Spongebob will be the most Tony-nominated musical of the season- Page 2

[Playbill_Trash]

Posted: 5/1/18 at 10:57am

This never would have happened while Obama was president. Just saying. 

[Sondheimite]

Posted: 5/1/18 at 10:58am

Spongebob is a great show and deserves every nomination it got.
Anyone talking smack either has too much pride to go see it or too much misguided pretension.  

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/1/18 at 11:37am

Or they just didn't like it.  Because people are different.

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 5/1/18 at 11:37pm

And it could win them all, and I still would have no interest in seeing it.  I might be missing the greatest thing to ever grace the Great White Way, but there is just no interest whatsoever.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/2/18 at 3:32am

Surely if it were ' the greatest thing to ever grace the Great White Way', ignoring it would be obstinately close-minded.  

Isn't that the equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and humming rather than hear something to challenge your dogma?

 

[lotiloti]

Posted: 5/2/18 at 6:04am

Don't you look at Best New Musical list, and feel very depressed.

The bottom of the barrel is ever closer

[After Eight]

Posted: 5/2/18 at 7:17am

lotiloti wrote:

"Don't you look at Best New Musical list, and feel very depressed."

Not really. Only by one title: the winner's!

"The bottom of the barrel is ever closer"

We reached that years ago.

[Playbill_Trash]

Posted: 5/2/18 at 8:01am

After Eight said: "We reached that years ago."

I agree, I think this is the weakest season since 2009-2010 when Memphis won best musical. (One could argue that 2012-2013 was weak too since by the time of the Tonys only 2 new musicals were still open - but in my opinion Kinky Boots or Matilda individually were stronger than every show from 2010 put together).

Hopefully this hourglass gets turned over soon. This happens every certain amount of years. Look at all of the great shows that we've gotten between Memphis and now. I'm hoping for some hills on the horizon to get out of these valleys. 

[GeorgeandDot]

Posted: 5/2/18 at 8:10am

This year does take me back to some of the years in the 90's and 2000's. Thankfully, we at least got one really exceptional musical this year, which is enough for me really. Honestly, so long as we get one really great musical a year, I don't really care, but it is nice to have a year like last year where we get four really pretty solid musicals.

[EllieRose2]

Posted: 5/2/18 at 10:01pm

Sondheimite said: "Spongebob is a great show and deserves every nomination it got.
Anyone talking smack either has too much pride to go see it or too much misguided pretension."



 

[rjm516]

Posted: 5/3/18 at 8:18am

How long do you think Spongebob will run? 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/3/18 at 8:32am

If they don't win next month?   Not long at all.   If they do?   A little bit longer.   I just don't think people want to see a kids cartoon at b'way prices.  (This has nothing to do with quality or how good it might actually be.  But success and quality don't really match up.)

 

 

[dwwst12]

Posted: 5/3/18 at 11:40am

lotiloti said: "Don't you look at Best New Musical list, and feel very depressed.

The bottom of the barrel is ever closer"

 

No, because most adult humans have the ability to remember beyond five minutes ago, and see that almost everything is cyclical.  One season is not statistically significant.  TV, movies, music, and Broadway have been declared dead many times in my lifetime (and I'm not THAT old).

People thought it was over with Memphis.  And that jukebox musicals would bring about the death of all musicals.  And that movie adaptations were uniformly terrible, and would similarly kill everything.

Look at the Best Musical nominees from 2000.  Or 2003's depth after Hairspray.  Or 1995 -- or heck, half of the 90's.  Ignoring the irrelevant sentiments of those who simply hate all modern theater,  look at the tremendous gifts we've been given since 2001.

It'll come around again.  Probably next year.

 

 

[haterobics]

Posted: 5/3/18 at 11:44am

dwwst12 said: "Look at the Best Musical nominees from 2000. Or 2003's depth after Hairspray. Or 1995 -- or heck, half of the 90's. Ignoring the irrelevant sentiments of those who simply hate all modern theater, look at the tremendous gifts we've been given since 2001."

Plus, a lot of great nights at the theater don't involve Tony winners...

[Lindsay is a goddess]

Posted: 5/3/18 at 11:44am

GeorgeandDot said: "This year does take me back to some of the years in the 90's and 2000's. Thankfully, we at least got one really exceptional musical this year, which is enough for me really. Honestly, so long as we get one really great musical a year, I don't really care, but it is nice to have a year like last year where we get four really pretty solid musicals."

Or 2016, where we got five fantastic musicals. But as sad as it is to see how slim this year is, I agree that one really good musical can justify it all. And we got at least two really good revivals of great musicals, so that's something to cheer for too.

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 5/4/18 at 3:10am

devonian.t said: "Surely if it were 'the greatest thing to ever grace the Great White Way', ignoring it would be obstinately close-minded.

Isn't that the equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and humming rather than hear something to challenge your dogma?"

 

Let's try this again.  

I have no interest in a show like this, no matter how good it is.  It could win a ton of Tonys and this doesn't change my mind about the subject of this show.  

It is indeed quite possible to have no interest in a certain show, especially one like this, without being close-minded.  It's called personal opinion, and personal choice as to where I decide to spend my money on theater tickets.  And this is a musical that just doesn't do it for me.

 

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 5/4/18 at 11:42am

Finally got the chance to see Spongebob last night and had a great time. Probably the most fun I've had at a show since Hairspray.

I hope it wins everything it's nominated for.

[BwayLB]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 9:14pm

As someone who was a fan of Spongebob in the 2000's, i am quite surprised with the 12 nominations. I wasn't planning on watching the Tonys but now I am now that I researched more about Spongebob.

[Sondheimite]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 9:30pm

Saw the show again (and again, very... lit) last weekend.  Had the time of my life... again.  I really can't say enough good things about this show.  It has the most creative directing that's been used in a Broadway musical, especially one that is a family show, in YEARS.  Tina's like... the not pretentious Julie Taymor... like... if Julie Taymor knew how to have fun 

Calling it now, Ethan Slater and Gavin Lee both walk away with Tony Awards. 

Updated On: 5/19/18 at 09:30 PM

[BwayLB]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 9:48pm

Would you recommend to someone who was a Spongebob fan as a kid but outgrew during his or her high school days. Because I haven't been into it since my sophomore year

[Sondheimite]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 9:51pm

BwayLB said: "Would you recommend to someone who was a Spongebob fan as a kid but outgrew during his or her high school days. Because I haven't been into it since my sophomore year"

Totally.  This is a harkening back to the joy and humor from the first three seasons of Spongebob.  You will have a blast.  I cannot recommend it enough.  I'm in my late twenties and hadn't been digging what Spongebob was doing, as a series, since around the time just after the first film came out.  I was in your boat the first time I saw it and I had the best time I've ever had in a theatre.  I love to be emotionally desolated when I leave the theatre just like the next person... but Spongebob represents all the JOY of theatre! 

Find some stickyicky and, if you're like me, light up right outside of the theatre before you go in.  You'll have the time of your life.  

Updated On: 5/19/18 at 09:51 PM

[wicked4l]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 9:53pm

Absolutely. It will be a trip down memory lane. I went with 8 friends. Some of which had never seen an episode and they loved it just as much as those who had.

[BwayLB]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 9:54pm

That's great to hear because I was skeptical about it even though the 8 year old me would have jumped for joy when this was first announced. I was 6 to be e act when Spongebob began and I'm 25 now. I've outgrown from the show when I was 16-17. Times sure have changed. And I was just watching a few behind the scenes videos today

[Sondheimite]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 9:55pm

EllieRose2 said: "Sondheimite said: "Spongebob is a great show and deserves every nomination it got.
Anyone talking smack either has too much pride to go see it or too much misguided pretension."



"

Sorry about your bad taste.  

[BwayLB]

Posted: 5/19/18 at 10:02pm

Thanks and I'm from California so the show can wait a while. Never been to NYC. Maybe I'll enjoy Spongebob execution wise over Frozen.