KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
#1KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:15am
NOOOOO
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
ElephantLoveMedley
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/21
#2KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:16am
Agreed. Beyond upsetting and seriously damaging to the Tony nominators' reputation.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#4KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:18am
I'm in shock and absolutely devastated.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#5KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:19am
I disagree. The correct actresses were nominated, and, fortunately, art is subjective, so no one's opinion is "right."
#6KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:20am
Agreed! She was amazing in Company!
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#7KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:20am
That made me sad ---- but it might be the only one that did. (But I need to think a tad more.)
I wonder if nominators saw her performance PRE covid or now. From everything that's been discussed, her performance has changed a tremendous amount. (I only saw it in '22.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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Nolan LuPone
Featured Actor Joined: 8/9/21
#9KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:27am
This is almost certainly a case of nominators seeing the performance early in the run. Most who saw it early on said it was rough, and while she has grown tremendously in the time since if they only saw an early performance that is all they can judge on.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
gibsons2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/19
#10KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:27am
TaffyDavenport said: "I disagree. The correct actresses were nominated, and, fortunately, art is subjective, so no one's opinion is "right.""
I agree with you. I'm Katrina's fan but each time I went to see Company, I couldn't shake off the feeling that Patty and Jennifer had bigger presence and weight on stage, despite them being in featured roles. Both of them were rightfully nominated.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#11KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:27am
No one’s opinion is correct. Art is subjective. And I thought she was dreadful, thrilled she wasn’t nominated.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#12KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:30am
Yes, art is subjective. I have seen hundreds of shows and thought she gave literally the single best performance I have ever seen on a stage. No performance has ever affected me more. Her snub is disgraceful.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#13KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:32am
Odd that TimeOut has her as being nominated.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke, Caroline, or Change
Sutton Foster, The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango, Paradise Square
Katrina Lenk, Company
Mare Winningham, Girl from the North Country
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-2022-tony-nominations
"I hope your Fanny is bigger than my Peter."
Mary Martin to Ezio Pinza opening night of Fanny.
#14KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:35am
What did the critics think of her performance? I remember it being pretty polarizing among us on the board
Miss Keisha? Miss Keisha? Miss Keishhhaaaa?
MemorableUserName
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/27/19
#15KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:35am
Huss417 said: "Odd that TimeOut has her as being nominated.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke,Caroline, or Change
Sutton Foster,The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango,Paradise Square
Katrina Lenk,Company
Mare Winningham,Girl from the North Country
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-2022-tony-nominations"
You have to read the intro.
"
This morning we are honored to present the annual TONY* nominations, which recognize the best work on Broadway in the 2021–22 season. But first, let us be as clear as we can be: TONY is an acronym for Time Out New York, and the list below represents the Broadway shows and artists that we here at TONY (Time Out New York) would nominate for the actual Tony Awards (Antoinette Perry Awards) if we were the nominating committee for the Tony Awards, which we are not. Please note, too, that these are our choices and not our predictions of what will be nominated for Tony Awards when the real nominations are announced live at 9am on Monday, May 9. In this busy Broadway comeback season, there were many worthy candidates, and it wasn’t easy to choose among them. But choose we have—using the eligibility and category decisions of the real Tony Awards as guidelines—and here are the results. Without further ado: Congratulations to the 2022 TONY* nominees!
*Time Out New York"
iwuldwf
Understudy Joined: 4/17/17
#16KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:36am
jacobtsf said: "This is almost certainly a case of nominators seeing the performance early in the run. Most who saw it early on said it was rough, and while she has grown tremendously in the time since if they only saw an early performance that is all they can judge on."
I haven't been following the conversation, but I finally saw the show recently and thought her voice was fine, but her acting choices were my least favorite thing about the show. Distractingly bad.
#17KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:36am
Huss417 said: "Odd that TimeOut has her as being nominated.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke,Caroline, or Change
Sutton Foster,The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango,Paradise Square
Katrina Lenk,Company
Mare Winningham,Girl from the North Country
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-2022-tony-nominations"
Those are the *TONY (Time Out New York) nominations, which were published Friday.
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#18KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:40am
TaffyDavenport said: "Huss417 said: "Odd that TimeOut has her as being nominated.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sharon D Clarke,Caroline, or Change
Sutton Foster,The Music Man
Joaquina Kalukango,Paradise Square
Katrina Lenk,Company
Mare Winningham,Girl from the North Country
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/the-2022-tony-nominations"
Those are the *TONY (Time Out New York) nominations, which were published Friday."
Sorry about that everyone. Had me hoping they skipped a name when reading the nominations.
"I hope your Fanny is bigger than my Peter."
Mary Martin to Ezio Pinza opening night of Fanny.
BWayBabe
Swing Joined: 2/19/22
#19KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:40am
The only women that were robbed are Nikki Renee Daniels and Britney Coleman who were FAR BETTER in the role as understudies than Katrina... Bobbie made the most sense being a black woman.
IJS
Broadway61004
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/11
#20KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:51am
ashley0139 said: "Yes, art is subjective. I have seen hundreds of shows and thought she gave literally the single best performance I have ever seen on a stage. No performance has ever affected me more. Her snub is disgraceful."
And that is why art is subjective. If you were a nominator and thought she gave an incredible performance, you would have rightfully voted for her. But just because these nominators disagreed doesn't in any way make it "disgraceful".
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#21KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 9:57am
ashley0139 said: "Yes, art is subjective. I have seen hundreds of shows and thought she gave literally the single best performance I have ever seen on a stage. No performance has ever affected me more. Her snub is disgraceful."
Overturning Roe v Wade is "disgraceful". The voters having a different opinion than you is not.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#22KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 10:00am
You are so right and you should say it. Facts.
you found your heart but left a part of you behind <3
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#23KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 10:02am
stoptheworld38 said: "You are so right and you should say it. Facts."
I know we've all got a flare for the dramatics in this community (myself included), but come on. There's a lot of horrors going on in the world right now. Katrina getting snubbed isn't one.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#24KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 10:06am
Let us express our upset over this if we want to. No need to stomp on us who are very touched by her performance.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#25KATRINA WAS ROBBED!!!!!!!!
Posted: 5/9/22 at 10:08am
No one's stomping on you. You're allowed to be disappointed. But when you say things like "disgraceful" or "shameful", it's a bit over-the-top.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
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