Nominess Announced for 2007 Broadway.com Audience Awards: Spring Awakening — Page 6

Not much came out this year.

What's so wrong with that?
Because they used fraudulent methods to do so. I can't imagine the cast would be thrilled to know their fans would cheat and lie on their behalf.

And other people did fairly vote for their favorites; they just didn't have an organized effort of stuffing the ballot box to manipulate the results.

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For the record, I DID vote for my favorites. Don't assume we didn't if we are unhappy with the results. And, as skittles said, people are also annoyed they used fradulent methods to vote for SA.

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true....but she did master that knee choreography in "My Junk." :)

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Theater-Tony-Nominations.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

an article that tells us what we know.

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Or Ebersole. Imagine that! Though, with the way these nominations have gone, I wouldn't be shocked.

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Well, becoz, in VonTussleGirl's defense, most people who don't live in or near NYC can only judge shows by cast recordings.

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Actually, I saw the show during its off-Broadway staging. I've just lost all interest in it since. I didn't think it was that amazing then, I doubt that much has changed by now.

I just assumed because VonTussleGirl once said she did not have any interest in the show. Why do you feel the need to personally attack me a lot?

Von Tussle: It's changed a lot. You'd be surprised. I only appreciated it intellectually off broadway, but it hit me emotionally on Broadway, almost unexpectedly. One of the most successful off broadway to Broadway transfers I can think of.

In regards to the multiple voting: we're dealing with hear-say here, and people are willing to believe it willy nilly simply because it justifies their point of view. Can someone provide a link to that comment on Facebook where people are supposedly claiming to vote more than once? I combed the fansites and could only find a comment about someone who convinced her mother and her mother's friends to vote for SA, which is perfectly legit. I know I only voted once. Don't they track IP addresses? Most of these surveys do just that and you can't vote from the same computer.

Is it ridiculous for SA to get so many nominations when worthy and amazing actresses like Donna Murphy are left out? Yes, probably. But there are many reasons why this happened. Some have already been stated, but let me compile them here.

1) The SA fans came out enmasse.
2) Younger fans are more likely to be internet friendly than older fans
3) SA's fanbase is much larger than we think. It does not just appeal to teens or non-sophisticated theatre goers. Every major critic loved it, and they speak for the general theatre-going population. Those who were amazed by SA far outweigh the few detractors on this board.
4) those who would prefer other nominations didn't bother to vote
5) Many who read Broadway.com are not in NY and only have the cast recording to judge. The SA cast recording is one of the best selling OBCR's in recent memory.
6)Many people havn't seen the newer shows yet, such as LoveMusik. SA opened very early on.

These nominations in no way will reflect the Tony nominations, and that's part of the fun. Let's keep things in perspective here folks.

Bobby Maler, you're the best...

Orangeskittles you personally attack me for reasons that have nothing to do with you. You just do it out of spite for disliking me for some reason.

Updated On: 5/12/07 at 11:28 PM

I said something along the lines of "I know two girls who run a Facebook group". I don't actually belong to SA Facebook groups because I don't like the show. The girls are two people I do shows with, and they told me themselves that that is what they did. They're shameless about it. I won't see them until Thursday, but at that time I can ask them the name of their group and give you a link if you really feel it is that important.

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