Spamalot, Sunday Top Olivier Award Noms; Wicked Snubbed- Page 3

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:21pm

My "payback" comment was not intended to be taken seriously.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:35pm

Not only did Krakowski get a nomination but she won for her performance as Miss Adelaide.
Menzel won a Tony over performances that were much more raved about (and in my opinion worthier of the award, i.e Donna Murphy, Tonya Pinkins, Kristin Chenoweth--Brantley's review of Wicked barely mentioned Menzel at all). There's no need to rationalize the fact that British voters did not think her performance was worthy of a nomination, especially in a year with such strong female roles as Caroline, Evita, et al.

[goldes]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:41pm

For those not familiar with the Olivier nomination process, I thought I'd jump in with a little bit about how it works.

The "panel" is made up of 9 (I think), which composes both "professionals" and members of the public. The 9 pannelists come up with a long list of nominations.

The long list is then circulated to members of SOLT (primarily producers and theatre owners), who vote to create the short list we've seen today.

This means that Idina/Wicked may have been "snubbed" by the panellists, or may have been loved by the panellists and snubbed by the SOLT members. We'll never know.

The panel will vote for the eventual winners.

In any case, any comments about how the critics reacted to a production, or how the audiences react, or even what other awards are given (Evening Standard, Tony, etc.) ultimately have only a little bearing as it's now up to those 9 people (non-critics) to decide, and they are not likely to be influenced hugely by all these other factors.

And as the members of the public are changed every year, past voting is not necessarily indicative of how they will vote this year.

So we'll all have to wait in suspense to see the outcome!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:53pm

Thanks for that info. Interesting that the nominating committee only has nine members (the Tony nominating committee has 25 or so theatre professionals from various disciplines).

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:57pm

Just because everyone's beloved Wicked didn't nominated for best actress or musical, doesn't mean it got snubbed.

It recieved 4 nominations, to which it'll win 2 of those, probably.

The quality of Wicked just isn't that good compared to what else has opened in London this season.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 3:59pm

Interesting Spacey did not get nominated and he is asking for such a hefty pay check over here.

[joshy]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 4:34pm

"Nathan Lane won the Olivier two years ago for THE PRODUCERS after doing only a few months in the role (and the show is STILL running)"

THE PRODUCERS closed about three weeks ago!

Someone said they refused to believe there had been 5 higher calibre performances from an actress than Menzel's this year. Well, it's true. All 5 women gave better acted performances.

[alliez92092]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 4:35pm

I'm not going to get into the Idina argument, but I will say that I think Elphaba is a much harder role than Lady of the Lake. And I do also think that Lady of the Lake is a supporting role.

Posted: 1/18/07 at 9:57pm

Will they be televised and if so will there be musical numbers? I know in the past some years they've been televised with Tony style clips (just do a search for Olivier Awards on that bad site we can't mention) but not often...

[loverly]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 10:09pm

They are not televised.

[Ladyofthe Lake]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 10:20pm

No, they're not televised, but they'll be webcast on:
Official London Theatre UK website

[EugLoven]

Posted: 1/18/07 at 10:32pm

PLEASE LET "SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE" WIN EVERYTHING IT CAN!
PLEASE! This production was just remarkable and so beautiful.

"Spamalot" is just a bunch of jokes and out-of-control costumes,
sets, and funny actors.

"Sunday" was innovative.

Posted: 1/23/07 at 12:54am

Ooh so will the webcast have performance clips?