John Lloyd Young Signs TV deal — Page 2

Well, I'm sure JLY knows better than Variety when his own contract ends. Typo.

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I agree with the poster regarding the chance to earn some serious money doing a T.V. show. It would be hard to turn down a chance like that. It probably would last long because I can't think of the last Broadway star who had a hit T.V. show. Its possible but even if a show is canceled, it does offer exposure to a wider audience and may help the box office of the next Broadway show that star appears in.

With JLS and NLB it would also give them a chance to rest their voices since I doubt if either one's show would involve singing. I dont' know if Young has had vocal problems but Norbert's have been discussed on several threads.

ETA: What I said before was judgemental and I should have been more supportive. JLY will be a blessing to any project he chooses to persue, and I truly believe that.

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Updated On: 7/31/06 at 08:24 PM

Perhaps he feels that Mr. Cerveris should have won the Best Actor in a Musical Tony.

It's actually not that at all, Twang. PS, I'm not a he.

I feel like whenever people get any sort of success in this business they head straight for Hollywood. Meanwhile, I have friends who feel as though they need to head to Hollywood FIRST, just so they can make it on Broadway. I get bitter when actors on broadway head for Hollywood after they become well known in this community.

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Speaking of television contracts, does anyone know if Norbert is still going to be in that comedy series that he was going to star in?

Sutton was offered a big bucks TV deal when she won her Tony and she turned it down to remain with theater.

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Sometimes it's not just greed or a desire for outsized fame that makes stage actors want to do things other than theater. Some actors simply want the challenge of working in another medium.

Although admittedly, the big money helps. Still, that doesn't mean they'll never come back.

Besides, the Brits do it all the time and nobody bats an eye.

Updated On: 7/29/06 at 01:29 AM

There's also the possibility that Sutton turned those projects down because they sucked.

Dame Judy Dench said that she very much wanted to do movies as a young actress but the movies didn't want her. She said she was told that she was too short, pump and plain to be a film actress.

So if even the great Dames can admit to wanting to go Hollywood, I can't see that as being ALL bad. Especially if they don't do just ANYTHING for a hefty paycheck.

Yes, actually. MICHAEL CERVERIS didn't start his career on Broadway, but on television with Fame. There is a difference. He came from tv and ended up on Broadway.

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yeah
TV loved Ethel
Actors should work
and show up for work
Like Cerveris

That is absolutely not true. I can honestly say television ISN'T everyone's medium. Like I said, I know many people, including myself who feel they should try to do a few tv shows to help out getting on Broadway. Beleive it or not, some people dream of making a career out of doing live theatre. It isn't snobbery, it's just a preference. I never said it was "lowering themselves". Actors just happen to have a preferred media. Some do use Broadway as stepping stones. And in Suttons, case. She didn't turn it down beacause it was "lowering herself", but because Broadway was her dream and when the offer came, she had only done Millie and had only just "arrived" on Broadway. She actually turned down playing Eponine on Broadway to understudy and be in the chorus of Millie. ...She really is the best!

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Sutton has said a hundred times that she seriously considered things and just didn't like the idea of leaving Broadway. Maybe it had something do with Christian, I can't say. I can only go on what she has stated publicly.

I don't think it's a bad thing to want to do television. Especially in say Norberts case when you are trained in straight drama yet seem to be doing musical after musical. I don't begrudge people wanting to move to Hollywood and do film and theatre. Especially if they are having trouble finding work in New York. Who the hell WOULD want to be an out of work actor in New York when there is possibilites of a job in LA.

I am saying that people who barely get their feet wet here in one succesfull Broadway show really annoy me when they start humming the LA tune. And call me cynical, but I can't help to think the choice is often a financial and prideful choice.

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