Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
#1Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 2:58pmAs the year is nearly coming to a close what do you think will be the biggest controversy regarding broadway this year?
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#2Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:03pm
I will forever remember where I was when I heard Betsy Wolfe was no longer in Carousel.
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#3Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:03pm
Betsy Wolfe's departure from CAROUSEL.
#4Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:06pm^certainly for these boards and cinders and I! HAHA.
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Broadway Star Joined: 4/3/17
Willie4316
Leading Actor Joined: 9/12/16
#7Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:21pm
The Wednesday Night Spongebob Audience
#8Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:30pm
The OOTI goat: is the diaper abusive? (And what about the chickens - are they unionized?)
And let's not forget the attack on Bombalurina at the Neil Simon!
#9Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:37pmGreat comet casting and closing.
#10Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:41pm
It's a toss-up between Great Comet closing and Hello Dolly at the Tonys (performance choice and the appropriateness of Midler's acceptance speech, the latter of which was a HUGE DEAL to really old-school highly conservative closed-minded Tony purist marms and their grandmothers).
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/16
#11Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:48pm
Oak, Mandy & the Great Controversy of 2017
#12Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 3:52pm
Hello Dolly's Tony performance was a big one for me. (Will they? Won't they??) So was SITPWG pulling themselves entirely out of consideration.
#13Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 4:04pm
-Great Comet seemed by far the biggest/most involving-there were at least three or four sizable threads solely about the controversy
-The whole Betsy Wolfe kerfuffle
-Perhaps the MFL casting? While I wouldn’t call it a scandal, it definitely got a lot of attention this year.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#15Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:07pm
-Rapp/Spacey situation (both were on Broadway at the time)
-Tom Wopat arrest (albiet not Broadway)
-Riedel leaving Theater Talk
-current casting director situation
-Patti Murin's performance being embraced by people who post here 
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Broadway Star Joined: 11/16/13
#16Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:19pmBette Midler's Birthday Cake
Rainah
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/16
#17Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:29pm
It's gotta be the Comet controversy. That was intense.
Stage Door Sally
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/4/09
#18Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:37pm
Comet made me vomit. I agonized over what tickets to buy to see Mandy, bought them, and the next day had to get a refund.... argh.
#19Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:43pm
Things with potential impact 5/10 years from now -
- Rapp/Spacey allegations and eventual consequences.
- Casting directors unionizing controversy
- The way race relations in America played into Great Comet's closing
Honorable mention - When Pigs Fly cancellation. We get one-two of these somewhat highly covered shows every year where finances fall through.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/03
#20Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:47pm
The HUGE NY Times article that's going to blow-up Broadway that's been coming every day for two weeks - and that still hasn't come.
#21Biggest broadway controversy so far in 2017?
Posted: 12/11/17 at 5:56pm
CurtainPullDowner said: "Betsy Wolfe's departure from CAROUSEL."
Is that controversy? That feels more like plain old drama!
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