Nominations For Tony Awards Announced
Nominations for the Tony Awards were announced today, celebrating the best of NYC’s musical theater and giving the gays across America yet another awards program to discuss snottily as if they’ve seen any of the nominated shows.
Highlights of the nominations: The Color Purple, co-produced by Oprah Winfrey and based on the book and movie of the same name, was nominated for several awards including Best Musical. Sweeney Todd, the bizarre but brilliantly-written musical about a cannibalistic barber, was nominated for Best Revival Of A Musical, as was Threepenny Opera, starring Alan Cumming and Cyndi Lauper. If you’re wondering why Phantom Of The Opera hasn’t been nominated, well…don’t bother watching the awards ceremony on June 11. You won’t have any idea of what’s going on.
Harry Connick, Jr. took a break from Will & Grace to play the lead in The Pajama Game, for which he was nominated for Best Performance By A Leading Actor; Patti Lupone, who once played Corky’s mom in Life Goes On, was nominated for her lead role in Sweeney Todd. Besides appearing on feel-good family dramas, Lupone has played some of the biggest roles on Broadway, including the pre-Madonna Evita. We’re holding out, however, for all the big wins to go to the musical adaptation of The Wedding Singer, as it sounds too ridiculous to be a legit show and we don’t know anyone who went to see it. Or maybe it’s good, who knows?
Hello? The Drowsy Chaperone? 11 nominations, more than any other show? Has Georgia Engel in it?
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Okay David–when we said “giving the gays across America yet another awards program to discuss snottily as if they’ve seen any of the nominated shows,” we meant “us.” Yeah, haven’t seen a single one. I’m sure Georgia Engel is fab.–Dan
Yeah…Drowsy Chaperone actually was the MOST nominated with 13 nominations. The Wedding Singer is a piece of shite. Yes, I said shite. If you need a theatre critic, correspondent, someone to get free tickets for…I’m your gay. I’m cute, I performed, I don’t know when to hold my tongue about crappy shows…like THE WEDDING SINGER! Call me!
I actually have seen The Wedding Singer on Broadway, and it was actually quite funny. They chose all the right songs from the movie and, while the grandmother in the Broadway version pales to the film’s Ellen Albertini Dow, Alexis Arquette as George got a run for his money from the musical’s Kevin Cahoon.
It’s worth seeing. Perhaps not 2006′s Tommy, but it’s a musical well executed on its own aside from being a film adaptation.
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Hey guys,
I’m interning at SpiegelWorld and we have two really amazing shows this summer! (South Street Seaport).
ABSINTHE (which completely sold out last year) you all probably heard about it or saw it, It’s the acro-burlesque vaudeville show. This year there’s a new cast
There is also LA VIE, which will be a world premiere. Created by a group of former Cirque de Soleil performers (the 7 fingers).
I’m really excited about this, the shows are supposed to be out of this world! There will also be the Green Fairy Garden with a restaurant and bar, private cabanas for parties, a DJ tent, and a bunch of bands that will be playing this summer.
You can get cheap tickets while they last for about $25 the first two weeks. Just go to ticketcentral.com and grab them while you can (reg. $55-$70). If you want to find out more about the shows and everything Spiegelworld has to offer you can go to Spiegelworld.com
I hope to see you there!