Rosie O'Donnell's Response to Grey Garden Closing.

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My 1st thought was the same you had, but really, she plugged Spring Awakening a lot more, predicted it was going to win the Tony, and then some other shows like The Apple Tree, or A Chorus Line were promoted on The View, as much as Grey Gardens.

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Gotcha. I'm not bashing her for promiting GG at all, it was a terrific show. I am sad to see it go, but am glad I saw it when I had the chance.

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you just might see her there! i saw rosie at a matinee performance of "the apple tree" the day before kristin guest co-hosted on the view. she was sitting a few rows behind me.

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I was half expecting when clicking on this thread for Rosie to have said something that would have ended up on the evening news.

Every time Spring Awakening was on The View, the credits would show "the producers of Spring Awakening" as a promotional sponsor. She was paid to promote it.

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I thought any time a "guest" provided items to be given away to the audience they were listed as a promotional sponsor? Not just Sprinng Awakenign but any show that provided tickets, T-shirts, hats, CDs etc are all promotional sponsors aren't they?

If you think Rosie plugged this show for Money, or that she does anything for money, then you don't know Rosie.
Besides, you could tell she loved GG just by the way she spoke of it.
I remember once after one of her verbal fights with Trump was getting out of control, she came in and said how she went to see GG again, because it makes her forget all her troubles, and just takes her away to a dream world.

I am very disappointed with many of you. After everything Rosie has done to promote Broadway to mainstream America, you accuse her of having intentions to make money off of Broadway shows??

She knew she was going to lose money from TABOO. I bet she knew she would lose money for GREY GARDENS. It doesn't matter to her! For three reasons: 1) She cares about her friends; 2) She cares about the art; 3) She can afford to lose money.

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and so what if she promoted it--Bottom line : GG is an excellent show and kudos for Rosie for having a part of bringing GG on Broadway. I admired her more now Leave her alone ! I love Rosie ! Im sure she was just joking when she answered it...

CapHook- youre my favorite poster again today

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Updated On: 7/3/07 at 10:15 AM

If the producers of The View were paid by any show producers Rosie, in turn, was paid by those producers with that money. I never said there was anything wrong with it. I never said it was underhanded. I never said she shouldn't have fought to promote shows. If the shows did indeed pay to be plugged, Rosie was doing her job by doing it (as well as supporting an art form she loves) and therefore she was "getting paid" to do it. All I said was that the producers of these shows were "promotional sponsors" of the show. I didn't say Tom Hulce was slipping her a 20 before the show!

Since when is it bad to get paid for doing something you love? I think she found a good way to promote Broadway AND make money.

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