Shrek? Could it?

With all of the Next to Normal/ Billy Elliot fueds going on, could Shrek have a chance at the Gold?

Here's my point, most voters take a show's touring capabilites into considerration when voting. Already, some producers are smart and have announced tours, like West Side Story, Hair, and recently Shrek. All other nominees have yet to even announce such tours, putting Shrek at a slight advantage. While Next to Normal is not tourist friendly, Billy Elliot isn't that far behind. Aside from the set (which has continued to breakdown well into it's run), consider the heavy English accents, the adult content, AND the excessive cursing. While I understand Spring Awakening had some of those factors as well, they had announced a tour by the time the Tonys had come around. Billy Elliot opened last November, and nothing has been announced. So, what do you think, could Shrek have a chance? Also, though it's not any sort of official sign, Shrek has seemed to become the "that site" musical of the year, with practically the entire show, as well as many comments on how much people like it, on that site. A sign of what's to come?

No.

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Not at all.

Actually, wouldn't 9 to 5 be this year's Young Frankenstein and Rock of Ages this year's Cry Baby?

so, just how retarded are you mactor?

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I personally think Shrek could get a few things here or there.

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Updated On: 5/6/09 at 07:06 PM

I'm guessing the OP meant for Best Musical -- then NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

Could it get a few statues? Possibly.

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While Shrek is my favorite out of the Best Musical nominees, I really don't see it having a chance of winning the big prize. It'll MAYBE get Actor, probably get Featured Actor, and I think it's quite a bit behind N2N in the score category (since the committee seems to hate 9 to 5 and BE's score is its weakest link). That's probably it, besides design stuff.

Good point, Foster. I haven't actually hear 9 to 5's score so I can't judge it based on my opinions.

And I forgot about Orchestrations. Is there some sort of rule about those? I think Shrek has the biggest orchestra, if that has any weight in that category.

However, if the rest of the voters are largely split, then the road representatives could make a big difference. A minority all voting in one way is pretty powerful.

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Shrek is terrible, thats why there's all the hate.

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Seems a kneejerk response to dogpile all over Shrek around here. I wasn't surprised when it fared well at the nominations yesterday. While I wished that the creators had taken even more of a red pencil to it in their revisions between Seattle and New York, I do think there are some definite virtues to that show. I liked Tim Hatley's designs, Danny Troob's orchestrations, and I found David Lindsay Abaire's lyrics eccentric and funny. There are some very good performances. All of that puts it above the recent efforts of another corporate musical producing house on Broadway. I also do like the message the show delivers to kids that if you are different, an outcast, a freak, there are other people like you who will love you just the same, and ultimately, that trumped the couple of sections where I felt the show went off the rails.

No, I don't think it's winning Best Musical, but it could win a couple of the other awards mentioned in this thread.

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I'm putting my money on Billy Elliot, but I'm hoping for Next To Normal.

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