Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
#1Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 10:46am
Jerry Mitchell, director of the snubbed "Legally Blonde," went from dressing room to dressing room after Wednesday's matinee telling his cast "not to believe what you read in Michael Riedel's column."
Mitchell, sources say, insisted that "Legally Blonde" may yet get to perform on the Tonys.
"He was adamant about it," says a source. "He kept saying the fight isn't over yet."
As I reported - correctly, Jerry - "Legally Blonde" was first invited and then disinvited to be on the telecast.
Yesterday, a Tony source said CBS was still pushing for more musical numbers, and that, if "Legally Blonde" does get on, it will be as part of a montage of all the shows from the season - Laura Bell Bundy in pink, Stephanie J. Block in a pirate hat, Twyla Tharp with her closing notice, Michael Cerveris and Donna Murphy doing their Boris-and-Natasha routine from "LoveMusik."
"Legally Blonde" will not get its own segment.
"The Tony management committee made that crystal clear this week," my source says.
Riedel
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#2re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 10:56am
"Michael Cerveris and Donna Murphy doing their Boris-and-Natasha routine from "LoveMusik."
Double OUCH. While hilarious, that was pretty harsh! Ehh, I got a good belly laugh out of it.
#2re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 11:03am
"Listen, the only way to save this year's show from being a total ratings bust is to open with Tony Soprano singing a medley from Guys and Dolls."
That cracked me up.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Dover
Leading Actor Joined: 4/29/06
#3re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 11:22am
Based on the headline, I thought maybe he got in another bar fight at Angus'.
Although I think Jerry could take him.
#4re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 11:25am
how the man gets his sources is utterly AMAZING!
but yes, the Boris & Natasha line was utter brilliance
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Posted: 5/25/07 at 11:54am
This is why the Tonys may find hemselves shut out of any network after this year. What an utterly stupid decision. The telecast is really - let's face it - a huge advertisement for Broadway. Remember how many times they mention "come see a show in New York" or "we're bringing our shows to you" and then they decide to not show a scene from the only musical that the general public has even heard of ("Honey is that number from the masturbating teenagers over yet? When is Reese gonna sing?").
If I were an exec for ABC NBC CBS Fox I'd tell them to go back to Laura Bell on bended knee and ask her and her friends to help give the middle of the show a ratings boost (as in "and featuring musical numbers from blah, blah. blah AND LEGALLY BLONDE...." which may be the only reason the general viewing public stays tuned after they see the clip from Coram Boy).
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Posted: 5/25/07 at 11:56amI don't know why we're all so worried -- The general public's going to be watching The Sopranos instead anyway...
#7re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 11:58am
"Honey is that number from the masturbating teenagers over yet? When is Reese gonna sing?"
*dies laughing*
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#8re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 12:17pm
the Boris & Natasha line was utter brilliance
i think that Murphy, Ceveris, Boris & Natasha would all take that as a compliment.
Fenchurch
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/16/06
#9re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 12:19pm
What a sad little man who takes pleasure in others misfortune. They should call it the Schadenfreude column. That's so petty and stupid. God, I hate him.
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual." - muscle23ftl
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Posted: 5/25/07 at 12:23pm
<< "Michael Cerveris and Donna Murphy doing their Boris-and-Natasha routine from "LoveMusik."
Double OUCH. While hilarious, that was pretty harsh! Ehh, I got a good belly laugh out of it.
>>
Read that this morning on the train, and was cracking up !!
Great line !!
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#11re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 1:16pmI find the Twyla Tharp one even funnier - I still can't get over when her majesty "answered" our questions with "yes" "no" and "maybe".
mightydog
Understudy Joined: 10/12/06
#12re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 1:17pmTime for us to enter into a BFA program, "Broadway Fans Anonymous" and take the first step and admit that the rest of the country is not like us. Why would anyone who does not have an interest in theatre watch the Tony Awards for more than 5 minutes, let alone 3 hours? We can argue and speculate over how to make the show better but as I posted in the other thread, does anyone really think that giving Legally Blonde 3 munites to perform a number is going to boost the ratings?
#13re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 1:25pmnorn, you should draw Bors & Natasha in a LoveMusik setting. that'd be SO an in joke but look wicked cool :)
citi79boy
Chorus Member Joined: 2/18/04
#14re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 1:36pmThis is a total riedel LIE!!!! I was at the theatre at it NEVER happened!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#15re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 1:38pm
The Tony nominators go out of their way to sabotage their own show. It's not the first time they have childishly refused to nominate this or that for their own childish reasons. Personally I don't think A number from Legally Blonde would bring in any viewers, though.
The Tonys need to go to cable or pay per view.
elphaba.scares.me
Broadway Star Joined: 10/23/04
#16re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 1:52pm
Dover...your msg made me laugh...
You "think" Jerry Mitchell could take Michael Riedel? Have you SEEN Michael Riedel? I'll bet Mitchell has six inches and 50 pounds of pure muscle over Riedel.
neddyfrank2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/23/05
#17re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 2:17pmBut Riedel is the biggest gossip queen and has a newspaper to publish it in. And if Jerry Mitchell tried to do anything to Riedel I am sure Riedel could make it so that Mitchell will never work again.
Trish2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/20/06
#18re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 2:20pm
Size doesnt matter. Those two show queens fighting would be a sight !
Hmmmm.... "Two Show Queens Fighting" sounds like a show tune to me.
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Posted: 5/25/07 at 2:29pm
The Tonys should just move to Bravo.
Bravo doesn't have enough programming to fill any given day so they could have a huge telecast in which every show could perform.
Tim Gunn watching the runway.
Then they could replay the whole thing once a week until next year.
#20re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 2:29pm
"Two Show Queens Fighting"
The opening number would be "God I'll Scratch Your Eyes Out" (Sung to the tune of "I Hope I Get It)
God I'll Scratch your eyes out!
I'll scratch your eyes out!
I'll scratch them till you cannot see
(I'll scratch them till you cannot seeee)
I really need my eyes
Dear God I need my eyes
I've got to have my eyyyyes!
Trish2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/20/06
Fenchurch
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/16/06
#22re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 2:37pm
Joe:
Youre right, the Tony Voters are sabotaging their own show. And of COURSE a number from Legally Blonde would bring in viewers, but they should do a few numbers from each show, and keep the awards as short as possible and they should spring for a REAL celebrity to host the show, even if they've never been on broadway.
"Fenchurch is correct, as usual." - muscle23ftl
VIETgrlTerifa
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/18/04
#23re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 2:50pm
I'm sorry, but Legally Blonde will not bring on any new viewers. Most people outside New York won't even know that they turned a fun to rent, mediocre movie into a musical, nor will they really care enough to mark it on their calendar.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#24re: Riedel Puts Jerry Mitchell In His Place - Ouch!
Posted: 5/25/07 at 3:12pm
Riedel cannot end anyone's career on Broadway.
He tried with Donna Murphy and she's back.
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