| re: If you think the Tonys are all Moishe Kapoyr | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 10:08 am EDT 08/31/20 | |
| In reply to: re: If you think the Tonys are all Moishe Kapoyr - mikem 10:53 pm EDT 08/30/20 | |
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| According to McKechnie's autobiography Time Steps, "A Chorus Line was in fierce competition that year with Bob Fosse's hit Chicago, and Michael was determined to win as many awards as possible for his show." She states that (unknown to her), Bennett engaged in "political machinations . . . behind the scenes." He outright told her "I'm fighting to have you put in the Best Actress in a Musical category" even though the role doesn't "meet the standards set by the rules committee." McKechnie talks a lot about her personal relationship with Bennett as opposed to her romantic relationship with Ken Howard. It's kind of hard to paraphrase everything she writes, but it's clear that Bennett and certain cast members who were fanatically loyal to him pressured McKechnie to stop dating Howard and start going out with Bennett more often to create the impression that they were "Broadway's sweethearts". Bennett also wanted both Robert LuPone and Sammy Williams to be nominated for Best Actor in a Musical. In addition, he wanted both Priscilla Lopez and Carole Bishop to be nominated for Featured Actress in a Musical category. He admitted that he was willing to take the risk that in both cases the competing performers might cancel each other out for the win. In the end Bennett mostly got what he wanted except for LuPone and Williams being deemed Featured. McKechnie's chapter on A Chorus Line is pretty detailed, runs 23 pages, and has some pretty shocking, even ugly comments about Bennett. |
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