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    Video: Nearly Beheaded Bret Michaels Is Not Long For The Theater

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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    06/08/09

    In reply to Three Backstage Scandals To Understand When Watching The Tonys Tonight
    I think the American thing is a totally fair point, to be honest. I hate seeing the Brits walk away with all the Tony awards every year, especially for dreck like Billy Elliot.


    Also, God of Carnage? Crappy little French play made into something wonderful by fabulous American actors.

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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    06/08/09

    @Perhaps Not: For some reason, fewer Pulitzer-prize winning (or even nominated) plays seem to make it to Broadway. If they could figure out why that is, maybe American wouldn't be shown up at the Tonys quite so often.


    Especially when real (American) dreck like Rock of Ages and Shrek are taking up theaters instead.

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    Image of Bedheadjc Bedheadjc
    06/08/09

    In reply to Three Backstage Scandals To Understand When Watching The Tonys Tonight
    Can I get a ruling by the denizens of Theater World? Is it sparklehands or jazzhands? Jazzhands seems to be the suggested nomenclature, and is used locally. Isn't sparklehands the retarded cousin to jazzhands? Sort of like the harpsichord/piano? Candlestick vs pin bowling, etc.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    06/08/09

    @Bedheadjc: I've only ever heard jazz hands. Sparkle hands could merely be residue from the famous "Sparkle Motion" in Donnie Darko.
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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    06/08/09

    In reply to Video: Nearly Beheaded Bret Michaels Is Not Long For The Theater
    Only NEARLY beheaded? Charon is not doing his job.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    06/08/09

    In reply to Video: Nearly Beheaded Bret Michaels Is Not Long For The Theater
    OSHA is going to have a field day.
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    Image of Krashstar Krashstar
    06/08/09

    In reply to Three Backstage Scandals To Understand When Watching The Tonys Tonight
    I can't figure out why no one has made Showgirls into a musical. Is Versayche holding out rights of some sort?
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    06/08/09

    In reply to Video: Nearly Beheaded Bret Michaels Is Not Long For The Theater
    I would go to more Broadway shows if they featured this kind of ending being played out on has-been, smug 80s rockers.
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    06/08/09

    In reply to Video: Nearly Beheaded Bret Michaels Is Not Long For The Theater
    I watched this maybe 40 times, over and over and over again. My life feels somewhat complete.
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    Image of AndIAmTellingYou AndIAmTellingYou
    06/08/09

    @Richard Lawson: At the Tony viewing party I attended, we nearly spit out our cocktails in laughter. Then we rewound the DVR for extra laughs.
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    06/07/09

    In reply to Video: Nearly Beheaded Bret Michaels Is Not Long For The Theater
    Well, it's a start.
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    Image of booktart booktart
    06/07/09

    In reply to Three Backstage Scandals To Understand When Watching The Tonys Tonight
    NPH's sushi-eating gag was a dig at Piven, right?
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    06/07/09

    @booktart: A total dig, and it went over quite well with the audience. Piven is going to be persona non grata in this town for a while.
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    Image of Colonel Mustard Colonel Mustard
    06/07/09

    In reply to Three Backstage Scandals To Understand When Watching The Tonys Tonight
    The effectiveness of playing to cultural chauvinism in a particular demographic is typically in direct proportion to the number of trucks owned by the demographic in question. Which is another way of saying...WTF? Who wasted their money on postage for this idiotic gambit for the Tony Awards?
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    06/07/09

    In reply to Three Backstage Scandals To Understand When Watching The Tonys Tonight
    Okay. Mamma Mia is an old show which has made trillionso f dollars. Legally Blonde has already been overexposed via being broadcast on MTV, and through the reality show to find its new star. Jersey Boys is also rolling in money.


    Why not give the exposure to some touring shows that need the help a little more?

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    Image of ClockOnTheStove ClockOnTheStove
    06/07/09

    In reply to Video: Nearly Beheaded Bret Michaels Is Not Long For The Theater
    Many dreams have been crushed by Broadway. It's about time that nightmare was served the same fate.
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    Image of jasonelias jasonelias
    06/07/09

    In reply to Video: Nearly Beheaded Bret Michaels Is Not Long For The Theater
    This kind of injury at the minimum might have caused severe problems like blinding headaches, personality changes and memory lapses. And since Bret just missed it, the world cries.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    06/07/09

    In reply to Video: Nearly Beheaded Bret Michaels Is Not Long For The Theater
    It's Stockard Channing entering in front of him in a ball gown singing Rodgers & Hart that makes it art.
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    unclevanya was starred unclevanya was unstarred
    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    06/07/09

    In reply to Three Backstage Scandals To Understand When Watching The Tonys Tonight
    Another scandal?


    According to Playbill Magazine's Twitter: "Harvey Weinstein is pacing in the lobby on the phone..an assistant following him. Very Entourage-esque"


    [twitter.com]

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    unclevanya was starred unclevanya was unstarred
    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    06/07/09

    @unclevanya: Harvey should breathe a little easier (for about 2 minutes) since God of Carnage just won Best Play. (TWC is a co-producer)
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