If They Had a Broadway version of The Razzies...

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 5/12/10 at 5:10pm

Who would you nominate this season

Bill Irwin in Bye Bye Birdie
John Stamos in Bye Bye Birdie
Krysta Rodriguez in The Addams Family
Ramona Mallory in A Little Night Muisc
Tom Wopat in Sondheim on Sondheim
Eamon Foley in Everyday Rapture
Cass Morgan in Memphis
John Gallagher Jr. in American Idiot

Updated On: 5/12/10 at 05:10 PM

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/12/10 at 5:11pm

Gina Gershon
Kristin Chenoweth

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/12/10 at 5:13pm

But all of those performers (sans Birdie) are from shows that have been nominated for other Tonys. I thought most Razzie nominees are not usually from Oscar nominated films?

[Marquise]

Posted: 5/12/10 at 5:33pm

I second Kristin Chenoweth in PROMISES, PROMISES.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/12/10 at 5:34pm

^ You finally saw the production, Marquise?

[binau]

Posted: 5/12/10 at 5:41pm

"But all of those performers (sans Birdie) are from shows that have been nominated for other Tonys. I thought most Razzie nominees are not usually from Oscar nominated films?
"

it seems much more likely that shows would be nominated for Tony awards than movies nominated for Oscars though. There wouldn't be very much to choose from if only non-nominated shows were eligible for 'stage-razzies'.

Updated On: 5/12/10 at 05:41 PM

[Marquise]

Posted: 5/12/10 at 5:45pm

Yes I finally saw the production ljay and I have to say as much as I love Cheno, she just is so miscast in PROMISES, I was also quite put off by Katie Finneran as well, she was waaaay over the top...almost over bearingly so and Sean Hayes, well...well...that's a whole other thread.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/12/10 at 5:48pm

Interesting! At least 3 professional critics agree with you on Finneran. Her reviews were not unanimous raves. Though the most important review was a love letter to her.
She didn't do much for me, but I only saw the 1st preview.

[Marquise]

Posted: 5/13/10 at 7:14pm

Yeah, Finneran defintely over did it. I'm a fan of less is more. In that I mean that you can let the joke come across naturally with a much more subdued approach. Finneran just clobbered you over the head with the material. It was overkill. Christine Baranski's take on the character was so much better and a perfect example of a more subdued approach is Marian Mercer's performance (although I only have audio to judge her performance by) her interpretation isn't the shrieking harpie Finneran makes her out to be.

[wickedfan]

Posted: 5/13/10 at 7:20pm

Worst director of a Musical:
Robert Longbottom Bye Bye Birdie
Trevor Nunn A Little Night Music
Phelim McDermott/Julian Crouch (and Jerry Zaks) The Addams Family
Casey Nicholaw All About Me