#26
Posted: 5/14/07 at 10:54pm
If John Cullum doesn't get a nom for Featured Actor, I'll probably cry. Or something.
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#27
Posted: 5/14/07 at 10:56pm
I don't think you will be crying.
#28
Posted: 5/14/07 at 10:57pm
Well he may not be a queen, per se, but he certainly doesn't have any more authority than Paul Wontorek over at Broadway.com who thinks he's the next Michael Riedel just because he purchased a domain name.
"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)
-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)
Updated On: 5/14/07 at 10:57 PM
#29
Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:05pm
Amy I the only person who thinks that Poppins will get an orchestrations nom?
#30
Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:07pm
Well I don't know if you're the only one, but you're certainly in the minority.
"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)
-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)
#31
Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:10pm
Orchestrations:
GREY GARDENS
SPRING AWAKENING
LOVEMUSIK
THE PIRATE QUEEN
(sorry Bob Dylan)
GREY GARDENS
SPRING AWAKENING
LOVEMUSIK
THE PIRATE QUEEN
(sorry Bob Dylan)
Updated On: 5/14/07 at 11:10 PM
#32
Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:38pm
I guess I am in the minority. I've thought since I first heard the cast album in early 2005 that they were some of the best I've heard in years as far as orchestrations go.
#33
Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:44pm
Don't worry clarkstallings, I love listening to the orchestrations on the London Recording!
#34
Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:45pm
Musical
1 Spring Awakening
2 Grey Gardens
3 Curtains
4 Love Musik
Play
1 The Coast of Utopia
2 Frost/Nixon
3 Radio Golf
4 Coram Boy
Musical Revival
1 Company
2 110 in The Shade
3 A Chorus Line
4 The Apple Tree
Play Revival
1.Journey's End
2.Inherit The Wind
3. Talk Radio
4.Translations
Director(Musical)
1 Spring Awakening
2 Company
3 Grey Gardens
4 Love Musik
Director(Play)
1 Coast Of Utopia
2 Coram Boy
3 Journeys End
4 Frost/Nixon
Actor (Musical)
1 Raul Esparza
2 Michael Cerveris
3 David Hyde Pierce
4 Jonathan Groff
5 Steve Kazee
Actor (Play)
1 Liev Schreiber
2 Frank Langella
3 Christopher Plummer
4 Brian F. O'Byrne
5 Hugh Dancy
Actress (Musical)
1 Christine Ebersole
2 Audra McDonald
3 Donna Murphy
4 Kristen Chenoweth
5 Debra Monk
Actress (Play)
1 Vanessa Redgrave
2 Julie White
3 Eve Best
4 Angela Lansbury
5 Marian Seldes
Featured Actor (Musical)
1 John Gallagher Jr.
2 Jason Danieley
3 David Pittu
4 John Cullum
5 John McMartin
Featured Actress (Musical)
1 Mary Louise Wilson
2 Karen Ziemba
3 Orfeh
4 Barbara Walsh
5 Erin Davie
Choreography
1 Legally Blonde
2 Curtains
3 Pirate Queen
4 Spring Awakening
Orchestrations
1.Company
2.Spring Awakening
3.Grey Gardens
4.LoveMusik
Book of a Musical
1 Spring Awakening
2 Grey Gardens
3 Curtains
4 Legally Blonde
Score
1 Spring Awakening
2 Curtains
3 Grey Gardens
4 Fame Becomes Me
Scenic Design (Musical)
1 Legally Blonde
2 Mary Poppins
3 Grey Gardens
4 Curtains
Costume Design (Musical)
1 Legally Blonde
2 Pirate Queen
3 Love Musik
4 Grey Gardens
Lighting Design (Musical)
1 Spring Awakening
2 Love Musik
3 Grey Gardens
4 Mary Poppins
I left out a few play categories.
1 Spring Awakening
2 Grey Gardens
3 Curtains
4 Love Musik
Play
1 The Coast of Utopia
2 Frost/Nixon
3 Radio Golf
4 Coram Boy
Musical Revival
1 Company
2 110 in The Shade
3 A Chorus Line
4 The Apple Tree
Play Revival
1.Journey's End
2.Inherit The Wind
3. Talk Radio
4.Translations
Director(Musical)
1 Spring Awakening
2 Company
3 Grey Gardens
4 Love Musik
Director(Play)
1 Coast Of Utopia
2 Coram Boy
3 Journeys End
4 Frost/Nixon
Actor (Musical)
1 Raul Esparza
2 Michael Cerveris
3 David Hyde Pierce
4 Jonathan Groff
5 Steve Kazee
Actor (Play)
1 Liev Schreiber
2 Frank Langella
3 Christopher Plummer
4 Brian F. O'Byrne
5 Hugh Dancy
Actress (Musical)
1 Christine Ebersole
2 Audra McDonald
3 Donna Murphy
4 Kristen Chenoweth
5 Debra Monk
Actress (Play)
1 Vanessa Redgrave
2 Julie White
3 Eve Best
4 Angela Lansbury
5 Marian Seldes
Featured Actor (Musical)
1 John Gallagher Jr.
2 Jason Danieley
3 David Pittu
4 John Cullum
5 John McMartin
Featured Actress (Musical)
1 Mary Louise Wilson
2 Karen Ziemba
3 Orfeh
4 Barbara Walsh
5 Erin Davie
Choreography
1 Legally Blonde
2 Curtains
3 Pirate Queen
4 Spring Awakening
Orchestrations
1.Company
2.Spring Awakening
3.Grey Gardens
4.LoveMusik
Book of a Musical
1 Spring Awakening
2 Grey Gardens
3 Curtains
4 Legally Blonde
Score
1 Spring Awakening
2 Curtains
3 Grey Gardens
4 Fame Becomes Me
Scenic Design (Musical)
1 Legally Blonde
2 Mary Poppins
3 Grey Gardens
4 Curtains
Costume Design (Musical)
1 Legally Blonde
2 Pirate Queen
3 Love Musik
4 Grey Gardens
Lighting Design (Musical)
1 Spring Awakening
2 Love Musik
3 Grey Gardens
4 Mary Poppins
I left out a few play categories.
#35
Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:51pm
Steve Kazee???
You have to be kidding.
and the book of SPRING may get a nom but it is just a
"cut and paste" of the original and should not get a nom.
You have to be kidding.
and the book of SPRING may get a nom but it is just a
"cut and paste" of the original and should not get a nom.
#36
Posted: 5/14/07 at 11:58pm
I guess I am in the minority. I've thought since I first heard the cast album in early 2005 that they were some of the best I've heard in years as far as orchestrations go.
The orchestrations on the London cast recording are much more extensive than those used for the Broadway production. So if you're going on what you hear on there, then you're not making an accurate judgment.
The orchestrations on the London cast recording are much more extensive than those used for the Broadway production. So if you're going on what you hear on there, then you're not making an accurate judgment.
"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)
-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)
Updated On: 5/14/07 at 11:58 PM
#37
Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:10am
CPD, I actually enjoyed Steve Kazee's performance. Also, to whomever said that Legally Blonde was more fun but not a better musical than Mary Poppins, well, I think the fact that it was more fun DID make it a better musical. At least better than MP.
#38
Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:12am
WBAF
What's your damage?
You can't just say you disagree, or offer your predictions?
Mark is no queen - and a highly intelligent guy who, if you have gone to his site and also oscarcentral (his other one) you'll note his predictions are based on several factors and have typically been quite accurate when all is said and done.
I'm not saying he's the end all, be all.. but he's not some random "queen" with a domain name.
How would you feel if someone responded to your posts with "who cares what you, some theater queen, thinks?"
Treat others as you would like to be treated - it's a pretty good rule of thumb, dontcha think?
What's your damage?
You can't just say you disagree, or offer your predictions?
Mark is no queen - and a highly intelligent guy who, if you have gone to his site and also oscarcentral (his other one) you'll note his predictions are based on several factors and have typically been quite accurate when all is said and done.
I'm not saying he's the end all, be all.. but he's not some random "queen" with a domain name.
How would you feel if someone responded to your posts with "who cares what you, some theater queen, thinks?"
Treat others as you would like to be treated - it's a pretty good rule of thumb, dontcha think?
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#39
Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:16am
gumbo: did you think Kazee's voice was good?
In his Big number THE RAIN SONG the audience was actually gringing during the money notes.
And did you think he looked sexy in that outfit?
usually STARBUCK appears topless after Lizzie and He have their moment, but they didn't dare go there.
In his Big number THE RAIN SONG the audience was actually gringing during the money notes.
And did you think he looked sexy in that outfit?
usually STARBUCK appears topless after Lizzie and He have their moment, but they didn't dare go there.
#40
Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:16am
I do think. I was mainly questioning the validity of the site and its predictions because of the fact that there are misspellings up the wazoo, which in my opinion, takes away from the credibility of the site. I don't know who the man is. I have never met him, and never claimed to have. My opinion was based on a quick glance at the predictions listed on the site.
"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)
-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)
#41
Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:33am
The orchestrations heard on the Poppins CD sound very close to those used on Broadway and in England, almost indentical. Unfortunately my programs for both versions of the show are not with me and I can't compare their orchestras. I believe that they were identical however. On the CD there might be an extra brass or wind instrument doubling a part already being played and a couple of more keyboards, but these aren't the parts that make the orchestrations great. The orchestrations are great for their sparseness in points (think the first verse of
"spoonful" with its use of bass, cello, muted trumpet, flute, and guitar), unique pairings of instruments, and use of piano and cello. New life was really breathed into these olds songs whilst maintaining their feel.
"spoonful" with its use of bass, cello, muted trumpet, flute, and guitar), unique pairings of instruments, and use of piano and cello. New life was really breathed into these olds songs whilst maintaining their feel.
#42
Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:41am
clarkstallings, the source of my comment on the difference in orchestrations was Seth Rudetsky, who mentioned at one of his seminars last year that the MARY POPPINS orchestra in New York would have almost no strings section and would be significantly further minimized from those in the London mounting.
"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)
-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)
#43
Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:42am
CPD, yes I did think Kazee's voice was good. Maybe you saw him on an off night or something? I actually especially remember his money note in The Rain Song as being very strong and pure.
I'll agree with you on the outfit, it was a weird choice, and the long hair was kind of *eh*, but is that his fault? I thought he did a great job in all of his scenes, creating a believable, deep character that Audra could really play off of. Their scenes together were some of the most fun to watch.
I'll agree with you on the outfit, it was a weird choice, and the long hair was kind of *eh*, but is that his fault? I thought he did a great job in all of his scenes, creating a believable, deep character that Audra could really play off of. Their scenes together were some of the most fun to watch.
#44
Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:42am
There were indeed a handful of spelling corrections needed. I believe I've caught them all and made the necessary corrections at TonyCentral.com. My apologies for that. I certainly feel the same way as WBF about other sites with spelling issues. Queen I'm not, though. :)
I've been making theatre related predictions based off of a very different sort of factors than most others that has proven more consistently accurate than most others over many years. That doesn't mean I'll do well this year, though. That's what makes it so interesting from year to year.
As well, thanks for backing me up, Craig.Long time no talk!
Good luck to all potential nominees and predictors alike...
TonyCentral.com
I've been making theatre related predictions based off of a very different sort of factors than most others that has proven more consistently accurate than most others over many years. That doesn't mean I'll do well this year, though. That's what makes it so interesting from year to year.
As well, thanks for backing me up, Craig.Long time no talk!
Good luck to all potential nominees and predictors alike...
TonyCentral.com
#45
Posted: 5/15/07 at 12:45am
One more quick edit - Lea Michele's last name only has one L, which your site doubles. Interesting predictions!
"Why, I make more money than... than... than Calvin Coolidge! PUT TOGETHER!"
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
~Lina Lamont
My name wasn't, isn't, and will never be Scott.
#47
Posted: 5/15/07 at 7:37am
Thanks Mark.
I realize that you just gave your pics for the nominations. You don't have to justify these to anyone, regardless of their angry-bitchy-theater diva rants.
I appreciated the read. Looking forward to today's announcement.
I realize that you just gave your pics for the nominations. You don't have to justify these to anyone, regardless of their angry-bitchy-theater diva rants.
I appreciated the read. Looking forward to today's announcement.
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#48
Posted: 5/15/07 at 7:55am
Gumbo ~ I agree with you. I've found Kazee to be very much ON the two times I've seen 110. And he brings a certain charm to Starbuck that I find adorable. :)
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