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Tony's [chat]

Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready.We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
edited June 2017 in Debate and/or Discourse
This past Sunday was the Tony Awards, Broadway's annual gathering to celebrate the best of the Great White Way.

Which was the best musical of 2017, [chat]?

Dear Evan Hansen
A teenager fakes an e-mail account from another teen who committed suicide to win love and affection. We've all been there, right? This one won the Tony for Best Musical, and Ben Platt won for best Actor. By Pasek and Paul, who are one of the big rising young lyrics/song writers on Broadway right now (just won the Oscar for Best Song for La La Land, too!).

https://youtu.be/0vkTxakkho4

Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
It's War and Peace: The Musical! This weird show plays out like dinner theater, because the actors all dance and sing among the audience in the round. Stars Josh Groban with a really fake beard.

https://youtu.be/JRkREhyFHz8

Groundhog Day
I normally write off movie-musicals, but this one was written by Tim Minchin, who did excellent work in "Matilda".

https://youtu.be/NaSBeCwYnic

Come From Away
A charming little musical set in Newfoundland, where the newfies re-enact Riverdance. Oh, and it's about 9/11. Yes, they made "9/11, the Musical".

https://youtu.be/rW7lIiFgmGU

Hello, Dolly (revival)
One of the most well-known warhorses of community theater, this one stars David Hyde Pierce and Bette Midler. It won Best Revival this year.

https://youtu.be/R-3SEz7QFGA

Falsettos (revival)
William Finn's headliner musical. I think this was the one that launched his career. About the struggles of a man who is coming out of the closet, after raising a dysfunctional family. There's a lot to unpack here.

https://youtu.be/UDGLEovAYhA

Miss Saigon (revival)
It has a helicopter and a lot of Asians. You know it, you love it. You'll never leave Vietnam...

https://youtu.be/WaS7JT4Ny1w

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Tony's [chat] 17 votes

Dear Evan Hansen
17%
silence1186Hahnsoo1OnTheLastCastle 3 votes
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
5%
wandering 1 vote
Groundhog Day
35%
jungleroomxRMS OceanicSleepspool32SummaryJudgmentNSDFRand 6 votes
Come From Away
5%
Eddy 1 vote
Hello, Dolly (revival)
11%
ElldrenKruite 2 votes
Falsettos (revival)
0%
Miss Saigon (revival)
23%
WhippyDesktop Hippiezepherindoomybear 4 votes
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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    This past Sunday was the Tony Awards, Broadway's annual gathering to celebrate the best of the Great White Way.

    Which was the best musical of 2017, [chat]?

    They made a Groundhog Day musical?

    That sounds appealing

  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    I need to go through the Tony's. My mom said there were a lot of really interesting shows this year.

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  • jungleroomxjungleroomx It's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovels Registered User regular
    Groundhog Day
    There goes my summer chat.

    Ahh, oh well.

    At least I can post doge.
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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
  • TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    I vote for Hamilton again.

    Bless your heart.
  • wanderingwandering Russia state-affiliated media Registered User regular
    Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
    I made a mistake about Zelda in the last thread and now I can never ever correct it

    nooooo

  • wanderingwandering Russia state-affiliated media Registered User regular
    edited June 2017
    Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
    I haven't listened to any of these all the way thru (let alone seen any of them in person) but I was rooting for Great Comet to win - I tried listening to Evan Hansen and couldn't get into it, and every time I read or see something about the Great Comet I am intrigued. Plus the Great Comet was the underdog and rooting for the underdog is fun

    wandering on
  • TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    wandering wrote: »
    I made a mistake about Zelda in the last thread and now I can never ever correct it

    mooooo

    Bless your heart.
  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    Tilder I'm not watching that.

    are YOU on the beer list?
  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    Groundhog Day
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    This past Sunday was the Tony Awards, Broadway's annual gathering to celebrate the best of the Great White Way.

    Which was the best musical of 2017, [chat]?

    They made a Groundhog Day musical?

    That sounds appealing

    HEY

    UNDERTALE

    PS4

  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    Urge to kill... Rising...

  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    @Shivahn @Fuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud

    see that's where I think all laws needs statutory penalties

    law says "you have to give their prescription"

    so they don't... what happens? nothing, worst case for them they give you your scrip and keep trucking on

    like I guess you could gin up some kind of class action... you'd have to prove some nebulous damages... it's be a fucking mess

    instead make the law "you have to give their prescription, if you don't you owe them $200"

    bam suddenly everyone starts complying

    life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
    fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
    that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
    bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
  • RedTideRedTide Registered User regular
    I thought this was a thread about a superhero named Tony

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzIqexqHeBI

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  • 21stCentury21stCentury Call me Pixel, or Pix for short! [They/Them]Registered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    This past Sunday was the Tony Awards, Broadway's annual gathering to celebrate the best of the Great White Way.

    Which was the best musical of 2017, [chat]?

    They made a Groundhog Day musical?

    That sounds appealing

    HEY

    UNDERTALE

    PS4

    Yes, I am aware.

    I don't think I'll get it, honestly, but that collector's Edition is appealing.

  • wanderingwandering Russia state-affiliated media Registered User regular
    Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
    I def was not rooting for Yet-Another-Broadway-Musical-Based-on-a-Popular-Film tho I suppose there's something appropriate about turning Groundhog Day into a play, since plays are, by their nature, repeated over and over again

  • ShivahnShivahn Unaware of her barrel shifter privilege Western coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderator mod
    I need to boot back Undertale

    To replay
    fighting Sans
    over and over again because I'm awesome

  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    Hello musicals

  • STATE OF THE ART ROBOTSTATE OF THE ART ROBOT Registered User regular
    Shivahn wrote: »
    I need to boot back Undertale

    To replay
    fighting Sans
    over and over again because I'm awesome

    You're a monster!

  • Captain UltraCaptain Ultra low resolution pictures of birds Registered User regular
    Isn't there a right answer to this?

    Dear Evan Hansen was the best musical. It won.

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Dear Evan Hansen
    wandering wrote: »
    I haven't listened to any of these all the way thru (let alone seen any of them in person) but I was rooting for Great Comet to win - I tried listening to Evan Hansen and couldn't get into it, and every time I read or see something about the Great Comet I am intrigued. Plus the Great Comet was the underdog and rooting for the underdog is fun

    Great Comet is really fucking weird. It is one of the most unusual shows to come from Broadway in a while.

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  • EddyEddy Gengar the Bittersweet Registered User regular
    Come From Away
    If you don't vote for Come From Away you're basically voting for the 9/11 terrorists

    "and the morning stars I have seen
    and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
  • Captain UltraCaptain Ultra low resolution pictures of birds Registered User regular
    Isn't there a right answer to this?

    Dear Evan Hansen was the best musical. It won.

    just like how Crash is incontrovertibly the best movie of 2004.

  • Havelock2.0Havelock2.0 What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut?Registered User regular
    Arts and Culture [chat]?

    This liebrul agenda

    You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark.
  • ZampanovZampanov You May Not Go Home Until Tonight Has Been MagicalRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »

    I forgot about 'ooowww fuckin' LAPD' at the end

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  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Dear Evan Hansen
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    This past Sunday was the Tony Awards, Broadway's annual gathering to celebrate the best of the Great White Way.

    Which was the best musical of 2017, [chat]?

    They made a Groundhog Day musical?

    That sounds appealing
    I normally write off movies that get made into musicals. But I have a soft spot for Tim Minchin.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Zampanov wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »

    I forgot about 'ooowww fuckin' LAPD' at the end

    I like to imagine that part was just caught on video and not actually part of the video.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • PodlyPodly you unzipped me! it's all coming back! i don't like it!Registered User regular
    I've lived in New York for over a decade and never been to a musical

    follow my music twitter soundcloud tumblr
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  • ShivahnShivahn Unaware of her barrel shifter privilege Western coastal temptressRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Shivahn wrote: »
    I need to boot back Undertale

    To replay
    fighting Sans
    over and over again because I'm awesome

    You're a monster!

    I used a save editor

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    RedTide wrote: »
    I thought this was a thread about a superhero named Tony

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzIqexqHeBI

    this was also my first thought

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • TTODewbackTTODewback Puts the drawl in ya'll I think I'm in HellRegistered User regular
    Podly, you are a musical.

    Bless your heart.
  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Undertale that game people really love and I feel like an old person for not getting.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    Dear Evan Hansen
    Podly wrote: »
    I've lived in New York for over a decade and never been to a musical
    They aren't for poors. Musicals are really fucking expensive.

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    why do companies say "between 2:00 and 4:00" when they know full well they just mean 4:00

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    Podly wrote: »
    I've lived in New York for over a decade and never been to a musical
    They aren't for poors. Musicals are really fucking expensive.

    Damn Podly just got fucking roasted

  • PodlyPodly you unzipped me! it's all coming back! i don't like it!Registered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    Podly wrote: »
    I've lived in New York for over a decade and never been to a musical
    They aren't for poors. Musicals are really fucking expensive.

    Oh

    It's not the money that's kept me from going

    follow my music twitter soundcloud tumblr
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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    unless you assume oh of course they won't get there right at 2:00 so you go grocery shopping or something and return home at 2:10 with a note saying you weren't home when they showed up and they waited 20 minutes

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    Better sell that k2000 for Hamilton ticket money brah

  • P10P10 An Idiot With Low IQ Registered User regular
    i've seen some musicals but none of these

    Shameful pursuits and utterly stupid opinions
  • descdesc Goretexing to death Registered User regular
    I have always thought of musicals as being truly niche but maybe they are more popular than I thought

    Like the popularity of Hamilton surprised me

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