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Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
9:50 am	It was a BOYS night out at the 2006 Tony Awards Marking 60 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards were being broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 11th, and I've got the winners here! The History Boys led the pack with 6 wins, followed by The Drowsy Chaperone with 5, Jersey Boys with 4 and The Pajama Game, Sweeney Todd, and Awake and Sing! with 2. Congrats to all :) Best Play The History Boys Best Musical Jersey Boys Best Book of a Musical Bob Martin and Don McKellar The Drowsy Chaperone Best Revival of a Play Awake and Sing! Best Revival of a Musical The Pajama Game Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Music & Lyrics: Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison The Drowsy Chaperone Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play Richard Griffiths, The History Boys Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play Cynthia Nixon, Rabbit Hole Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical La Chanze, The Color Purple Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Ian McDiarmid Faith Healer Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play Frances de la Tour The History Boys Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Christian Hoff Jersey Boys Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Beth Leavel The Drowsy Chaperone Best Direction of a Play Nicholas Hytner The History Boys Best Direction of a Musical John Doyle Sweeney Todd Best Choreography Kathleen Marshall The Pajama Game Best Orchestrations Sarah Travis Sweeney Todd Best Scenic Design of a Play Bob Crowley The History Boys Best Scenic Design of a Musical David Gallo The Drowsy Chaperone Best Costume Design of a Play Catherine Zuber Awake and Sing! Best Costume Design of a Musical Gregg Barnes The Drowsy Chaperone Best Lighting Design of a Play Mark Henderson The History Boys Best Lighting Design of a Musical Howell Binkley Jersey Boys Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre Harold Prince Regional Theatre Tony Award® Intiman Theatre, Seattle, WA Special Tony Award® Sarah Jones (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
9:47 pm	As the Tony's approach, here are the final standings for the Broadway 2005-2006 season The Broadway season for 2005/06 wrapped up May 28th. First the good news: -9 shows that opened this season have paid off and are classified as hits: PRIMO THE ODD COUPLE ****** SWEENEY TODD ****** JERSEY BOYS THE COLOR PURPLE BRIDGE & TUNNEL THE PAJAMA GAME ****** THE HISTORY BOYS FAITH HEALER -Joining the above are the following holdovers from last season which have moved into the "hit" category: DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS ****** DOUBT GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS THE PILLOWMAN SPAMALOT ****** THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE -The following shows are not yet determined: THE WEDDING SINGER THE DROWSY CHAPERONE THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE TARZAN -This next group of shows are classed as nonprofit/miscellaneous and do not get classified: AFTER THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC THE CONSTANT WIFE A NAKED GIRL IN THE APPIAN WAY SEASCAPE A TOUCH OF THE POET RABBIT HOLE ****** AWAKE AND SING! THE THREEPENNY OPERA SHINING CITY (No mention was made anywhere on the list of THREE DAYS OF RAIN but the show has grossed $8 million since opening on April 19th.) -And finally the FLOPS.... MARK TWAIN TONIGHT THE BLONDE IN THE THUNDERBIRD LENNON LATINOLOGUES IN MY LIFE THE WOMAN IN WHITE :( SOUVENIR CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCE'S LIFE BAREFOOT IN THE PARK :( RING OF FIRE WELL FESTEN LESTAT :( THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL HOT FEET - and these holdovers from last season that closed in the red: ALL SHOOK UP BROOKLYN CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG :( THE GLASS MENAGERIE JACKIE MASON: FRESHLY SQUEEZED LA CAGE AUX FOLLES ON GOLDEN POND STEEL MAGNOLIAS SWEET CHARITY WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? The top 10 grossing shows of the 2005/06 season were: 1. WICKED ($69 million) 2. LION KING ($60 m.) 3. SPAMALOT ($53 m.) 4. MAMMA MIA! ($49 m.) 5. THE PRODUDERS ($40 m.) 6. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA ($38 m.) 7. DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS ($38 m.) 8. HAIRSPRAY ($34 m.) 9. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ($32 m.) 10.JERSEY BOYS ($28 m.) Broadway attendance reached 20 year high (12,003,271 tickets sold) and the box office took in nearly $100 million more than last season for a total of $861,576,289. Of course part of this was a due to rising ticket prices. $110 is quickly becoming the new standard, though PRODUCERS is still at $99 top and RENT is at $85 while TARZAN has a $75 top ticket. While Broadway has had a great year, it was pretty dismal on the road. LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, LITTLE WOMEN, BOMBAY DREAMS, DR DOOLITTLE and HAIRSPRAY failed to attract significant crowds... WICKED, SPAMALOT, MAMMA MIA! and two LION KING companies kept the road presenters in coin. On to 2006/07... (Comment on this)
Sunday, June 4th, 2006
9:19 pm	The "WHAT MUSICAL ARE YOU?" quiz Take the quiz: What Musical Are You? Wicked You're Wicked! Others see you as a bad seed, but you're really just a good person. It's not your fault that others only see what's on the outside. You're misunderstood, and only want love in your life. Quizzes by myYearbook.com -- the World's Biggest Yearbook! That is my score ;) Take it and see what YOU score :) Click on the logo to begin. (Comment on this)