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Post by Raven on Apr 10, 2019 19:33:34 GMT
Yep! I think they have been together for two years now! Pretty sure they met prior to SIX. They make such a sweet couple.
They were in In the Heights at King’s Cross together in 2016 so definitely met before Six Ah, I forgot Genesis was in In The Heights! I never got around to seeing it, but I do remember reading Aimie was cast as Daniela. |
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Post by westendgurl on Apr 11, 2019 9:24:35 GMT
I was SO excited that Patsy won Best Actress, she really did a fabulous job. I'd have liked Six to maybe take home one or two - I thought they might at least get the costume award, but I'm also thrilled for Come From Away because it's a great show. I'm also surprised Home, I'm Darling didn't win the set award - I thought it was brilliant! I agree about Home, I'm Darling. I'd argue it should of won Set and Costume, I thought the whole thing was just beautiful to look at. So that it won Best New Comedy made me very happy!  Same! I loved Nine Night but I definitely didn't think it was a comedy - so I'm glad Home, I'm Darling beat Quiz  |
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Post by anthem on Apr 11, 2019 22:32:02 GMT
Glad to see Kobna win. He was excellent both times I saw ‘Tina’ and made a really menacing Ike. He did have a strong accent (as Ike did) so I guess that’s why you couldn’t understand him. Didn't get menacing or charismatic when I went so couldn't understand why Tina would stay with him let alone marry him. Even if Ike did have a strong accent it's a show so the audience needs to be able to hear what a character is saying/singing. Enunciation problems rather than understanding an accent. I disagree completely with your assessment of his performance but I guess that’s what this forum is for. |
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Post by alece10 on Apr 15, 2019 17:50:45 GMT
Finally watched it last night on fast-forward. "Ring Of Keys" was breath-taking. The "tribute to the lost" horrifyingly disrespectfully recorded. The song, vocal and performance were fine, but ITV keeping the camera on those, so we couldn't see and read every face and caption. Must. Try. MUCH. Harder. Agree totally. The singer and song should have taken a supporting role. |
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Post by missthelma on Apr 16, 2019 10:31:12 GMT
I may have missed it with over eager fast forwarding but did they not televise the supporting awards from the play categories? If not was this down to shame? Will the category of supporting actor be listed on their site with an asterix? As in * please note for some reason none of the brilliant supporting males in The Inheritance were nominated, however we did manage to find room in the supporting actress category for Vanessa Redgrave who was fairly bland and had a wandering accent but hey she's old.
(I will as always assume the guy who won had an off day when I saw him as in my opinion he was borderline atrocious)
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Post by latefortheoverture on Apr 16, 2019 15:43:45 GMT
Finally watched it last night on fast-forward. "Ring Of Keys" was breath-taking. The "tribute to the lost" horrifyingly disrespectfully recorded. The song, vocal and performance were fine, but ITV keeping the camera on those, so we couldn't see and read every face and caption. Must. Try. MUCH. Harder. They did a big ariel shot of the auditorium when Gillian Lynne's tribute came up. So ignorant. I know it's not what ITV want but just a camera or two in the same place, with the screen in the same place, the whole time. |
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Post by n1david on Apr 16, 2019 16:08:37 GMT
I agree with all the comments about the 'In Memoriam' section.
If anyone wants to see the full video of tributes rather than Bev Knight, it is available here:
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 15:35:06 GMT
Did we ever work out why Hadestown didn't recieve a single nomination yet over on Broadway now has revieved 14 Tony nominations?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 15:41:00 GMT
Did we ever work out why Hadestown didn't recieve a single nomination yet over on Broadway now has revieved 14 Tony nominations? Because it was not universally liked here, whereas no-one seems to dare to have a bad word to say about it on Broadway! I find it hard to believe they've fixed it that much, so I think it is just a case of different productions resonating more on one side of the Atlantic than the other. I doubt the recent 42nd Street would have had quite as much acclaim on Broadway as it did here, for example. |
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 15:57:33 GMT
Did we ever work out why Hadestown didn't recieve a single nomination yet over on Broadway now has revieved 14 Tony nominations? Because it was not universally liked here, whereas no-one seems to dare to have a bad word to say about it on Broadway! I find it hard to believe they've fixed it that much, so I think it is just a case of different productions resonating more on one side of the Atlantic than the other. I doubt the recent 42nd Street would have had quite as much acclaim on Broadway as it did here, for example. well 42nd Street appeared too. We were the second place to get this production remember, the Drury Lane production played on Broadway first and received a whole bunch of Tony noms: Best Revival (Won) Best Leading Actress (Won) Best Featured Actress (Nom) Best Features Actress (Nom) Best Direction (Nom) Best Choreography (Nom) Best Scenic Design (Nom) Best Costume Design (Nom) Best Lighting Design (Nom) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 16:05:24 GMT
Did we ever work out why Hadestown didn't recieve a single nomination yet over on Broadway now has revieved 14 Tony nominations? I seem to recall it was suggested that Hadestown was snubbed as a backhanded way of showing the depreciation of National Theatre co-producing a Broadway tryout. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 16:09:44 GMT
Did we ever work out why Hadestown didn't recieve a single nomination yet over on Broadway now has revieved 14 Tony nominations? Different audiences. Same with 'Waitress' I guess. And 'Groundhog Day' the other way around. Plus, 'Hadestown' was a Broadway tryout and wasn't there a load of fuss about The Nash getting involved? |
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 16:16:07 GMT
Did we ever work out why Hadestown didn't recieve a single nomination yet over on Broadway now has revieved 14 Tony nominations? Different audiences. Same with 'Waitress' I guess. And 'Groundhog Day' the other way around. Plus, 'Hadestown' was a Broadway tryout and wasn't there a load of fuss about The Nash getting involved? you're going against Patti LuPone, I'm stunned at you @ryan! Q: "How do London audience's differ from Broadway?" P: "They don't. If you're doing a good job, everybody responds the same way" Shame on you Ryan. SHAME ON YOU! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 16:18:52 GMT
Different audiences. Same with 'Waitress' I guess. And 'Groundhog Day' the other way around. Plus, 'Hadestown' was a Broadway tryout and wasn't there a load of fuss about The Nash getting involved? you're going against Patti LuPone, I'm stunned at you @ryan ! Q: "How do London audience's differ from Broadway?" P: "They don't. If you're doing a good job, everybody responds the same way" Shame on you Ryan. SHAME ON YOU! Ha! Patti was just buttering up the panel to get her hands on that Olivier. She knows how it works! |
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 16:21:13 GMT
you're going against Patti LuPone, I'm stunned at you @ryan ! Q: "How do London audience's differ from Broadway?" P: "They don't. If you're doing a good job, everybody responds the same way" Shame on you Ryan. SHAME ON YOU! Ha! Patti was just buttering up the panel to get her hands on that Olivier. She knows how it works! 😂😂 |
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Post by xanady on Apr 30, 2019 16:27:25 GMT
I think the Nash ‘prostituting’ themselves by being rented out as a tryout for a Broadway show would have gone down like the proverbial lead balloon.Not a good look at all.
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 16:29:29 GMT
I think the Nash ‘prostituting’ themselves by being rented out as a tryout for a Broadway show would have gone down like the proverbial lead balloon.Not a good look at all. would that reason alone be enough to not get it a SINGLE nomination? that seems amazing something like that can cause that much of a backlash? |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 16:31:10 GMT
I can't imagine 'Hadestown' being too worried about it. It's the theatrical equivalent of getting loads of Emmy nominations but being passed over for the TV Quick Awards.
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Post by partytentdown on Apr 30, 2019 17:03:01 GMT
Could it not be argued then that shows like Home I'm Darling, The Jungle etc shouldn't get nominated because their commercial West End runs were effectively subsidised by their creation in subsidised venues?
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Post by xanady on Apr 30, 2019 17:15:22 GMT
Yes,partytentdown,that is a very credible and feasible argument.These are very muddy waters and the problem is that nobody can prove anything either way and I for one don’t know what influences the ‘voters’.It may possibly be that the sniffy stuffed-shirts have their own agenda on doling out the awards but who knows how these things work?I just wish that more ‘home-grown’ shows get a look in.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 19:21:15 GMT
Could it not be argued then that shows like Home I'm Darling, The Jungle etc shouldn't get nominated because their commercial West End runs were effectively subsidised by their creation in subsidised venues? Not in the same way, I'd imagine. The difference being those shows were mounted by UK venues for production in the UK, Hadestown was tried out in the UK to run properly in the US, as such the Society of London Theatre aren't likely to look upon Hadestown well. They brought their cast and creatives over and shipped them back off, there was very little to benefit the UK's theatre industry as a result, hence the deliberate snub. |
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Post by partytentdown on Apr 30, 2019 19:36:47 GMT
Could it not be argued then that shows like Home I'm Darling, The Jungle etc shouldn't get nominated because their commercial West End runs were effectively subsidised by their creation in subsidised venues? Not in the same way, I'd imagine. The difference being those shows were mounted by UK venues for production in the UK, Hadestown was tried out in the UK to run properly in the US, as such the Society of London Theatre aren't likely to look upon Hadestown well. They brought their cast and creatives over and shipped them back off, there was very little to benefit the UK's theatre industry as a result, hence the deliberate snub. I see what you mean - but I think that's rather petty. It gave a big British crew and some British performers work for a long season (and let it be noted that the ensemble cast was brilliantly diverse in terms of ethnicity and body type) and gave thousands of audience members the chance to see an interesting Broadway show that the majority would never usually have had the chance to see. It's not like the NT co-produced a Broadway tryout of something tacky and cheesy, to me this was an interesting, artistic, intelligently crafted show that felt like it belonged at the NT irrespective of its final destination. |
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 20:44:22 GMT
I still think Home, I'm Darling should of won all five of its given nominations but you win some, you lose some. 😭😭
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Post by andrew on Apr 30, 2019 23:59:08 GMT
Not in the same way, I'd imagine. The difference being those shows were mounted by UK venues for production in the UK, Hadestown was tried out in the UK to run properly in the US, as such the Society of London Theatre aren't likely to look upon Hadestown well. They brought their cast and creatives over and shipped them back off, there was very little to benefit the UK's theatre industry as a result, hence the deliberate snub. I see what you mean - but I think that's rather petty. It gave a big British crew and some British performers work for a long season (and let it be noted that the ensemble cast was brilliantly diverse in terms of ethnicity and body type) and gave thousands of audience members the chance to see an interesting Broadway show that the majority would never usually have had the chance to see. It's not like the NT co-produced a Broadway tryout of something tacky and cheesy, to me this was an interesting, artistic, intelligently crafted show that felt like it belonged at the NT irrespective of its final destination. This. 100%. And the NT audience really honoured Hadestown (I saw the show 4 times and every time I had people next to me that looked like they had never seen something like that before and they gave it a standing ovation at the end). The show was literally developed almost from scratch (especially in terms of direction) for the National and they now replicated the Olivier stage and revolve at the Walter Kerr. I'm sure SOLT is fuming that they didn't nominate the most successful/critically acclaimed musical of the season (as of now), but that's karma. |
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2019 9:51:26 GMT
I don't think SOLT are losing any sleep over it somehow. It's not like they'd have got a kick-back or anything if the show they give best musical Olivier to also wins the equivalent Tony award. If they didn't think it was award-worthy compared to the other London shows of the season, they're not going to suddenly think "oh, but if it was award-worthy compared to the other New York shows of the season, then obviously we were wrong, even though this year's London shows were completely different to this year's New York shows". What a fascinating idea.
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