What I love most about ROCK OF AGES being nominated for Best Musical

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:10am

This is a show that CLEARLY had no sights set on Broadway when they started in Vegas. Then, they moved to Off-Broadway and you could tell they still had no sights set on Broadway.

Then, New Line bought the movie rights and the only logical next step was to move to Broadway.

Talk about a diamond in the rough success story!

[tazber]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:26am

I wouldn't exactly call it a diamond.....

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:27am

I love that it got nominated over 9 to 5!

[RippedMan]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:29am

Shrek got nominated over 9 to 5 which is kind of crazy! I was very surprised. I totally thought it would be the musical that was shut-out. I guess there goes Janney's chance of winning a Tony!

[Jane2]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:32am

I see it a little differently, yankeefan. I think they indeed had plans to go to broadway, knowing that they couldn't make money off broadway.

Anyway, YAY for them!

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:50am

I haven't seen the show yet, but I say good for them. They surely had a better morning than they expected! And they have reason to celebrate. They got some pretty big nominations. And it makes me wanna go see the show so I can see what all the hype (or whatever you'd call it) is about...

~Steven

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:51am

I guess there goes Janney's chance of winning a Tony!

Janney (who was still nominated, by the way) lost her chance at a Tony the minute Next to Normal announced it was transferring.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:52am

As I said on another thread, I was glad Kristen Hangii got a nom (for one to piss off Arthur Laurents) but mostly because She took a bunch of old songs, a thin piece of book and turned it into a show that entertains audiences and got decent critical notices.
Too bad she wasn't able to get BARE to Broadway.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:53am

Well, Janney has a much better chance of winning the Tony than she would if her other 2 co-stars had also been nominated (which is what a lot of people were predicting, right).

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:57am

I like that it was nominated over 9 to 5. I dont like that it was nominated over [title of show].

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 11:58am

Janney has a slightly better chance at winning now that she's the sole nominee. And although I haven't seen Ripley's performance, I hope she wins because honestly, a non-singer and non-dancer should not win a musical award.

Ripley and Olivo are locks.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 12:04pm

I hope she wins because honestly, a non-singer and non-dancer should not win a musical award.

O pooh, the award is not best singer or best dancer, it's "Best Performance by a Leading/Featured Actor/Actress in a Musical." Or in your terms, maybe it's good that Elaine Stritch never won a Tony for her musical performances. And we should take away John Lithgow and Harvey Fierstein's Tonys.

~Steven
Updated On: 5/5/09 at 12:04 PM

[JazzSquare55]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 12:04pm

A diamond???

As a big fan of the show, who isn't brainwashed & didn't drink the ROA kool-aid... No. Not a diamond.

This show is NOT a "diamond" and has never tried to be. Bad analogy, Yankeefan. Try again.

[LadyDramaturg2]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 12:23pm

Or in your terms, maybe it's good that Elaine Stritch never won a Tony for her musical performances. And we should take away John Lithgow and Harvey Fierstein's Tonys.
~Steven

John Lithgow won for Best Performance by a Leading/Featured Actress in a Musical? I knew about Harvey, but --

Elaine Stritch, by the way, is a song-and-dance gal. So, I hope she wins a lifetime Tony soon.

Diamonds, in the rough, are cloudy-looking, lumpy pieces of ROCK, and unless they are cut and polished, are TREMENDOUSLY like Rock Of Ages, Thank You Mr. YankeeFan.

What I Love Most About ROCK OF AGES Being Nominated For Best Musical is: that one of the best musicians I've ever worked with is the Musical Director, HENRY ARONSON. You Go, Henry!



Updated On: 5/5/09 at 12:23 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 12:29pm

John Lithgow won for Best Performance by a Leading/Featured Actress in a Musical?

Leading for Sweet Smell of Success. I never figured that one out.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 12:29pm

Please, LadyDramaturg, you knew what I meant. And I love me some Elaine Stritch! But is she the best singer? No. Does she deserve Tony Awards? Yes, please! I was just saying you don't have to be the best singer or dancer to win a Tony in a musical, nor should you have to be the best singer or dancer since it's an acting award above all.

~Steven

[snarkywannabedreamer]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 12:41pm

It actually didn't start in Vegas (only did a few days there). It actually started in a small bar in Hollywood.... which even more so supports your "Cinderella" story regarding this project, Yankeefan.

I do love being able to say "I told you so." I only wish I could say it to Charleston's face, and Zoneace's face, and all the other incredibly negative people on these boards who use terms like "waste of humanity" to describe people who like things they don't like. Those wannabe's can suck it! LOVE LIVE ROA!!!!

[JazzSquare55]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 12:43pm

"Those wannabe's can suck it!"

Considering your username, that is irony at its best.

[VocalLizzy]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 1:29pm

Snarky...I hope I meet you someday to shake your hand. Thank you for being so amazingly supportive of this show!

Lizzy

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 1:32pm

Diamond in the rough? More like corn kernel in the turd pile.

[snarkywannabedreamer]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 1:33pm

my user name is intentionally ironic... a slam on the saddest portion of the population that happens to inhabit this message board. Y'know, people who talk **** about others but don't have the courage or talent to create anything of their own. It's for them.

[BlueforBroadway]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 1:47pm

Rock of ages is the Slumdog Millionaire of musicals.

[JazzSquare55]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 1:50pm

^^^

How? That would mean that they are the favorite to win Best Musical, but they aren't the favorite and never have been..

[SINGASIMPLESONG]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 2:13pm

it's worth bumping up this thread just to be able to repeat "corn kernel in the turd pile". seriously, is that the best you can do?

ROCK OF AGES RULES!
SUCK IT HATERS!

What I love most about ROCK OF AGES being nominated for Best Musical is that it IS the best Musical on Broadway.

Do you smell that? It even Smells like Rock. And Recoup.

[VocalLizzy]

Posted: 5/5/09 at 2:30pm

I've already thought of warning the box office staff to invest in some Depends, as they're never gonna have time to leave the office to go to the bathroom.

LOL