What's with all the Allegiance votes?

I'm guessing they're winning because it is a great show. Not to mention there was more to the set than that. Also Mr. Takei did not put anything on his Facebook to vote specifically just for this show, he is very close to the show, and why wouldn't he be? He was in those interment camps during WW2. It's not that he's asking people to vote for his show, it Is that others (including myself) have recognized this wonderful and powerful piece of theatre and would like to use our freedom to vote for what we think is a great musical.

A great show? Not even close.



But this just proves what a joke the BWW awards are. As I've said before, these are like the People's Choice or, worse, the Nickelodeon awards.

Disaster was supposed to be camp & good fun. It succeeded on both counts. Agree the set for Allegiance set was better than Disaster but again that is not saying much.

This is a fan vote and I suppose Allegiance's fans are coming out. In the Broadway.com poll when they were calling for nominees, I nominated Allegiance in a few categories. I didn't think it will really matter but voila there were more likeminded people and Allegiance made it to the nominee lists in some categories. I think this is what's happening with the BWW poll. Say what you will about being a joke, but this is a fan vote, the People's choice. At least the fans are supporting this art form. Anyways when all is said and done, the fans of Hamilton will wake up and vote for them in every category.

I'm a fan of Allegiance. It was a heartwarming story with message to tell. Of the 5 shows that opened this year and I've seen my faves are Hamilton and Allegiance. We'll see if Waitress, American Psycho and the Crucible will replace Allegiance when I see them end of May! (I am also seeing Hamilton #3)

Updated On: 5/15/16 at 01:21 PM

Well, it's not exactly the same thing: shilling for votes is entirely different than asking your individual fans to go to a sight they don't frequent and vote for a show they likely haven't seen. So, no, it likely isn't an AUDIENCE voted result.



And I don't see anyone upset.

Me neither! How can it be a fan vote if people cannot encourage their fans to vote for their show??! Just because you didn't think the show met your (dramamama) requirements doesn't mean you are the authority on the topic! lol lol Now if this were the Tony's or other award giving bodies that will be a different story! And even there this board disagree on what got nominated etc!@

Updated On: 5/15/16 at 01:43 PM

I didn't say anything was wrong with it: just that its different than fans of a show choosing to vote because they are moved to do so. I'm not the one that said there is a social media presence asking fans to vote, someone else did. It just points to the fact that these awards are meaningless, as already mentioned.

VeronicaMae said:
This is a straight-up popularity contest, and the fact that anything is even close to beating Hamilton, especially a little show like Allegiance, is refreshing.

It definitely is that. To be fair, I've not seen Allegiance. I've only listened to the OBCR and musically I wasn't blown away by it. Nice score but nothing groundbreaking or new was brought to the table IMO. I'm not mad about the results or trying to start a bicker fest. In fact I find it refreshing to see smaller shows celebrated amongst a year where there is one behemoth. Look no further than my avatar for proof of that. I just find it a little disheartening that so many are clearly voting "straight ticket" for one show. It's definitely a dialogue worth having for us theatre lovers. I don't even think most Hamilton fans are voting for it in all categories. (I think I chose it for Best Musical, Score and Acting for Odom & Goldsberry but I definitely spread the wealth) But like you said it's a vote and people are free to vote as they will. I think it really just speaks to how silly these awards have become. In my city, for example, we have a BWW branch that gives audience awards annually. This year, all but one award was given by a large margin to one high school (with an arguably meh program) against all four local community theatres. It was obvious to all that the students had just pimped out the vote. It cheapens the process but if that's how people want to play, it's their right to do so.

Updated On: 5/15/16 at 02:17 PM

let's all go vote for something else to overthrow the imbalance!

I adored this show and kinda resent the title of this thread! :)

I found it by far the best musical of the season, and am glad it's getting support in the BWW voting.

To see one show obviously stuffing the ballot box invalidates what is already a pretty silly poll.