Industry professionals giving shade to one another — Page 2

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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Raven Symone got hired to play the lead in Sister Act and after her first couple performances she "got sick" and missed a ton a performances and people on here were just sayin stuff and threads got deleted and Jordan through a hissy fit ( rightfully so..almost).

Raven Symone got hired to play the lead in Sister Act and after her first couple performances she "got sick" and missed a ton a performances and people on here were just sayin stuff and threads got deleted and Jordan through a hissy fit ( rightfully so..almost).

Well, she did get sick, no? I wouldn't say that was shade really. Just a couple of disappointed people. I don't ever recall any Broadway performers saying anything of the situation.

Morgan James threw shade at the 2012 Park Production of ITW. The Broadway community threw some back at her.

I always though shade was a more subtle thing, rather than full out challenging someone.

You're right about that. Kristen Lee Kelly and Anthony Rapp threw Sherie Rene Scott major shade during ReNt, for example.

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Bumping because this is a interesting thread. Can someone explain berndeatte vs Patti? And the meadowlark story?

I knew the girl who Alice Ripley "threw shade to." The girl made an incredibly rude remark about Alice and she said she saw her (I believe) 8 times and I think she said something like "that was 7 times too many. Alice replied (I can't remember if this was through Facebook or Twitter, I think it's Facebook) that "this frustrated actor (I didn't say fag) is my new best friend!" Or something to that effect. She also went on saying thanks for looking down on people like her and people like her make her job difficult and that people like her are the opposite of a wonderful audience.

The whole thing was blown out of proportion. I don't think Alice meant any harm by the comment, she just didn't think about it before she typed it. The girl (who Alice mistook for a guy) found the entire thing funny when she told me about it. I also believe she told me Alice gave her a (very unneeded, IMO) apology.

Yeah, shade is more subtle, while READING someone is what a lot of you guys are describing. To read someone is pretty much insulting them directly.

Am also interested to hear the Rubendall story. I saw him understudy Fiyero on the Wicked tour and he was good.