Grey Gardens was robbed!! — Page 2

GG deserved best book, IMO. (Score, too, but I was willing to sacrifice that one to the mediocre, oft-described as "innovative" SA. It's not that innovative-it does remind me of "Rent". We've been there, done that.)
I really am so happy for MLW and particularly Christine Ebersole right now, though. They both deserved their wins. (In featured actress in a musical, MLW had some competition from Ziemba and Orfeh. Both were serious competition.)

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spring awakening = dog crap.

Grey Gardens = masterpeice.

I saw them both in the same day.

at 2:00 I thought SA was some kind of joke and it made me loose brain cells, of which I have so few already.

then at 8:00 I was actually taken somewhere and moved.



Hey SA fans I have a question!!??

do the audience members (now that it is so popular) still laugh at its awkward moments? or do they pretend along with the teens in the house? cause when I saw it everyone laughed at the gay scene, and I thought it was a shame that the director would allow such a huge digression like that.

I like SPRING AWAKENING, I would never want to see it again or anything, but I do support it and am glad it fared well.

But yes, GREY GARDENS definitely deserved book over SPRING AWAKENING, as well as maybe something like orchestrations.

I wouldn't say GREY GARDENS was robbed, but when SPRING gets 8 Tonys, and the musical with the next most awards gets 3...something is a little wrong, haha.

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It just goes to show what We know.
I was as confident as anyone Grey Gardens was going to do well last night.
Spring Awakening stole its thunder to all our suprise,but the judges have spoken, it is done.
In the past I have disputed judgments by the voters and while I am not passionate about this will say it is not supriseing.

Updated On: 6/11/07 at 01:14 PM

While I do agree that Grey Gardens deserved many of the awards it didn't recieve, after the first 30 minutes it was painfully obvious that Spring Awakening was going to sweep.

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BUT Spring Awakening DIDN'T sweep lol. It lost 3 awards. So we can't say it made a sweep.

Updated On: 6/11/07 at 01:30 PM

Mary Louise Wilson is 75 and deserved the Tony, if for not giving a great performance, which I think she did, but also for life achievement. I think Grey Gardens is a very important musical. The script and score are so brilliant, because it's such an odd show, but so brilliantly conceived. I wish I cared about Spring Awakening, but frankly, it simply doesn't interest me. I've been through horny adolescence and don't need to relive it.

I agree completely. I also want to add that GG has touched my life profoundly and changed it. It is a rare thing to have a musical do that-it takes you on a journey of self-exploration. Very powerful stuff.
And Christine Ebersole deserved her award as much as Mary Louise Wilson-she gave Edith a voice and Edie a soul. Amazing performance. Can't wait to see it again.
Do wish it'd gotten more recognition, particularly because I failed to connect with SA in much the same way as you, piercemn.

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Normally I find random bumping of 10+ year-old threads odd...but, with the time we’re living in and the fact that Grey Gardens was truly robbed and underrated, I have no choice but to wholeheartedly agree.

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You’re most definitely wrong.

I’m more disappointed that the announced West End production never materialized.

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I think Spring Awakening deserved both music awards although Gardens has incredible lyrics.