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| I think moulin rouge is pretty strong contender | |
| Last Edit: dramedy 07:41 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
| Posted by: dramedy 07:37 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
| In reply to: Is 2020 the Tony's worst year for Best Musical (or at least Best Original Score) since 1995? - DanielVincent 07:18 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
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| I think it would have been the show to beat this spring and I doubt the doubtfire or six would have done it. Jagged little pill is really the only other contender and that is competing. I think gentleman’s guide vs beautiful was pretty weak year. And last years hadestown was worthy but was tootsie or Beetlejuice or the other 7 really threatening to win As for score, it shouldn’t be given this year unless they want to give it to a play. I saw lightning thief on tour and the score is bad. |
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| Good examples. To the list of weak years, I would add... | |
| Posted by: GabbyGerard 10:53 am EDT 08/26/20 | |
| In reply to: I think moulin rouge is pretty strong contender - dramedy 07:37 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
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| ...2010, which is when Memphis, Fela, American Idiot and Million Dollar Quartet competed against each other. I didn't think any of those shows were deserving of a win, but Memphis struck me as the weakest. | |
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| I thought Moulin Rouge might have been the most soulless, least entertaining musical I've ever seen on Broadway. | |
| Posted by: DanielVincent 08:16 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
| In reply to: I think moulin rouge is pretty strong contender - dramedy 07:37 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
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| From where I sat, it made the Jeff Calhoun Grease! look like Gypsy. | |
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| AGREED (but maybe Aaron deserves a compensatory win?) | |
| Posted by: GabbyGerard 10:49 am EDT 08/26/20 | |
| In reply to: I thought Moulin Rouge might have been the most soulless, least entertaining musical I've ever seen on Broadway. - DanielVincent 08:16 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
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| It took all the devices from Luhrmann's vision and turned them into gimmicks. Aaron sang the part well but failed to connect with every other actor on that stage and didn't capture any of his character's emotion highs or lows. HOWEVER, I may be okay with him winning just because he was so robbed of even a nomination for Next to Normal. | |
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| re: AGREED (but maybe Aaron deserves a compensatory win?) | |
| Posted by: mcurt9 03:27 pm EDT 08/26/20 | |
| In reply to: AGREED (but maybe Aaron deserves a compensatory win?) - GabbyGerard 10:49 am EDT 08/26/20 | |
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| agree..pretty boring to sit though...the person i went with wanted to go so bad and she couldnt wait to leave after act 1... i braved it and suffered though act two--oy | |
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| re: AGREED (but maybe Aaron deserves a compensatory win?) | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 05:34 pm EDT 08/26/20 | |
| In reply to: re: AGREED (but maybe Aaron deserves a compensatory win?) - mcurt9 03:27 pm EDT 08/26/20 | |
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| I have to say that seeing it in Boston, I really enjoyed it. I'm not saying it was perfect, but I thought it was a lot better than the mess many of you paint it as. Chacun a son gout, But I would say that Act 3 (i.e. the seemingly endless "megamix") was a big mistake. I understand that they wanted to end on a more up note than Satine's death, but they really overdid it. | |
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| re: DISAGREE (but Aaron deserves a Tony win) | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:13 pm EDT 08/26/20 | |
| In reply to: AGREED (but maybe Aaron deserves a compensatory win?) - GabbyGerard 10:49 am EDT 08/26/20 | |
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| I love everything about ''Moulin Rouge!'' : Tveit, Olivo and how Alex Timbers turned it into a lavish stage spectacle and box-office hit. But I agree with you about Tveit being robbed of a Tony nomination for ''Next to Normal.'' He was ''so alive, so alive'' as Gabe. |
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| I’m not a huge fan | |
| Posted by: dramedy 08:42 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
| In reply to: I thought Moulin Rouge might have been the most soulless, least entertaining musical I've ever seen on Broadway. - DanielVincent 08:16 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
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| But it has its moments and it at least is a splashy show. | |
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| And I had an absolutely wonderful time | |
| Posted by: Leon_W 08:32 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
| In reply to: I thought Moulin Rouge might have been the most soulless, least entertaining musical I've ever seen on Broadway. - DanielVincent 08:16 pm EDT 08/25/20 | |
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| From where I was sitting! I found it marvelous fun. | |
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