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DandN
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Tony Nominations came out!!
. . . and the Wedding Singer got nominated for Best Musical? 
Best play nominations are great - History Boys is wonderful and Lieutenant of Inishmore is hilariously violent and over the top. . .
I saw Shining City in London and really liked it - but I havent seen it in NY yet - has anyone seen it? The Times gave it a rave, but they tend to fall over themselves praising anything that Conor McPherson writes.
and Julia Roberts did not get nominated - I didnt see her - was she as bad as the critics said?
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Snozberry
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Re: Tony Nominations came out!!
I heard the same thing about Lieutenant of Inishmore.
Julia Roberts has never been on stage before - acting on stage is so different from being on film. I'm not surprised that she wasn't nominated from all that I've read about her performance.
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| Posted 5/16/06 3:46 PM |
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heidla
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Re: Tony Nominations came out!!
I couldn't believe that "The Wedding Singer" was nominated either. I guess that just shows how desperate they are for NEW musicals. I was also disappointed that Lauren Molina wasn't nominated for best featured actress in a musical. For the first time I actually enjoyed a Johanna in "Sweeny Todd".
I haven't had a chance to see "History Boys" or "Inishmore", but have heard nothing but raves from my peers.
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| Posted 5/16/06 4:00 PM |
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DandN
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Re: Tony Nominations came out!!
Posted by heidla
I couldn't believe that "The Wedding Singer" was nominated either. I guess that just shows how desperate they are for NEW musicals. I was also disappointed that Lauren Molina wasn't nominated for best featured actress in a musical. For the first time I actually enjoyed a Johanna in "Sweeny Todd".
I haven't had a chance to see "History Boys" or "Inishmore", but have heard nothing but raves from my peers.
Yes, she was excellent and overlooked. I havent seen threepenny opera - is it worth it? A colleague of mine said that the wallace shawn translation was awful, but I'd still like to see it.
Lieutenant of Inishmore is pretty standard McDonagh - but this is him trying to be Tarantino. I'm actually surprised at how well it works. When I read it I thought it was pretty trite. . . but the Atlantic stage company production was really wonderful. . . I dont know how it is on B-way - but they added 2 more gallons of blood to it to compensate for the larger space!
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| Posted 5/16/06 4:28 PM |
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heidla
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Re: Tony Nominations came out!!
Posted by DandN
Posted by heidla
I couldn't believe that "The Wedding Singer" was nominated either. I guess that just shows how desperate they are for NEW musicals. I was also disappointed that Lauren Molina wasn't nominated for best featured actress in a musical. For the first time I actually enjoyed a Johanna in "Sweeny Todd".
I haven't had a chance to see "History Boys" or "Inishmore", but have heard nothing but raves from my peers.
Yes, she was excellent and overlooked. I havent seen threepenny opera - is it worth it? A colleague of mine said that the wallace shawn translation was awful, but I'd still like to see it.
Lieutenant of Inishmore is pretty standard McDonagh - but this is him trying to be Tarantino. I'm actually surprised at how well it works. When I read it I thought it was pretty trite. . . but the Atlantic stage company production was really wonderful. . . I dont know how it is on B-way - but they added 2 more gallons of blood to it to compensate for the larger space!
I haven't seen "Threepenny". I have to admit that I have never been a fan of the show and unless I can get discounted tickets I doubt that I will see it.
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JenniferEver
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Re: Tony Nominations came out!!
I was so psyched about threepenny, and just excited to see something written by Brecht. but my professir told me it was absolutely horrible. 
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| Posted 5/16/06 8:49 PM |
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leighla
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Re: Tony Nominations came out!!
I saw Julia Roberts twice and I was underwhelmed the first time.
The second time I had my binoculars and was more impressed.
I think the thing about her is that she does so many small facial expressions that it just doesn't register on stage.
I was a little surprised Bradley Cooper wasn't nominated because he rocked.
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| Posted 5/16/06 9:01 PM |
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DandN
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Re: Tony Nominations came out!!
Posted by marymoon
I was so psyched about threepenny, and just excited to see something written by Brecht. but my professir told me it was absolutely horrible.
You can see free Brecht this summer at Central Park - Meryll Streep is playing the title role in Brecht's Mother Courage.
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