ALW was ROBBED!
ALW was ROBBED!
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#0ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 11:58am
How could they NOT nominate Woman in White instead of the Wedding Singer? This is an outrage!! And overlooking Maria Friedman? I think she gave an amazing performance!
Needless to say, Disney needs to make friends with Tony voters (which have been schmoozed to death by Oprah, some say). I expected Tarzan to get more design noms.
But I digress . . ALW was robbed of a Best Musical nom!!
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#1re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:01pmI'm thinking that WIW would have had a shot had it opened later in the season.
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#2re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:02pmAgreed, WIW deserved Best Musical nod, included Maria and Michael.
#3re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:02pmAgreed, WIW deserved Best Musical nod, included Maria and Michael.
#4re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:02pm
For the record, Andrew Lloyd-Webber was not snubbed. He received a nomination for Best Score.
#5re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:03pm
Webber wasn't robbed.
He got the nomination he would have been up for...his score.
How is that being robbed?
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#7re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:07pmAlso, if it wouldn't have done so poorly that it closed so quickly, Drowsy wouldn't have been able to "take away" it's noms.
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#8re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:08pm
But it did poorly because it wasn't good. At all.
It was a two hour, forty minute yawn.
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#9re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:09pm
I didn't think The Wedding Singer was very good either, but at least it knew it wasn't that great. Thus, it was kind of fun.
The Woman in White was a pretentious bore with great music that even good performances couldn't save. Overall, it's just an unenjoyable show. It got exactly the nomination it deserved.
#10re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:12pm
Wedding Singer isn't deserve the Best Musical nod.
It isn't?
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#11re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:17pm
heh...
White, Singer, Lestat, Life, Lennon...
NONE of these shows deserve a best musical nod.
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#12re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:21pm
Hanna...if WIW hadn't closed, DROWSY would have probably gone into the Schoenfeld instead...still opening before the Tony deadline. So you see...DROWSY would have still "been able to 'take away' it's noms"...and probably would have.
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Updated On: 5/16/06 at 12:21 PM
#13re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:38pmNYLG -- I really wasn't serious about the WIW / Drowsy situation. Just that each show has an opportunity to "earn" a nomination. Just the fact that WIW wasn't compelling enough to stay open put in jeopardy the nominations for all parties involved. Maria Friedman (if WIW would have made it) probably would have had a better chance at a nomination. However, the best actress category was so jammed packed that the committee had to draw the line. I'm honestly surprised that Sutton got the nomination. I don't feel that her character is a true "lead" role. Her performance is great, but with all the competition I didn't think she'd make the cut.
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#14re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:59pm
"Needless to say, Disney needs to make friends with Tony voters (which have been schmoozed to death by Oprah, some say). I expected Tarzan to get more design noms."
Except for the lighting, Tarzan was horribly designed.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#15re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:59pm
WIW sucked the big wad. It should have closed even sooner!
*runs out of here*
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#16re: ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 2:30pmDAME -- I LOVE you!!! Don't run away!
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#17Cyndi Lauper was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 2:45pm
Cyndi was robbed.
Haven't we learned NOT to mess with Cyndi?
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Updated On: 5/16/06 at 02:45 PM
sharon1
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/03
#18Cyndi Lauper was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 3:11pmI think Michael Ball and Maria Friedman were shamefully neglected.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#19Cyndi Lauper was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 3:16pmI didn't even realize Tarzan got completley snubbed - ha.
#20Cyndi Lauper was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 3:23pmTarzan DIDN'T get completely snubbed...they got a lighting nod.
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#21Cyndi Lauper was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 3:27pm
"Tarzan DIDN'T get completely snubbed...they got a lighting no"
I'd almost say thats worse than being snubbed - it's kinda like the voters are saying
"Yeah, we saw your show and the only thing worth seeing was the lighting"
At least if your snubbed completely you can say that you were unfairly ignored etc.
#22ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 3:29pm
I was happy that ALW received a nom for Best Score (wonder if he'll attend the Tony's) - now he can go around telling everyone how it was everyone else's fault WIW closed - lol *(although he has said in recent interviews he was never big on the set design --)
I think if they had stuck to their original plan - open in Chicago in November, come to NY in Jan - things could have been very different. They would have had a $6 million advance no matter what because of the ALW name alone. That would have kept the show doing good business till this time (of Tony Noms) and it probably would have had a bunch of nominations considering the competition really petered out.
Although there's some here who hate WIW, there would have been enough support from the Theatre community for it to do well.
Coulda, shoulda, woulda at this point though...
#23ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 3:38pmI agree with chernjam on this one. Now that I think about it, the original plan actually might have fared better. It just came WAY to quickly for anyone to notice, and it closed before many people could see it. Too bad.
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#24ALW was ROBBED!
Posted: 5/16/06 at 3:55pmAlthough I knew this would happen, I am still upset. I pretty much expected what was going to happen with the noms though, so nothing too out of the ordinary. WIW best win for score!
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