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#1

Is "South Pacific" REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 8:55pm

Will it beat out "Gypsy" (and even "Sunday") as the critics are predicting?
Madame Morrible: "So you take the chicken, now it must be a white chicken. The corpse can be any color. And that is the spell for lost luggage!" - The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken
#2

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 8:57pm

Most likely.
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#5

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 9:01pm

In my opinion, yeah, it's a beautiful production. And plus it has the fact that it's the first revival in over 50 years.
#11

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 9:44pm

I'm pretty sure it will win: SITPWG has always been an acquired taste and Gypsy has been done too recently (nothing against the current production, in which Lupone, Gaines and Benanti are superb -- and I go back to the Merman version). I can see SITPWG being recognized for lighting, sets and maybe best actor. Gypsy, IMO, stands a good chance for all the other performance categories. But SP will take the big one, I think.
BroadwayEd

Updated On: 5/9/08 at 09:44 PM

#12

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 9:44pm

I'm pretty sure it will win: SITPWG has always been an acquired taste and Gypsy has been done to recently (nothing against the current production, in which Lupone, Gaines and Benanti are superb -- and I go back to the Merman version). I can see SITPWG being recognized for lighting, sets and maybe best actor. Gypsy, IMO, stands a good chance for all the other performance categories. But SP will take the big one, I think.
BroadwayEd
#13

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 9:48pm

I feel like the voting logic could well be that voting for Patti is just the same as voting for the revival on the whole: I mean, she IS the show. She's the reason it's back, and she's its major selling point. So if I had to predict, I'd say Patti will win best actress, and South Pacific will -- rightly -- win best revival.
A work of art is an invitation to love.
#14

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 10:03pm

And Sher should win best Director also.

I see Patti's win the only for GYPSY.
I think Boyd is a genius and the best Herbie ever but he has three TONYS and this part is just not that showy, but I wouldn't mind if he won again.

Updated On: 5/9/08 at 10:03 PM

#15

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 10:08pm

See I see something odd happening like:

Best actress - Patti
Featured actress - Laura
Featured Actor - Boyd

Best revival - South Pacific

Seems odd, but I could see it
Madame Morrible: "So you take the chicken, now it must be a white chicken. The corpse can be any color. And that is the spell for lost luggage!" - The Yellow Brick Road Not Taken
#16

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 10:13pm

Yes. This production of South Pacific is really that good, and it is, in my opinion, superior to both Gypsy and SITPWG, both of which are also excellent, and in any other year would probably win the Tony for best revival.
"This is wanting something, this is reaching for it, This is wishing that a moment would arrive. This is taking chances, this is almost touching, what the beauty is." --The Light in the Piazza

Updated On: 5/9/08 at 10:13 PM

#19

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 10:18pm

Then again, we all remember when Pajama Game won over Sweeney...
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#20

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 10:26pm

See I see something odd happening like:

Best actress - Patti
Featured actress - Laura
Featured Actor - Boyd

Best revival - South Pacific

Seems odd, but I could see it

It's not odd... it's what should happen!
#23

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 10:41pm

"Best actress - Patti
Featured actress - Laura
Featured Actor - Boyd

Best revival - South Pacific"


That's what I'm expecting to happen, too, Elphie3. And as zooxanthellae expressed, that is how it SHOULD happen =)

In terms of the full production, "South Pacific" pretty much takes it for Best Revival(which is really saying something because the "Sunday" revival is simply extraordinary and this "Gypsy" is incredible!). But the 3 performers from "Gypsy" mentioned above should absolutely take the respective performance awards. The work being done there just can't be argued, IMO.
#24

re: Is 'South Pacific' REALLY that good?

Posted: 5/9/08 at 10:48pm

They can certainly be argued.
This is America, right?

Updated On: 5/10/08 at 10:48 PM

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