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KINKY BOOTS to win the Tony over MATILDA?
JayKurnitz
Chorus Member Joined: 7/4/11
#350KINKY BOOTS to win the Tony over MATILDA?
Posted: 6/9/13 at 4:43pmKelly2 is completely right. As a performer, I would be highly offended that someone made an opinion (even if it was in my favor) about my performance that I have constructed for the STAGE by watching a bootleg video recording. Videos/B-rolls can help someone decide if a show looks at all appealing to them, but to say that someone should or shouldn't win an award based on a video you saw? That's irresponsible as a theatre supporter and makes your opinion laughable.
#351KINKY BOOTS to win the Tony over MATILDA?
Posted: 6/9/13 at 6:04pm
Whatever. I saw the first preview of FOLLIES and although the bootlegs that are available don't quite capture the excitement or tone of the show, it obviously isn't so different that it is like watching two different things (I mean it IS a record of the show, lol). The quality of bootlegs today are also higher quality than they were 5 or 10 years ago, too.
I will concede that it's probably not as good as judging a show live, but I think it is a hyperbole to say they are absolutely not the same thing. Bernadette's wonderful acting still shines through.
"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
Updated On: 6/9/13 at 06:04 PM
#352KINKY BOOTS to win the Tony over MATILDA?
Posted: 6/9/13 at 7:13pm
That's irresponsible as a theatre supporter and makes your opinion laughable.
It's not and it doesn't.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#353KINKY BOOTS to win the Tony over MATILDA?
Posted: 6/9/13 at 7:44pmBernadette cries too much in the bootlegs.
BudFrump23
Broadway Star Joined: 5/20/03
#354KINKY BOOTS to win the Tony over MATILDA?
Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:16pmAnd. It did.
I'm as jumpy as a virgin at a prison rodeo!
#355KINKY BOOTS to win the Tony over MATILDA?
Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:19pmThis will be one of those mediocre shows that will fade away into well-deserved obscurity. Unfortunately, we will have to listen to those involved crow about it for a time longer.
#356KINKY BOOTS to win the Tony over MATILDA?
Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:20pmAnd is that your official opinion?
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#358KINKY BOOTS to win the Tony over MATILDA?
Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:25pm
>> Unfortunately, we will have to listen to those involved crow about it for a time longer.
Yes, but the GOOD news is that since so few of them were actually at Radio City Music Hall to see the Tonys in person, and only saw video of the Tonys, any opinions they have will "hold little weight". 
gchris11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/7/13
#360KINKY BOOTS to win the Tony over MATILDA?
Posted: 6/10/13 at 1:13amTOLD YOU SO!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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