THIS THREAD IS ABOUT; WHAT IF BOEING-BOEING WAS A NEW PLAY IN 2008!"

[BroadwayBoy2]

THIS THREAD IS ABOUT; WHAT IF BOEING-BOEING WAS A NEW PLAY IN 2008!"#1

Posted: 1/6/09 at 1:21am

...Boeing-Boeing had been a new play. Thus entering it into the best play slot for the Tonys. Would it have been nominated, if so what would have been the 4 plays been?

My thought;
August:Osage County
The 39 Steps
Boeing Boeing
Rock 'n' Roll

I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"

Updated On: 1/6/09 at 01:21 AM

[Winston3]

re: Lets just say.....#2

Posted: 1/6/09 at 1:23am

I agree with your choices as to what would have been nominated. But, I still think that if Boeing Boeing were a new play it would have lost out to August.

Goodbye Sister Disco

[BroadwayBoy2]

re: Lets just say.....#2

Posted: 1/6/09 at 1:45am

Agreed 100%

I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: Lets just say.....#3

Posted: 1/6/09 at 1:46am

THE SEAFARER would not have been bumped out for BOEING BOEING.

I could see THE 39 STEPS having been bumped out for another comedy, though.

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[BroadwayBoy2]

re: Lets just say.....#4

Posted: 1/6/09 at 1:45pm

Is it really that hard to be a comedy and win , or at least get nominated?

I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"

[blaxx]

re: Lets just say.....#5

Posted: 1/6/09 at 1:57pm

I love the word "hard".

Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE

[Wanna Be A Foster]

re: Lets just say.....#6

Posted: 1/6/09 at 2:00pm

Is it really that hard to be a comedy and win , or at least get nominated?

Of course not. THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED -- a comedy, that was closed already -- was nominated over CORAM BOY -- a drama, that was still open -- a couple seasons ago.

"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: Lets just say I have no idea what this thread is about until I open it.#7

Posted: 1/6/09 at 2:08pm

Lets just say.....
That we should make our threads titles a little clearer.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[BroadwayBoy2]

re: Lets just say I have no idea what this thread is about until I open it.#8

Posted: 1/6/09 at 2:11pm

You poor thing, I hope your index finger is not in too much pain from that extra click of the mouse it experienced. If so I send my deepest sympathy towards it.

I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: Lets just say I have no idea what this thread is about until I open it.#9

Posted: 1/6/09 at 2:16pm

You've been here long enough to know better.

Don't get snarky with me.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[BroadwayBoy2]

re: Lets just say I have no idea what this thread is about until I open it.#10

Posted: 1/6/09 at 2:21pm

I hope the thread revision I made is acceptable. (Crosses fingers)

I'll have them clawing at eachother, like drag queens at a wig sale"

[BustopherPhantom]

re: Lets just say I have no idea what this thread is about until I open it.#11

Posted: 1/6/09 at 2:23pm

If BOEING-BOEING had opened as a new play, I think a lot more people would have questioned why one of today's playwrights would even write a play like BOEING-BOEING.

It might have bumped out 39 STEPS, but it would all depend on how many people didn't care.

"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum

[LizzieCurry]

re: Lets just say I have no idea what this thread is about until I open it.#12

Posted: 1/6/09 at 2:24pm

I DON'T KNOW, I COULDN'T TELL FROM ALL THE SHOUTING.

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[TheatreDiva90016]

re: Lets just say I have no idea what this thread is about until I open it.#13

Posted: 1/6/09 at 2:26pm

Thanks!

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[ColorTheHours048]

re: Lets just say I have no idea what this thread is about until I open it.#14

Posted: 1/6/09 at 4:24pm

If you really think about it, BOEING is not a perticularly well-written play. I don't think it would have been nominated had it been new. The reason it did so well is because it ignored the poorly written script and embraced the humor. It won Best Revival because it appeared on the scene and no one expected the comic gem that appeared on the Longacre stage. Despite the fact that the script is poor, the cast and director made it work and everyone seemed to overlook its past.