Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here - Page 11

[After Eight]

Posted: 5/3/13 at 11:50pm

MM,

Yes, the revised Flower Drum Song was as horrible as you say.

But you haven't yet seen this new Cinderella, so, really, you don't know just how bad Beane's work is. I would say it wasn't as bad as Hwang's, but as you know, that's not a great compliment, and truth is, it's not much better.

Wait till you see it for yourself, and then you will be able to judge and comment accordingly.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 5/4/13 at 12:00am

Don't worry After Eight, once I finally see the show in one way or the other, I will judge the new Cinderella accordingly on my own free opinion.

Oh and I heard from the Cinderella preview thread that you loved The Pursuit in the show. Is this true?

[After Eight]

Posted: 5/4/13 at 12:07am

^

Yes I did like it.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 5/4/13 at 12:16am

^Awesome! It sounds like Josh Rhodes, once again, has not dissapointed anyone. :)

[ThisOrThat]

Posted: 5/4/13 at 7:55pm

Yes, Vanessa Williams should have been nominated. It makes no sense to me.

[broadwayman17]

Posted: 5/5/13 at 5:35pm

So which nominee is gonna be the first to announce a tour?

[Musical Master]

Posted: 5/6/13 at 12:43am

I was quite shocked that Rachel Bay Jones wasn't nominated for her (from what I read) great performance as Catherine in Pippin.

I would've loved to see a nomination for the costumes of Chaplin.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 5/13/13 at 10:13am

To celebrate Mother's Day (weekend), hubby and I decided to catch MOTOWN: THE MUSICAL. So knowing the Sat. matinee was sold out, we donned our comfy sneakers and did standing room. (It's an easy stand, especially in the center, which has a lower back wall of the orchestra than the sides do.) Pretty much what we thought: the book ranges from silly to dumb, so in that sense it's no JERSEY BOYS. But the music/dancing is what audiences come to see. While Valisia LeKae was fine musically as Diana Ross, I still can't understand why she was nominated for Best Actress in a musical, We found her acting lackluster and blah. But Charl Brown's Smokey Robinson lived up to his character's first name on all counts--that Featured nom is well deserved.

Updated On: 5/13/13 at 10:13 AM