On the contrary ryhog, you are showing yourself to be a very poor loser indeed. You refer to an internet mob and while I do not feel slighted to be included as such, do you feel that Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Steve Kazee, Harvey Fierstein, William Ivey Long, Daryl Roth, and Jordan Roth deserve to be mentioned as such. I would not be surprised that many other theater luminaries also made their views known to members of the League. These are people who make and create the very theater the Producers depend upon, the very people who likely will be honored with memorials of their own some day in the (hopefully) distant future. Yes the theater owners do have the right to do what they wish with their property but the public if they wish have the right to make their views known . You speak of hijacking someone's gesture. How was such a gesture hijacked? The "mob" did not storm the Shubert and Nederlanders properties and pull the light switches. Hell I don't even know of any threats to do so or to take any other action which might "force" someone to change their mind. It seems to me that the original decision was just rethought. Do we know who made the original decision? Is it not possible they were overridden by someone higher up in their organization and more attuned to what would best further the interests of the League? Is it not possible that producers were unaware that the original decision might make their stars and casts very unhappy? Is it not possible that with all the evidence presented to them perhaps Ms Rivers was indeed deserving of the gesture? Did they consult with you on every aspect of their process?
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