Hunter Foster creates "Give the Tonys back to BROADWAY" campaign- Page 8
Hunter Foster creates "Give the Tonys back to BROADWAY" campaign
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#175Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:20pmPiper, yeah, when I'm at work I just ctrl-alt-print screen and then copy it to Paint and upload it to Flickr. At home I do the same except I have Photoshop at home instead of Paint.
#176Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:22pm
Hunter tried to clarify, but it's too late: the Wall of that page has become a sad parade of malcontents airing grievances against an unfair world.
I still can't figure out what's so terrible about a Broadway-loving football player appearing to encourage sports fans to attend Broadway, but they seem to hate Mark Sanchez even more than they hate Zeta Jones.
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Hunter Foster You know, I think there is a little confusion about what this sight is about. It's not about keeping Hollywood actors from doing Broadway--Denzel was fantastic in Fences--Im not against great performances like that, it's about making the Tony night be about honoring Broadway. When I watched them in college, it was Mandy, George Hearn, Lupone, Reinking and Tommy Tune. What does Mark Sanchez have to do with Broadway? Thats it. Make it about Broadway. That's all we ask. I guarantee ratings won't be worse!
#177Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:23pmI love the Easter Bonnet/Tony connection. If Tonys were denied for questionable behavior outside a performance, I think maybe ten people would have one. If Jen thinks it is somehow relevant, perhaps we now know why she and Hunter don't have Tony awards. I guess the voters didn't attend Easter Bonnet so they could assess a completely unrelated performance.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#178Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:23pmOkay, I was in the theater and have no idea what Hunter's referring to. Anyone?
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#179Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:25pmHAS ALICE RIPLEY WEIGHED IN ON THIS YET HA HA
#180Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:28pm
Yeah, I also can't understand why Mark Sanchez has become a target for some people. He's a star football player that seems to have a genuine love of theater. I would think that the theater community would have responded warmly to him.
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Updated On: 6/17/10 at 04:28 PM
#181Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:28pmGod, what is it lately with Broadway actors going out of their way to act like idiots?
#182Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:29pm
it feels like an "us" and them" thing now.
best12bars did say what Hunter had meant, and maybe his post is what he meant PalJoey, but I agree, when it comes out the way it did and many many people took it as a slight on hollywood,sports,pop music and when you read the responses... i mean, he could have corrected some of them, no?
"it's a dirty little war"
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#183Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:30pm
Well, his comments on the Sieber page kind of make him seem like a dick no matter what, so I don't think the clarification would really matter.
#184Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:31pm
Egads.
Also, I'm not all that savvy with screencapping on a PC (not without photoshop's help, anyway), but on a Mac, all you need to do is command+shift+4, capture that, and upload to TinyPic. Unlike on a PC, it creates a file rather than just copying the screencap onto the clipboard.
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#185Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:32pmI'd like to start a "Let's blame Hunter Foster if the Tonys get pulled" page on Facebook. Someone needs to take a look at the lounge act that's currently masquerading as a Broadway show, that he's performing in. I thought it was kind of neat that Mark Sanchez presented the Memphis number.
#186Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:32pm
You're all just a bunch of losers (I didn't say FAGS!!!)
#187Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:33pm
What does Mark Sanchez have to do with Broadway? Thats it. Make it about Broadway. That's all we ask. I guarantee ratings won't be worse!
Really?!?! All this furor over a ten-second intro? I thought it was kind of different and cool and it wasn't a running theme that dominated the broadcast. I guess some people simply cannot grasp the idea of good intentions. That intro made up about one-tenth of one percent of the broadcast. If you add Mark Sanchez and Paula Abdul, you have about one minute out of 180 where the person was not directly linked to Broadway. Add the Green Day performance and it is around 4% of the entire show. Forget about class, whatever happened to perspective?
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
JimCo
Chorus Member Joined: 1/2/09
#188Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:37pmIf actors from the film medium come to Broadway and are good enough to be nominated for a Tony, I believe they should be able to win. Lots of film actors got their start on the stage...Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Robin Williams, Catherine Zeta Jones, Denzel Washington, and many more. Are you saying that you would block stage actors from winning Oscars or Emmys? This whole thread is ridiculous...just my opinion....
#189Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:37pm
This could have been spun the way besty was saying. But after seeing those posts on Sieber's page...nope. Not any more.
I actually think this is far crazier than the Talented Mrs. Ripley affair from just a few weeks back.
#190Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:37pmI'm kind of surprised no one else caught this but "sight"??? I believe he means "site" lol. I guess even Tony rebels get tripped up on synonyms....multiple times haha.
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#191Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:38pm
Wait, who "bought" the Tony for CZJ? The producers who were planning to close the show in the red at the end of the month? As ljay's extensive and neurotic records showed, CZJ went into the Tonys nearly matched for wins with Montego Glover. Are they suggesting all the other theatre awards shows for the season were biased towards Hollywood as well?
I had respect for Chris Sieber before that comment. Now I'm left wondering how a star of Spamalot and Shrek can join a group about "taking back" Broadway from mainstream pop culture with no sense of his own hypocrisy.
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#192Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:39pmI was very pleased to see Sanchez there. One would think that football players don't do theatre. And he even mentioned getting some heat from his teammates which, to me, said "Who cares. I love theatre". I am sure it isn't going to make every high school or college football player want to see a show but at least he "bucked the stereotype", so to speak.
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#193Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:39pm
I'm kind of surprised no one else caught this but "sight"??? I believe he means "site" lol.
Oh, it's been mentioned.
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#194Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:41pmYou mean homonyms, baby, but we get the point. :)
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#195Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:43pm
Wait, who "bought" the Tony for CZJ? The producers who were planning to close the show in the red at the end of the month? As ljay's extensive and neurotic records showed, CZJ went into the Tonys neck and neck for wins with Montego Glover. Are they suggesting all the other theatre awards shows for the season were biased towards Hollywood as well?
I was thinking that somehow the implication was the her husband bought it. Not that that makes any more sense.
I had respect for Chris Sieber before that comment. Now I'm left wondering how a star of Spamalot and Shrek can join a group about "taking back" Broadway from pop culture with no sense of his own hypocrisy.
All this "take the Tonys back" makes me think of the tea party crowing about taking the country back. Who took it away? Where is it now?
#196Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:45pm
This from a guy in Million Dollar Quartet? I agree with skittles on Sieber too (and I love him as a performer).
I was a bit dumbfounded by Mark Sanchez's appearance too (only because it really had nothing to do with Memphis, I do think it is nice that he is an admitted fan of Broadway though) but you know what, it was just 30 seconds in an intro. I got no problem possibly moving it to another location and maybe a network that would promote the hell out of it, but the monster of commercialism left the cage for Broadway years ago.
#197Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:46pm
'Now I'm left wondering how a star of Spamalot and Shrek can join a group about "taking back" Broadway from pop culture with no sense of his own hypocrisy.'
You left off 'Supporting Star to the Olsen Twins on TWO OF A KIND'!!!
Pot to kettle, it's for you!
#198Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:48pm
I hate when work gets in the way of internet drama. 
At least for the Ripley saga it was a slow day.
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Broadway Star Joined: 3/20/08
#199Hunter Foster Whines with other non Hollywood actors
Posted: 6/17/10 at 4:48pm
I love how the girl from the UK who commented seems to get the entire situation better than the people that actually watch the Tonys...
And did anyone else notice the comment complaining about British people winning Tonys? I quote, "Now, I am not anti-British - thrilled that we get to see these wonderful shows - but let's give OUR awards to OUR actors and OUR Directors!"
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