Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
#1Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 11:42am
So, according to Riedel, the finalists for this years' Pulitzer are "Ruined," "Becky Shaw," and "In the Heights?!?!
Oh Wacky Riedel! "In the Heights" premiered in 2007! Don't you know it's not eligible? You wacky person, you!
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04102009/entertainment/theater/pulitzer_list_isnt_pretty_163704.htm
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Updated On: 4/10/09 at 11:42 AM
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#2re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 11:49amI must have been the only one who thought Becky Shaw was atrocious. I thought the writing was so terrible.
#2re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 11:51amI would love to see "Becky Shaw" win this.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#3re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 11:57amRiedel isn't the only one who mentioned ITH; the Playbill.com column said the same.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#4re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 12:02pmHow? Why? In the Heights is one of my favorite shows of all time, but it's not exactly groundbreaking.
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#5re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 12:02pm
Riedel is such a ****in a$$hole with his continuous jabbing at IN THE HEIGHTS. It has been like two years, get over it, Riedel.
It sucks for LaBute that his play is not on the "recommended" list.
I'm sure it will go to RUINED.
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#6re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 12:19pmElizabeth Ashley joined AUGUST in January. He makes it sound like she joined last week. It's April now.
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
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Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#7re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 12:19pmDid the off-broadway production of N2N count as the premier of the work? Because otherwise I truly don't understand it's omission.
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#8re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 12:26pmWannaBe, I literally lol-ed at your post. It's so true. I thought he was gonna talk about rumored casting.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
scaryclowns2232
Stand-by Joined: 6/18/08
#9re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 1:39pm
I'm not sure how In the Heights would be eligible, but whatever.
And yeah, reasons to be pretty should be on that list.
KingKong
Broadway Star Joined: 2/28/09
#10re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 1:52pm
Did the off-broadway production of N2N count as the premier of the work? Because otherwise I truly don't understand it's omission.
If ITH really is eligible this year, then its likely N2N would be eligible next year.
ITH premieres OB in 2007, Opens on Broadway March 2008.
N2N Premieres OB in 2008, opens on Broadway April 2009.
But I really can't understand how ITH would be eligible this year.
#12re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 3:42pmMichael Riedel is such a little c*nt. But reading his column is a guilty pleasure.
KingKong
Broadway Star Joined: 2/28/09
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#14re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 7:07pm
"Becky Shaw" shouldn't get it at all. It's just an overlong sitcom.
"Ruined" was good, but I don't know. It just didn't seem "Pulitzer" worthy to me, nor did "reasons to be pretty." But I don't know.
And "In The Heights" is on the list? Say what? Is this April Fools all over again, I mean seriously.
KingKong
Broadway Star Joined: 2/28/09
#15re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 7:32pmYeah, i agree ITH really doesn't deserve a Pulitzer. it's a great and fun show, but the book i so subpar.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#16re: Riedel: Pulitzer Finalist Rumors
Posted: 4/10/09 at 7:58pmI guess if "Anna in the Tropics" can win, then "Ruined" should win.
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