the new edna is.........- Page 4

[Jack42]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 1:03pm

"Don't you all see how childish and ridiculous this board is? Look at how these discussions spin out of control. Shaiman, I'm just emailing you next time. Have fun with your teenage fans."

That's right Paul, someone stands up to you and calls your bluff (making nice at the same time) and you reduce your post to an immature rebuttle.

Again you are a hypocrite. You write how childish and ridiculous this board is but you must be reading it everyday because you post anytime you are challenged. What does that say about you?

Marc didn't start this back and forth on this thread, you did. Because you had to let everyone know Broadway.com had the "goods".

Well goodie-goodie for you Paul. No one is questioning whether or not you had the information. The question, I believe was whether or not it had been made official.

Having seen you and your crew in action, I wouldn't be casting stones at the posters on THIS board. That too, is hypocritical.

16 year old posters, Indeed. I wonder if Rob or Craig have such stats available to us.

[PaulWontorek]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 1:04pm

"Hiding Place," BwayTheater11? I only made this name so that I could defend BS posts like this. I don't feel the need to post on 276 threads about who should be the next Penny Pingleton. I have better things to do.

Talk about hiding... I'm sure your mamma didn't name you "BwayTheater11" when you arrived on this planet. Care to share a more specific moniker?

Paul

[localonecrew]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 1:05pm

quote"Just to give some perspective to Local One crew and his "inside information", remember this post?

"the producers of the off-broadway production of raisin in the sun have booked the Shubert Theater starting in April. Guess the gypsy folk realize its not gonna run after bernadette leaves."



i owned up to the fact that i misread and misreported this info. it seems that regardless of this fact that mammamia sammy cant let it go. he is like a dog with a bone.

other than that miscue, which i openly acknowledged, i have been right on the money. i work in this business, on bway, and i get alot of info. i post it for your edification. you dont like it, dont read it. i am not forcing anything on anybody.



shaiman- **BIG HUG**

[EddieVarley]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 1:09pm

"Teenage Fans"?! THANK YOU! I haven't been called that in twenty years! So much for playing nice.

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 3:33pm

well Eddie, you beat me to the punch...congratulations on being called a teenager cause from the look of your icons, you are EASILY well over 60...

hey everyone, Paul and I just got all kissy face through Email and so be it!!!

ya know, you should all know, I'm NOWHERE as noble and well spoken as I come across here...you shoulda heard me dishing on the phone this morning with...well, I cant say with who...well, maybe...

ok, off to work

GROUP HUG!

Marc

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 3:50pm

oh my gosh......................

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 3:50pm

"Broadway.com adheres to and spreads the love of theater 100% of the time. Writing an excited, factually-correct story about the new leading man in your Broadway musical? What's not to love about that?"

The fact that reporting a news story means waiting for the story to be completed and having all the information and facts. Look, the 'I had a reliable source tell me ...' is the same cop out the National Enquirer and the gossip columns use to rationalize running stories that aren't completely true or accurate. The fact that some of those stories end up being true is irrelevant to the approach. Read any history about journalism and history is decked with people sitting on stories waiting for them to be completely accurate, even if they had the information beforehand, they wait for verification and, generally, for a PUBLIC source. It's THE JOB.

There isn't much difference between someone posting what they hear in the streets on a message board and you posting what you hear from people you know on your site. If you want to be a NEWS site you wait for the story to be NEWS, not for it to be a rumor or an almost done deal. You wait for the story to be told. The rumor people will always have something first. If you just want to be first, then you're going to end up being a rumor peddler, a gossip columnist or the National Enquirer. It's not my site, do whatever you want. But don't try and say you're love of theater is more important than the basics of journalistic integrity.

And, yes folks, this is my real name. Ask my mother.
Updated On: 2/11/04 at 03:50 PM

[Phantom2]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 5:42pm

I am gone for a few hours and all hell breaks loose! broadwayguy2- I thought you were supposed to watch the kiddies? Geez.
Why don't you all kiss and make up and be each others Valentine's? Just call me Cupid. That would mean I'm naked! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 5:48pm

Okay... Cupid!

I was trying.. but they are bigger than me

[Al Dente]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 5:54pm

I love Broadway.com so I'm not going to trash it but I AM going to ask WHY you felt the need to mention me in this thread Marc? I just got here now and have kept my nose very clean. Quite frankly, I don't care who the new Edna is. It's not making ME any richer.

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 6:11pm

But Mr Dente!

you DID weigh in earlier and I was AGREEING with you.
most DEFINITELY!!

p.s. R or C, when are italics and other font choices going to be available to we theatrical types? My overuse of ALL CAPS is getting MONOTONOUS!

[EddieVarley]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 6:36pm

How nice to see everything is back to nicey nice and the good news about Gypsy, and as I was out I walked by the Neil Simon and smiled knowing a new comic twist on Edna will be coming soon, BUT I WILL be heading back to see the blissful Mr. Harvey one mo' time. And regarding my age in my icons only my Botoxist knows for sure!

Posted: 2/11/04 at 6:47pm

you could *star* things for emphasis.

-Christina

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 6:53pm

Umm...the reason I chose BwayTheatre11 is because, well, because people LIKE YOU ON THE INTERNET!

[Craig]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 6:55pm

Actually Marc the board is set up in such a way that you can emphasize things if you really wanted to!

How much for the secret?

Posted: 2/11/04 at 7:04pm

Hmmm

I shouldve been able to figure that out so much sooner. Im so disappointed in myself.

A list of clickable smilies would be nice.
But, its not my board.

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 7:06pm

How'd you do that?

Posted: 2/11/04 at 7:10pm

Do what exactly?

*looks innocent*

-Christina Updated On: 2/11/04 at 07:10 PM

Posted: 2/11/04 at 7:21pm

Heres a really obvious hint: If Craig and I didnt know how to do this, we'd have no business making websites.

-Christina

Posted: 2/11/04 at 7:28pm

Hmmmmm, this is a really evil idea. Updated On: 2/11/04 at 07:28 PM

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 9:24pm

Haha! That is awesome, Mistress. I wish I knew HTML...

Posted: 2/11/04 at 9:38pm

Craig told me not to share the secrets!

Christina Updated On: 2/11/04 at 09:38 PM

[Craig]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 10:06pm

no I didn't..

I said "stop that!" and there was a LOL after it too...ya troublemaker!

Posted: 2/11/04 at 10:11pm

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA

-Christina

[Phantom2]

Posted: 2/11/04 at 11:09pm

Go to your rooms! Geez.