Industry professionals giving shade to one another

I've always felt the Broadway community was a relatively small community. So with a small community, is there any shade being thrown? From One director of a show to the other? Or an Actress giving shade to another Actress? Here are some of the ones I can remember:

- Patti Lupone's big blow up with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
- The community giving shade to Karen Olivo for missing WSS performances.
- Hunter Foster's big tony award rant.
- Pati Lupone's feelings towards Glen Close.
- The community giving shade to Laura Benanti for missing performances of ITW.
- The community making Spiderman the big joke of the year.
- Patti Lupone's dig at Betty Buckley for singing HER song. ( Meadowlark).
- The rumors of Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth.
- Anthony Rapp throwing shade at everyone who didn't like the Rent movie.
- Jeremy Jordan's words on Arthur Lawrence.
- The odd relationship between the community and Disney theatricals.
- That whole Raven in Sister act thing.
- Alice Ripley saying something homophobic. ( still not sure what that was all about.)
- The community giving shade to Alice Ripley for taking the subway.
- Patti Lupone Vs. Audience member at gypsy.
- Patti Lupone's rumored battle with Bernadette Peters ( pretty sure its fake though)
- The whole Rebecca production fiasco.
- Evan Rachel wood not shutting up about Les Mis's live singing.
- Rita Moreno being put in the supporting actress category for The Ritz
- Zero Mostel being pissed that he didn't get to play Tevye in the Fiddler on the rood film.
- Julie Andrews not getting cast in the My Fair Lady film because of Jack Warner.
- Audrey Hepburn being pissed at Jack Warner for not letting her sing in the My fair Lady film.
- Rex Harrison calling Audrey his favorite leading lady,
- Barbra Streisand taking screen time away from other actors in the Funny Girl film.
- Barbra Streisand and Walter Mathau hating each other on the Hello Dolly set.
- Annie orphan's Mothers going crazy.
- Smash throwing shade at Erin Dilly.
- Aaron Tveit being mad he didn't receive a tony nomination for Next to Normal.

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Updated On: 9/18/14 at 06:20 PM

That's sad to hear.

What were the tweets saying?

Patti LuPone throwing shade at the stage manager of Noises Off because it had been agreed that only Peter Gallagher would remain onstage after the curtain call to make a request to support Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. And Patti was the only one that walked offstage, making it look like she wasn't interested.

I don't know if it's considered throwing shade, but I don't think the Broadway community supported Toni Collette enough during The Wild Party when Mandy Patinkin was getting a bit too Method with his role.

Valerie Harper versus Melissa Gilbert splitting the acting community over who should be the Grand Poobah of the union.

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Throwing shade is to give/throw attitude.

Example: "I saw the bitch in the club last night, and she threw me shade."

Elaine Stritch saying Carol Burnett didn't have the life experience to sing I'm Still Here during the Follies concert.

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So if I understand Taz correctly, "throwing shade" involves actively insulting someone, not merely being disappointed that he got a role you coveted.

Betty Bacall bought her shade at Costco and shared it generously with everyone, in my experience.

Ned Beatty throwing shade at Jason Patric and Ashley Judd.

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Haha lots of Patti Lupone stories... God I love her.

One of the most recent ones that I remember on this board is the Morgan James twitter critique of "Into The Woods."


Morgan James

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Updated On: 9/18/14 at 08:24 PM

Megan Mullally throwing shade at Patton Oswalt thereby cancelling the production Lips Together, Teeth Apart.

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Olivia de Havilland to Bette Davis: You could be working with Joan Crawford.

Bette Davis to Olivia de Havilland: You could be working with Joan Fontaine.

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Allow me to summarize, based on a NY Daily News article turned up in my search:

Someone started a Twitter account called "Broadway Anonymous" that posted so-called blind items about Broadway stars. The tweet that got Marty Thomas' panties in a knot was "Which Avenue Q cast member gave Marty Thomas crabs?" Unlike other Broadway stars who shrugged it off, Marty sued to uncover the identity of the person responsible for the Twitter account. The account itself was both very blase and very snotty about the possibility of being held responsible: "Before 'damages' even become relevant, you have to prove something was libelous or slanderous in nature. So if someone posts something that is actually true, or posts it in a way that doesn't assert it as a fact, then it isn't libel, or slander. It just means that you have to stop acting like a moron if people finding out about it damages your career." I can find no follow-up beyond the threat to sue, however.

The Raven situation I dunno about.

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