SISTER ACT leads and possible nominations — Page 2

And think of it this way:

Merman's Broadway debut? Girl Crazy, in which she was a supporting role only a few songs.

Verdon's Broadway debut? (After assistant choreographing a show and performing in a revue), a role in Can-Can. Damn Yankees followed soon, but that type of role was not her Broadway debut.

Hell, even Sutton debuted as an understudy in Les Mis.

Even the legends have to start somewhere, and this is only Patina's starting point. I'd say her Broadway debut was better than any of the ones above. She gets a major lead in a huge show.

Sorry to be a broken record here, but it's so silly to bash a debut performance based on not living up to basically an entire career and legacy of some of the most famous Broadway performers of all time. Especially since you accuse the younger generation of not knowing these other performers, which is a completely false statement. Young people in theater know who Ethel Merman is, believe me.

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and this years Tony goes to Sutton Foster.
Anyone wanna bet??

Adamgreer, she was in Four Christmases. Duh.

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Saw the show tonight, last preview, and it was amazing! Patina hopefully will win, and Victoria Clark should definitely get featured billing because she has a good shot there, too. They are both wonderful, and very nice at the stage door.

Yeah, predicting raves for Book of Mormon and pans for Wonderland is not exactly going out on a limb.

Updated On: 4/20/11 at 09:43 AM

I left Kate Baldwin off of my
current Broadway Stars list.

I love her.

She has the Goldenboy Star blessing.

"I need a hobby?
You are spell-checking for christ's sakes.
geesh."

Maybe because adam knows how to spell and it was also a pretty obvious misspelling. I noticed it as soon as I saw it. And sad that spell checking doesn't seem to be important to you. Oh, and Christ should be capitalized.

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From Broadway World Review:


Whoopi Goldberg looms large over the new musical comedy "Sister Act," and that's part of the problem. While she co-produced, Goldberg isn't onstage, and the outsized sense of hilarity mixed with humanity she brought to the 1992 motion picture is sorely missed. Patina Miller makes an altogether impressive Broadway debut as diva-on-the-run Deloris Van Cartier, singing up a veritable storm, but the decision to plaster Goldberg's name on numerous signs outside the theater raises comparisons that flatter neither Miller nor this garish production.

Read more: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Review-Roundup-SISTER-ACT-Updating-LIVE-20110420#ixzz1K8FAB7Uf

Updated On: 4/21/11 at 01:13 AM

Clark and Miller are locks for nominations. I could see it get nods for any of the following: Musical, score, book, orchestrations, direction, choreography, sets, and costumes. I could also just as easily see it shut out in anyall of those categories though.