Oprah & Other Broadway Tidbits
Oprah & Other Broadway Tidbits
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#0Oprah & Other Broadway Tidbits
Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:07am
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Is Jersey Boys really the front runner? Seems crazy considering they shut out All Shook Up last year because it was a jukebox which I think should have at least gotten Cheyenne (sp?) a nomination and one for sets and orchestrations.
Also, he says that The Color Purple might not get a nomination, but I sorta think it would. With WiW's demise, I'm thinking it might not get a nomination.
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BSoBW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#1re: Oprah & Other Broadway Tidbits
Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:11am
Do it, Oprah!
Host the Tony's!
The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.
#2re: Oprah & Other Broadway Tidbits
Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:16amYes, And bring "Beloved" to Broadway too! I had NO CLUE about the film so I might understand it as a Musical! (LOL!)
"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." -
Elizabeth Taylor
BSoBW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#3re: Oprah & Other Broadway Tidbits
Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:18am
BELOVED the film was trash.
I did not like the book, but the film was trash.
As soon as I saw enough of the movie to send me back to the time when I was on my bed reading the book, I realized that they lost something in translation. Like - the point.
The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.
#4re: Oprah & Other Broadway Tidbits
Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:29am
i could not read your article for I do not have a login...
but, IMO... ASU was not nearly as solid as JB. I feel like JB might be the one we did not see coming.
<< Gavin Creel and Kate Baldwin making vocal love... I adore these two.
BSoBW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/21/06
#5re: Oprah & Other Broadway Tidbits
Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:30amYou can sign up for free, FYI.
The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.
#6re: Oprah & Other Broadway Tidbits
Posted: 2/1/06 at 2:32am
"i could not read your article for I do not have a login...
but, IMO... ASU was not nearly as solid as JB. I feel like JB might be the one we did not see coming."
This could be from the idea that the writers had. Write a musical that could work as a play if you take the music out.
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
#7re: Oprah & Other Broadway Tidbits
Posted: 2/1/06 at 10:14pm
Here's the Yahoo version of the same NY Post article (that doesn't need a log in):
http://tinyurl.com/djm5x
I think you're exactly right--about the writers' idea to write a musicial that could work as a play if you take the music out.
Although the music is phenomenal, I think JB has a pretty interesting, gripping story & I like how each of the 4 Seasons tells their "version." It rocks!
Wonder if JB will be nominated for Best Book?
Jersey Boys Blog: http://www.jerseyboysblog.com
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