Regarding the Broadway Awards

Someone had just posted a thread suggesting that for fun we have a "Broadway's Worst" Awards, similar to Hollywood's Razzies, and asked if we thought it was a good idea. The thread was deleted, but I just want to give some thoughts on it.

Personally, I think it's a bad idea. The Broadway community -- as opposed to mass-media infused Hollywood -- is a small, tight knit community, and putting people down when they were just doing their best to create something different for audiences to enjoy can be very hurtful to the recipient. It's like being mean to someone who you feel is very close to you.

While the saying "bad press is good press" may apply to Hollywood, it can really damage ones hope and credibility in the Broadway community. We don't have TV entertainment shows and trashy magazines helping keep us going no matter what like Hollywood does. Keeping Broadway alive at this point in time is a struggle, and the last thing we should be doing is pointing fingers and putting people down by saying they were the "Worst ________" that season.

As far as I'm concerned, ANYBODY who invests their time in creating theatre, no matter how good or bad we may think it is, deserves encouragement and respect. Unlike Hollywood, people don't do Broadway for the money. They do it because they love it. Let's keep audiences coming and enjoying, and keep new artists feeling inspired and welcomed in this community.

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I posted the thread. That's what I thought people would think about it, so that's why I asked what people thought.
However, I didn't post anything which might have been hurtful to anyone. Why was it deleted? I just wanted peoples opinions on the idea...

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I think it's incredibly self-centered to think that one "Art" form is inherently superior. Don't you think that screenwriters, TV actors etc. are hurt when their projects are labeled as stinky? Why is only Boradway exempt from criticism?

See! Now there are people agreeing with me! Still, why was my post deleted?

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There is a small, private thing that encompasses the Best and Worst of Broadway.

The Yankeefan007 Awards for Excellence in Theater.

Don't let the title scare you.



Shows elligible include everything that opened between January 1, 2007 and December 6, 2007*. Expect nomination-voting to commence on December 7.

*(Dec. 6 is when Little Mermaid opens. November, the new Nathan Lane comedy, starts previews on the 20th and will be considered in the 2008 awards.)

Updated On: 8/26/07 at 05:09 PM

So as long as I don't post "least favorite" or "worst" in the thread name, it won't be deleted? As long as they don't find out what the "Fony"...

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