How did "Wicked" lose Best Musical to a show about puppets? — Page 4

the one award wicked didn't win that it really deserved to win was best lighting design.

Updated On: 6/3/08 at 01:41 PM

his attempts at getting laughs and attention is really getting old. he's not doing the best job at getting laughs.

'Avenue Q is NOT a show about puppets. It's a show in which some of the characters are played by puppets." So true. There is more heart and soul in the song "There's a Fine, Fine Line" then there is in the entirety of "Defying Gravity" sequence.

I just saw Avenue Q for the second time a couple of days ago. This time, the tour instead of the original Broadway cast. And it reminded me exactly why the show won Best Musical. It is ingenious. The concept was so unique and original for Broadway and the show is brilliantly constructed. To say it is just "a parody of Sesame Street" or to sum it up as a "show about puppets" is to completely ignore the content, writing, staging and performances.

I've seen Wicked three times and it is fun. It has some great songs (and some clunkers) and it is visually exciting (but slow and dull in places). But it is a typical dramatic musical spectacle. The structure and score are standard book musical fare and while it is undeniably popular, it simply wasn't the best musical that year. Critics agreed. The best musical isn't always the most popular and vice-versa. Sometimes it happens.

But at least we're bringing up relevent new topics for dicussion that could never have been brought up on a previous thead where it may have already been discussed for the 500th time in the last 4-and-a-half years.

It had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the original novel!

Actually, it does. It just doesn't follow the novel very closely.

PS - There is no such thing as "should of". It's "should've", which is a contraction for "should have". "Should of" has absolutely no meaning whatsoever.

Any bets on when some moron is going to bitch about "confessa" because they listened to their stupid friends instead of the actual lyrics?

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Updated On: 6/3/08 at 05:36 PM

WICKED is good and all, but AVENUE Q has a way better book and is overall suprior.

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TooDarnHot, if you're going to act like such a pompous jackass, spell my name right at least, ! Shame!

"But as broadway enthusiasts we need to respect everyones opinions and accept that while Wicked may not have won the Tony award, it is still a great show."

I see no reason why we have to accept Wicked as a "great show" just because we are broadway enthusiasts. I will accept it as a good show, a bit mediocre, but far from great.

Really, Spamalot winning Best Musical was a much bigger upset in my eyes.

Caroline and Piazza were both ROBBED.

Wicked is a spoof...of the original novel lol

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I wouldn't consider the Four Seasons' music "rock". I'm assuming you mean Spring Awakening, but that won the 2007 Best Musical Tony. The Color Purple lost Best Musical to Jersey Boys in 2006.

And Drowsy should have won, but that's besides the point.

LOL. Yep. Wicked's score is just so intellectual and dramatic.

It's more fluff than AVENUE Q.

Serious does not automatically equal good.

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