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#1

I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:05pm

After tonight's horrific display of "Broadway" shows, I am done. Jersey Boys!?!?! WHAT!?!?!? it's a ****ing concert on stage!

Oprah bought LaChanzes win, she is pumping millions of dollars into the theatre and they way they repay her is by giving her lead actress the un-rightful win.

p.s. the Wedding Siger made me physically ill.

What has Broadway come to?!
~H* "I slept through the nominations, as I always do. Anything I need to know, I'll find out when I get up at a reasonable hour!" -Michael Cerveris
#4

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:13pm

Jersey Boys!?!?! WHAT!?!?!? it's a ****ing concert on stage!

I can't even begin to explain how wrong you are.

So I won't bother.

The show that rightfully deserved to win...won.
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
#5

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:15pm

Don't give up on Broadway just because of an awards show. Go and support the shows that you like and forget about the politics.
#6

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:19pm

Politics, that is exactly what drives me INSANE!

"I can't even begin to explain how wrong you are."

Am I allowed to have an opinion? Isn't that what these boards are for? or am I mistaken?
~H* "I slept through the nominations, as I always do. Anything I need to know, I'll find out when I get up at a reasonable hour!" -Michael Cerveris
#8

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:26pm

Fine, compromise: I won't give up on Broadway if they stop producing ****ty musicals
~H* "I slept through the nominations, as I always do. Anything I need to know, I'll find out when I get up at a reasonable hour!" -Michael Cerveris
#9

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:28pm

I agree with you on Jersey Boys... concerts with dialouge should never have been allowed to win..
#10

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:29pm

Little over dramatic? LaChanze is brillant. You can't deny she has talent. Whether or not you thought Patti should have won, she didn't. I don't think it would have mattered one bit if Oprah was there or not. Some of us happen to like some of the musicals that were there tonight. The Golden Age is over, it's been over, it's time to stop fighting and just join us in contemporary theater.
#11

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:29pm

I agree completely with BwayBaby18 and mrslovett7. I'm still shaking I'm so pissed off from tonight!!!
"I believe that art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, to engage in a constant search for the truth." - Barbra Streisand
#12

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:29pm

I agree completely with BwayBaby18 and mrslovett7. I'm still shaking I'm so pissed off from tonight!!!
"I believe that art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, to engage in a constant search for the truth." - Barbra Streisand
#14

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/11/06 at 11:30pm

i pretty much agree with you...however, i will not give up on broadway when shows like sweeney are still running. however, jukebox musicals can suck it.
-jess- "I think every actor on the stage should have a shirt that says,'believe it or not-I'm doing my best.'" -Alan Rickman
#17

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:28am

"Jersey Boys!?!?! WHAT!?!?!? it's a ****ing concert on stage!

I can't even begin to explain how wrong you are.

So I won't bother.

The show that rightfully deserved to win...won".


I agree with Foanatic.

"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one". -Felicia Finley-

Updated On: 6/12/06 at 12:28 AM

#21

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:40am

I couldn’t have been more displeased with the direction Broadway is going in. With a season of shows that included Lennon, Jersey Boys, Ring of Fire, and Hot Feet one has to wonder where in the world the idea of an original score has gone. Also shows like The Color Purple, The Wedding Singer, and Tarzan do not help the situation. Can someone please come up with something original. I am happy to say that I was able to see all four nominated shows this year and while I think they were all nice in their own respect the only one that truly deserves the honor of winning a Tony for best musical would be Drowsy Chaperone. It was cleaver and fresh and made me realize why I love musical theatre so very much. Tonight when Jersey Boys won I felt like it was a slap in the face to any originality left on Broadway. Every year I think Broadway is being broken down to make way for those who are looking to advance commercially as oppose to artistically. I realize that it’s important to consider ticket sales but honestly WTF. We can give you the Tony for best book and best score but in the end we have to give the tony for best musical to these guys to ensure that their show will run longer and bring more money. Anyway I am done ranting this is all my opinion so take it or leave it.
#22

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:49am

rentboy if the golden age is done and you should get used to contemporary theatre why the hell did a a living replica of a golden age show beat a contemporary genius amazing piece of theatre that better in every way for a revival tony? I wil lalways love theatre but i must say i came close to giving up tongiht, Lacahzne does have talent but did get her tnoy bought that whole thign at the end with her thanking oprah made her a rich tony winner.
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado
#23

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:57am

If "Contact" could win for best musical, why did it take you all this time to give up?
"I've lost everything! Luis, Marty, my baby with Chris, Chris himself, James. All I ever wanted was love." --Sheridan Crane "Passions" ------- "Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it, I swear I'll never do it again til the next time company comes."--"Lulu" from "Can't Stop The Music" ----- "When the right doors didn't open for him, he went through the wrong ones" - "Sweet Bird of Youth" ------------ --------- "Passions" is uncancelled! See NBC.com for more info.
#24

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:07am

It's a lot easier to criticize Broadway musicals than to write one.
"I hope you're all happy, keeping Alan off the team. Couldn't you, for once, open your minds and hearts and hear something that he couldn't see? I, for one, am glad that Alan is blind, so he can't see what, I am so sad to say, you can't hear." -Jerri Blank
#25

re: I have officially given up on Broadway

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:10am

I'm not too happy either.

Yes, LaChanze has talent, but I do think she won because she's black, the role was monumental Celie (one that Whoopi lost for), and Oprah was producing.

First off, I don't think that role wasn't written nearly as well as it could have been. But that's what I feel about the whole show. The story was cheapened to me, and so was the character of Celie in favor for showy-er characters like Sophia and Shug.

Patti did the near impossible and shattered (somewhat) visions of Angela's brilliant Lovette.

Not happy..
Personally, I think I have too much bloom.

Updated On: 6/12/06 at 01:10 AM

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