I disagree with the general sentiments here. It's totally fine if they want to not honor a musical in a particular year --- but then they should call the award "Outstanding Musical," like the Drama Desk award.
"Best" is a comparative term!
The clear implication, as with the Tony Awards, is that the honor is for "Best of the Season." Not the "Best of the Season if We Deem the Season's Offerings Acceptable Enough."
It's probably safe to say that I'm a weird outlier here as a 42-year-old straight guy who is equally obsessed with musicals and fantasy baseball....so I'm definitely up for it!
I'm having a little trouble figuring out how it would be more than just a Tony prediction game, though. Also, there are so few actors/shows involved -- and usually such obvious front-runners -- that you'd have a lot of duplicates. In other words, in a fantasy league only one perso
lotiloti said: "Don't you look at Best New Musical list, and feel very depressed.
The bottom of the barrel is ever closer"
No, because most adult humans have the ability to remember beyond five minutes ago, and see that almost everything is cyclical. One season is not statistically significant. TV, movies, music, and Broadway have been declared dead many times in my lifetime (and I'm not THAT old).
Louderman absolutely deserved the nomination. And while this certainly isn't the greatest show in Broadway history, the Today Show performance reminded me that it *is* one of the strongest casts, vocally, that I've ever seen. Particularly Louderman and Barrett Wilbert Weed.
I have a question for Equity folks or those otherwise in the know:
Who makes the decision that a role is too taxing and requires an alternate schedule? Is it entirely between producer and actor to decide this? Or are there any union rules that govern it? You'd think there could/should be. I know Evita traditionally has an alternate. I know that Alex Brightman cut down to six in School of Rock, but don't know if his successors kept that in place.
I'd be interested to know how often the musical with the most nominations has NOT won Best Musical.
Short of googling each year's nomination news stories or counting manually on each Tony year's wiki page, does anyone know of a list of the show with the most nominations each year?
Ach, sorry. I feel like there's no really effective way to search for a small thread like that -- site and Google searches are both imperfect. But I did try to check.
Any other N2N fans notice the 14 consecutive notes in the song "Something's Missing" from Come From Away that are (almost) identical to the start of "Maybe?" No judgment -- I absolutely loved CFA, and I generally enjoy these little similarities, whether they're subconscious choices or an homage by the writers.
Just curious if anyone else jumped in their seat a little!
I assume when you purchase from StubHub it gives you the option for pick up (or maybe no option if its less than 1hr before?)
Actually, be careful with that because it depends on the ticket. Most are "Pickup at StubHub Last Minute Service Center," but some say "Instant Download." If you're using the app and are hanging out in midtown, printing your tickets won't be an easy option. So make sure you choose to buy the right type.
At the Courtyard by Marriott on W. 40th St. Just a few minutes' walk from the theater. I can't *guarantee* that's where it will be, because I don't know how many there are. But that's where mine was, and where my friend's was. And it's got to be the only one that close.
Definitely try Stubhub if you don't mind playing a little chicken. I got a single (side Orch Row D) on a Friday night for $154 (including fees). That was one hour before the show.
My friend paid more for a Saturday matinee -- $230 -- but it was dead center of the Orchestra, Row L or M.
Wait.... so...showtunes can sound a little like other showtunes? And there are certain kinds of songs that can roughly be put into subgroups within any genre? And some of the songs within each subgroup sound a little similar? And there are *trends* that run through genres (not just Broadway) during certain time periods?
My God -- give this guy a MacArthur grant!
There are certainly several Broadway "templates" -- simple starting points one can use to classi
Buying tickets at Telecharge is apparently no longer an option. The "Find Tickets" and "Pricing and Schedule" tabs are disabled. Never seen that before. Is the run simply all sold out now?
Can't it be both a place to talk in-depth *and* basically be "Yahoo Broadway Answers" (though with more intelligent answers than regular Yahoo Answers)?
And can't it be a place for both "regulars" and those who check once a day or once a month?
I scan the front page once a day or so and try to chime in when I feel I can help and/or share a useful thought. But I mostly lurk to find interes
Does the protagonist need to be free of flaws -- even massive ones -- for us to relate to or care about him/her? I think musicals can and should can be more nuanced than that, like other art forms. In this new golden age of TV, we're familiar with rooting for pretty darn messed up people, and examining why the heck that is. And showrunners have become very skilled at making us feel this way (think Breaking Bad, The Americans, The Sopranos, et al). Yet for some, it
Fair enough. I'm just saying that if (IF) her story is true, her motive was not profit, unlike the websites. She was not intentionally taking an affordable seat and turning it into a more expensive one. If she can maximize her value and see another show, I'm not going to judge her too harshly.
So when Debra does it, its greed... but when Stubhub, Broadway.com, and countless other resellers do it in bulk, legally, it's just good clean capitalism? While I would never try to sell anything over face value (personal philosophy), if I'm *buying*, I'll give my money to the Debras of the world, not The Man.
Sorry -- I meant the fourth to *reach* the top 10 in the last 50 years. Per Playbill:
Dear Evan Hansen is also the fourth cast recording to reach the top 10 on the Billboard 200 in the last 50 years. The only cast albums to make the list previously were Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, and Hair.
