How would YOU have voted in 1991?- Page 2
How would YOU have voted in 1991?
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#25re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:16am
Can't decide on Best Musical - but it would NOT have been Will Rogers.
Secret Garden definitely should have won Best Score. Cy Colemaqn had just won the previous year for City of Angels (which DID deserve it), but the Will Rogewrs score is bland and unoriginal.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#26re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:20amI have never seen WRF so I can't take that into consideration. I would have a hard time choosing between Once on this Island and Secret Garden. I think they are both good musicals. So I would have to give the award to both.
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#27re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 9:23am
Best Musical: Miss Saigon
Best Score: The Secret Garden
Best Book: Will Rogers.
I don't think 'Once On This Island' has the best components compared to the other shows, but I think it's a strong show. But taken piece by piece, I'd pick the others and I thought 'Saigon,' although sloppy in a couple points was the best of the big London shows.
#28re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:30amBest musical: The Secret Garden!
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"Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his d!ck in...ex's getting std's...schadenfruede" ~ Ave Q
"when dangers near, exploit their fear" ~ Reefer Madness the Musical
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#29re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:49amOOTI
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#30re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 11:58amMiss Saigon
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
#31re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 12:07pmMy vote is probably a little skewed since I'm going to be playing Archibald Craven soon, but my vote would be for The Secret Garden.
"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you." - Rita Mae Brown
#33re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 12:12pm
Though it is a difficult choice, I would still choose Will Rogers Follies. The Broadway production was quite amazing. The concept was genius and spectacularly executed in staging, book, and score. The choreography and direction were genius. It has continued to have a life in regional and dinner theatres.
I do find Once on This Island to be a close runner-up, but it did have its weak spots in the score and choreography.
The Secret Garden definitely deserved Best Score that season.
Miss Saigon had gorgeous music, but dreadful lyrics. It was an exciting show to watch, but its over-the-top melodramatic book left me somewhat empty in the end.
Another tough year was 1993. Kiss of the Spider Woman and Tommy were neck-and-neck for awards while Blood Brothers went unnoticed. I think The Goodbye Girl was thrown in as a nod to the heavy-hitters involved (and the only other qualifying musicals being Anna Karenina, Ain't Broadway Grand and My Favorite Year).
I was really rooting for Tommy or Blood Brothers for Best Musical. I love the score to Kiss of the Spider Woman, but I thought the staging was a mess. With all the bars, projections and lasers, I had a difficult time seeing the actors. I never felt as emotionally connected to the show as with Tommy or Blood Brothers. In fact, Kiss of the Spider Woman seemed to isolate its audience rather than embrace them.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#34re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 12:33pmTrust me, being in 'Secret Garden' will only reaffirm that it shouldn't have won. Great score, slid-shod show.
#35re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 2:00pmInteresting opinion John -- I think SG had some of the most lush and wonderful staging that was enhanced by the score and book -- I still get chills at the end of act one when Mary finds the key and opens the door....
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#36re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 2:23pm
Although I love me some Once On This Island (having also been in the show myself), Miss Saigon was the first show I ever saw on Broadway for my 7th birthday. It holds a special play in my heart, not to mention its a kickass show.
My vote----MISS SAIGON
MusicalDirector109
Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/03
#38re: how would you have voted in 1991?
Posted: 9/2/04 at 6:24pm"The Secret Garden"- an all around great show
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