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Hunter Foster creates "Give the Tonys back to BROADWAY" campaign
broadwayworldreader
Stand-by Joined: 7/6/09
#275Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 6:54pmI'm still laughing about the post on the first page where someone said that Katie Holmes got snubbed by the Tony Commitee. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
#276Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 6:55pm
How ****ings stupid.
Get a grip, Hunter. I used to enjoy you, but this makes me want to hit the ceiling.
#277Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 6:56pm
Most of the comments seem to have been made by actors that haven't gotten work on Broadway in quite some time (excluding Sieber, who works fairly consistently).
Can you say BITTER?
#278Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:00pm
"She also won a share of the pre-cursor awards. "
actually she split most of them with montego.
#279Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:01pmWhich still means she won.
massofmen
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/10/04
#280Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:02pmthis is why i love this "sight" :)
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#281Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:03pm
This just in: Kate Winslet has announced that she will not be playing Lady Macbeth in the Roundabout's upcoming revival of Shakespeare's tragedy MACBETH. In her Chelsea home a tearful and humbled Winslett was quoted as saying, "I didn't realize how inappropriate I was to be doing such a thing. I don't know what I was thinking. Honestly, it was Hunter's Facebook campaign that really made me see the light...this is a part that should be played by a theatre actress, not some dumb Hollywood blonde like me."
Todd Haines, Artistic Director of the Roundabout Theatre and world-class starf**ker issued a statement: "It is a sad day here at the Roundabout. We are very disappointed to hear about Ms. Winslett's departure from this project. But it's Hunter's Facebook campaign that has really made us see the truth about what kind of actors we need to be hiring." Haines went on to say he was so impressed by the monumental Facebook tantrum, that he is now in talks for the MACBETH production to go forward starring Mr. Hunter as the titular role and his sibling Sutton Foster as Lady Macbeth. "We think the incest angle will bring out some new colors in this classic text," Haimes said.
#282Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:08pmI'd sell Jen Cody into white slavery to see Kate Winslet as Lady Macbeth.
#283Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:09pm
just wanted to point it out, because upon reading that it seemed like that person was saying she won them outright. Which caused me to have to look them up. Semantics, i know. But i found it important.
"Most of the comments seem to have been made by actors that haven't gotten work on Broadway in quite some time (excluding Sieber, who works fairly consistently).
Can you say BITTER?"
Very possible that some of them are bitter. But there arent enough broadway gigs to go around WITHOUT stunt casting. Let alone with. I can see both sides of this coin.
#284Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:15pmI joined that page, but how quickly things got out of hand. And how sad it makes me to see Broadway performers shredding some of their Broadway counterparts because they're not American.
#285Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:19pmI was not forgetting that Ms. Glover shared a number of those awards. I was merely focusing on the fact that Catherine won them. The Best Actress in a Musical race was thought to be between CZJ and Glover. Thus, the shock (and libel) over either having won is just foolish.
#286Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:19pm
The whole thing infuriates me. Not all celebrity casting is "stunt" casting. Some of the finest and most memorable performances I have ever seen are courtesy of "celebrities."
Without star power, some shows would NEVER be seen by the masses. Think of how many people first experience live theatre due to the casting of a celebrity. And this is bad for the industry HOW?
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#287Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:20pmAll too ironic for someone who once played Victor Frankenstein.
#288Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:21pmMy big question for these "actors" is: What will they do when they are cast in a show with a star in it? Will they suddenly love stars on broadway because they are keeping them employed?
#289Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:22pmAnd who is currently on the boards in a second rate musical without an ounce of originality.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#290Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:24pmI am just appalled by that group. Are they so closed minded and into themselves as all that? Stupid..
#292Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:51pm
"The whole thing infuriates me. Not all celebrity casting is "stunt" casting. Some of the finest and most memorable performances I have ever seen are courtesy of "celebrities."
Without star power, some shows would NEVER be seen by the masses. Think of how many people first experience live theatre due to the casting of a celebrity. And this is bad for the industry HOW? "
Didnt say that ALL celeb casting was stunt casting. But come on Gina Gurshon...haha. That has to be maddening to an actress who didnt get that job. And we can debate back and forth about who is and who isnt capable of giving a good performance. But the fact of the matter is alot of stars on bway IS done purely to get butts in the seats. Not because they are brilliant singers or stage actors. And that does sound like selling out.
But like i said. I can see both sides of the coin. As stunt casting does put buts i the seats.
Updated On: 6/17/10 at 07:51 PM
#293Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:55pm
I wasn't referring to your post. I was referring to the whole issue.
And I wouldn't call Gina Gershon stunt casting either. She's not exactly a name.
#294Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:57pmHow is making sure people actually see your show "selling out"? Because I can guarantee you that if NIGHT MUSIC was starring Hunter Foster and Natascia Diaz, selling out would be the last thing they'd be doing.
#295Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:58pmKind of like when he headlined LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and it flopped?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#296Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 7:59pmThere's always going to be somebody out there who "would be better" than the person who ultimately does get the job. I can't think of one actor in recent history who has never had a detractor, "Hollywood" star or not.
#297Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 8:05pm
Didnt say that ALL celeb casting was stunt casting. But come on Gina Gurshon...haha. That has to be maddening to an actress who didnt get that job.
As terrible as Gina Gershon was in Bye, Bye, Birdie...she was excellent in Boeing-Boeing. She's not really stunt-casting at all, and she's a very funny actress in the right role.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#298Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 8:08pm
Gina is not stunt casting.
The entire argument is so stupid. Celebrity and Broadway have always been a part of each other. Some seasons more than other. One of my fondest memories is seeing Lauren Bacall in "Woman Of The Year". The two nights I saw it felt like major events and there was such electricity in the air. And who can forget Hugh Jackman? And Liza for years went back and forth (But I guess she was part of both worlds since she was born)..... and as horrible as it was.. I saw Elizabeth Taylor in "Little Foxes" when I was 11. Those are all pretty cool Broadway memories for me.
#299Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 8:16pmI mean, unless we ban stage actors from film and television...
#300Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 8:22pmCan we just ban Jen Cody from entertainment, period?
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