Wednesday, June 11, 2008
JUST GO SEE THE DAMN SHOWS!!!!!!!
Damn. We go through this every year, and every year it makes me madder and madder. I'm about to go home and bite my pillow. Why won't the Tony voters go see all the F-ing nominated shows?!? It really just burns me up that these people who are trusted with this responsibility cannot makes it to 36 evenings in the theatre.
Jeremy Gerard at Bloomberg has a great piece today about the staggering numbers involved:
Somebody call me! ¶ 11:41 AM
Damn. We go through this every year, and every year it makes me madder and madder. I'm about to go home and bite my pillow. Why won't the Tony voters go see all the F-ing nominated shows?!? It really just burns me up that these people who are trusted with this responsibility cannot makes it to 36 evenings in the theatre.Jeremy Gerard at Bloomberg has a great piece today about the staggering numbers involved:
"Take the case of movie star Laurence Fishburne, whose performance in THURGOOD earned him a nomination for best performance by a leading actor. Less than 40 percent of the 797 voters have seen the performance, according to a member of the show's production team."Again I put this out there. I have great opinions and will gladly sit through 36 plays and musicals. Even GLORY DAYS.
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"Tony voters had four months to see the Pinter play, which got some of the best reviews of the season, especially for Eve Bests's nominated performance. So how many found their way to the Cort Theatre before THE HOMECOMING closed on April 13? We were under 400,'' Jeffrey Richards, the show's lead producer, said in an interview. "We were very disappointed. We made a really concerted effort to get all the voters in.''"
Somebody call me! ¶ 11:41 AM
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Me neither. And the Tony people are not only ignoring it, but they're making excuses too with comments like, "It is the voters' responsibility to make best efforts to attend the full slate of offerings each season and, when not possible, abide by the rules and regulations we set forth."
Meanwhile, the credibility of the award is going down the toilet with these policies.
Try taking voting privileges away from the League Producers who vote for shows that'll make them money on the road. Maybe then they'll start showing up.
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Meanwhile, the credibility of the award is going down the toilet with these policies.
Try taking voting privileges away from the League Producers who vote for shows that'll make them money on the road. Maybe then they'll start showing up.
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