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Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Best Musical Tony
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#75Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its 10 Tony Nominations!
Posted: 6/1/14 at 12:31pmHoping for an upset next Sunday so that Jefferson Mays deservedly wins his second Tony.
#76Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its 10 Tony Nominations!
Posted: 6/1/14 at 11:15pm
SEVEN Drama Desk Awards!
And Jefferson Mays shares Best Actor in a Musical with Neil Patrick Harris...maybe the Tonys will do that too.
#77Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its 10 Tony Nominations!
Posted: 6/1/14 at 11:20pmSo well deserved! I hope the momentum continues for them into next week..
#78Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/8/14 at 8:42pm
Congratulations, Robert Freedman, for BEST BOOK!
#80Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/8/14 at 11:46pm
Best Book, Best Costumes, Best Direction...
And Best Musical!
#81Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/8/14 at 11:47pmAbsolutely wonderful. Very excited for the show!
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
#82Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/8/14 at 11:56pmThrilled! I'll be in New York in about two weeks, and I would love to see the show- it seems wonderful and I'm so happy it won!
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#83Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/9/14 at 12:28amCan you understand and enjoy this show by only listening to the cast recording?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#85Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/9/14 at 2:06amI really want to know how that scene they performed ends, haha. Can't find a full synopsis online.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#86Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/9/14 at 2:19am
Can you understand and enjoy this show by only listening to the cast recording?
I think you really need to see it. I think the way it is staged and constructed goes along with the score. I found it hard to get into before seeing it. When I watched the show I realized how clever and entertaining it all was.
I really want to know how that scene they performed ends, haha. Can't find a full synopsis online.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#87Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/10/14 at 12:41am
I'm sure I'll catch flack for asking as some did for mentioning they looked but IS there a full synopsis online anywhere? I'm a poor Midwestern college student who won't be making it to NYC to see this unless it has a run that surprises even it's most ardent supporters. I've been listening to the cast album on Spotify since it's release so I've pieced together most of it but I'd like to know I'm not mishearing or making false connections.
mjohnson2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/13
#88Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/10/14 at 1:35amI love love love this show and think it was definitely the best new musical this season, but I will say that it has a very specific style of humor (sort of like a cross between Peter and the Starcatcher and One Man, Two Guvnors but way more morbid) that you have to like in order to like the show. Congratulations to it and here's to hoping it tours so that I can see it again in San Francisco.
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broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#89Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/10/14 at 2:22am
SideBySide,
How detailed of a synopsis are you hoping for ?
Mjohnson2,
I can agree, but will say that in my opinion, one doesnt need to appreciate the humor to appreciate the absolute craft at work on EVERY part of the show and production.
#90Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/10/14 at 2:50am
broadwayguy: I'd like a detailed breakdown. All I've found is a paragraph or two at most that's just variations on the basic "man kills heirs ahead of him". I'd like an in depth synopsis of the plot so I can get a clear idea of what's happening between musical numbers. Just to give an example, I was aching for an If/Then synopsis and I finally found one on Tumblr that ended up making its way to If/Then's Wikipedia page.
I assume there's probably one in the liner notes but I usually save my cast album purchases for shows that aren't on Spotify (Fun Home, Big Fish, 54 Below recordings, Far From Heaven, Here Lies Love, Violet)
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#91Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/10/14 at 4:17amSent you a PM that I hope helps
#92Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/10/14 at 7:41am
golbinau,
I heard the recording and read the synopsis from the cd before I saw it and had no trouble following the story.
It's great fun to see, but the recording holds up very well on its own.
....but the world goes 'round
#93Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/11/14 at 1:27pm
CHURCH DOOR TOUCAN GAY MARKETING PUPPIES MUSICAL THEATER STAPLES PERIOD OIL BITCHY SNARK HOLES
GilmoreGirlO2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/05
#94Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/11/14 at 1:34pmI had an opening show slot left in my vacation at the end of the month that I was leaning toward “Gentleman’s” anyway, but that fun Tony performance sealed it. Snatched up tickets and excited to see what all the hoopla is about!
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#95Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/11/14 at 2:11pm
Direct from the Gentleman's Guide YouTube channel, here is the company and family of Gentleman's Guide watching the announcement if Best New Musical at their viewing party.
Winning the Best Musical Tony
Fan123
Broadway Star Joined: 8/30/08
#96Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/11/14 at 7:36pm
Love those videos!
"I'd like to know I'm not mishearing or making false connections."
SidebySidebyLogan probably knows the full plot now, but a tidbit for any others who've heard the recording but not seen/read the full plot: I was in a similar situation and the one thing that surprised me when I eventually read a synopsis was (SPOILER ALERT, obviously) that Sibella and Phoebe planned the 'That Horrible Woman' scene together beforehand. I had assumed from the recording it was a farcical "They both happened to try the exact the same plot to save Monty and get rid of one another at the exact same time" joke. (It still worked!)
#97Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/11/14 at 7:55pmjust curious, but did anyone catch their show on Tuesday night, their first since winning the big award??
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#98Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/11/14 at 7:56pm
This happened last night at curtain call.
http://youtu.be/j4e26uZq840
"Mr Sondheim, look: I made a hat, where there never was a hat, it's a Latin hat at that!"
Updated On: 6/11/14 at 07:56 PM
KathyNYC2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
#99Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/11/14 at 9:45pm
Tuesday Night after the TONY's is the best night to go see a show that's been nominated for anything. If they win, the audience is really enthusiastic of course and if they lose, the audience is doubly excited because they want the cast to know they are appreciated even if they lost.
Last year I was at Kinky Boots the Tuesday after the Tony. But last night, I was at Les Mis. Both wonderful experiences..hard to say one audience was more enthusiastic and both casts were moved by the audience reactions.
Love the curtain call video..thanks for sharing.
I also think it's a great day to see the entire cast without understudies. If you win, of course, you are going to show up. But if you lose, you can't look like a spoil sport and not show up, so everyone is always there as well.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#100Congratulations to A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE on Its Tonys
Posted: 6/11/14 at 10:34pm
I seldom see understudies in new shows. In fact in recent months, I can only think of one understudy that went on: Michelle Williams when she got sick not too long after Cumming was ill. (And I think I've seen nine shows in the time I'm considering.)
And all hell breaks loose when someone IS out....because it does happen!
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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