"It’s the fractured quality in [Bernadette Peters'] singing voice and line readings that puts across the character as someone for whom resentment is sliding into madness." - NYtimes on Follies (2011).

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#4
Posted: 6/26/18 at 4:48pm

Nobody. Oak would’ve shut it all down for lack of diversity.

usn120 said: "Really... REALLY...? It's been 8 years and you thought it was worth bumping to share that you THINK Broadway "Star" Alex Wyse is Jewish?"

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#5
Posted: 6/26/18 at 4:51pm

Something less stupid than the show that won it in this universe.

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#6
Posted: 6/26/18 at 4:52pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "Nobody. Oak would’ve shut it all down for lack of diversity. "

EL OH EL

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#7
Posted: 6/26/18 at 4:53pm

qolbinau said: "Bernadette Peters"

^ what he said.

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#8
Posted: 6/26/18 at 5:11pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "Nobody. Oak would’ve shut it all down for lack of diversity. "

We have a winner!

My name is neither "adam" nor "greer."

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#9
Posted: 6/26/18 at 5:13pm

adamgreer said: "We have a winner!"

False. I have never encountered a Trump voter who was not a total loser.

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#10
Posted: 6/26/18 at 5:14pm

Annie is stupid?

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#11
Posted: 6/26/18 at 5:19pm

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Annie is stupid?"

Well, art - unlike my appraisal of Trump voters - is subjective. :)

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#12
Posted: 6/26/18 at 5:39pm

THE BAND'S VISIT WOULD STILL OF ONE ALL THE TONY'S!

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#13
Posted: 6/26/18 at 6:10pm

Colonel Mustard with the lead pipe in the drawing room of the Grand Hotel.

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#14
Posted: 6/26/18 at 6:20pm

CATS, and 40 variations of CATS based on current and past Tony Award Winning Broadway shows, would return for a triumphant multi-year return occupying every single theater house on Broadway.

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#15
Posted: 6/26/18 at 7:23pm

What do you mean, "If"?

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#16
Posted: 6/26/18 at 7:31pm

If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#17
Posted: 6/26/18 at 7:36pm

kdogg36 said: "ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Annie is stupid?"

Well, art - unlike my appraisal of Trump voters - is subjective. :)"

Your appraisal of Trump voters is subjective? It seemed pretty factual to me.

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#18
Posted: 6/26/18 at 9:08pm

How many Tonys would Chicago have won if it was set in Detroit? Would they have still called it Chicago?

What if Fiddler on The Roof had called itself Dear Evan Hansen, would Dear Evan Hansen have called itself Fiddler on The Roof? Could Zero Mostel have played Evan Hansen?

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#19
Posted: 6/26/18 at 10:40pm

Almost serious answer:

Assuming Sondheim being a woman and Andrew Lloyd Webber being trans would mean they'd get a lot less career opportunities, Annie would be even more likely to win Best Musical in 1977 because Side by Side by Sondheim never happens.

There would be a bigger impact on the 1988 Best Musical Award, because if both Into the Woods and The Phantom of the Opera didn't get produced; either Romance/Romance or Sarafina! wins Best Musical.

John Kander's career would be exactly the same but people would read a lot more into Mr. Cellophane.

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If Sondheim was a woman, ALW was Trans & John Kander was a Dwarf...#20
Posted: 6/26/18 at 10:54pm

NoName3 said: "What do you mean, "If"?

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Ah yes, my favorite diverse playwrights: Stephanie Sondheim, Andrew (born Nadia) Webber, and the 4'2 John Kander.

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