 78 RPM, and it would still be and sound 78 zillion times better than any of the woeful things that the critics throw superlatives at.

Best Musical Theater Album
(For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new recordings. Award to the principle vocalist(s) and the album producer(s) of 51% or more playing time of the album. The lyricist(s) and composer(s) of a new score are eligible for an Award if they have written and/or composed a new score which comprises 51% or more playing time of the album.)

• Come From Away
      Ian Eisendrath, August Eriksmoen, David Hein, David Lai & Irene Sankoff, producers; David Hein & Irene Sankoff, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

• Dear Evan Hansen
      Ben Platt, principal soloist; Alex Lacamoire, Stacey Mindich, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, producers; Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

• Hello, Dolly!
      Bette Midler, principal soloist; Steven Epstein, producer (Jerry Herman, composer & lyricist) (New Broadway Cast Recording)

Whew! What a relief! I'm so thrilled to find that that dreary, etiolated entity called Sunday in the Park With George wasn't nominated. Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day! Truly! 

 

Of course, I'm very glad that Hello, Dolly! was nominated, but those others? There isn't a decent melody between the two of them. I would have liked to see Anastasia and SpongeBob get those slots.

 

Of course, Hello, Dolly! will doubtless lose to the critics' darling of the day --- a sad joke, if ever there was one. But I'm not going to allow that depressing thought to darken my day. Right now, I'm going to revel in the bright sunshine of this morning's good news. 

 

 

 

This is SUCH b.s. I mean we knew the Grammys were b.s. for years now but to have it continually reinforced is REALLY frustrating. Sunday and Comet were the best recordings of the year but what do the nominators actually care.

That principal soloist crap they pulled for Hamilton still makes me so angry.

I'm a little surprise no nomination for Hamilton Mixtape.  At any rate, I didn't figure on Come From Away, but if it sold more copies than Great Comet or Sunday in the Park, then it makes sense.  They're just following their usual format, which is sales-driven.

I really doubt that they nominated Bright Star and Fiddler last year for "sales" reasons...

ChildofEarth said: "Also, while I am overwhelmed with happiness for Come From Away, my heart aches for Dave Malloy. He (and his show) deserved so much more."

Yup. Retweet times a thousand.