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Wednesday, November 29, 2006
RE-CREATIONS MUDDLE TONYS
New York Post Online Edition: "SHOULD 'A Chorus Line' and 'Les Mis erables' - two re vivals that are pretty much carbon copies of the original productions - be eligible for Tony Awards?"
the intellectual copyright laws are so vague. Who owns the rights to a show when it is recreated step for step? Or having the basic structure still in place but new details. I would hope that the Tony's would be honoring new work or new and compelling theatre rather than what has been done before. -Harriet
The Tony's should be giving awards to the innovators, the people with new works or new versions. Maybe the actors/actresses have the right to an award of the remake because acting ability should be judged seperatly from the show. But anything else shouldn't have the right to a Tony. You shouldn't be awarded for a revival that is simply there to make money, and not to innovate the story. ~Boyce
I completely agree that the Tonys should be given to innovaters. There could be a slight possibility that Idina Menzel simply got the Tony for Wicked just cause she could belt, and that the automation could lift her up, because I know the people she was up against were definitely better. The Tonys have to start being about theatre that enriches our lives, not theatre that has a lot of spectacle. These are all good shows, don't get me wrong, but some just need more recognition than others.
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the intellectual copyright laws are so vague. Who owns the rights to a show when it is recreated step for step? Or having the basic structure still in place but new details. I would hope that the Tony's would be honoring new work or new and compelling theatre rather than what has been done before.
-Harriet
The Tony's should be giving awards to the innovators, the people with new works or new versions. Maybe the actors/actresses have the right to an award of the remake because acting ability should be judged seperatly from the show. But anything else shouldn't have the right to a Tony. You shouldn't be awarded for a revival that is simply there to make money, and not to innovate the story.
~Boyce
I completely agree that the Tonys should be given to innovaters. There could be a slight possibility that Idina Menzel simply got the Tony for Wicked just cause she could belt, and that the automation could lift her up, because I know the people she was up against were definitely better. The Tonys have to start being about theatre that enriches our lives, not theatre that has a lot of spectacle. These are all good shows, don't get me wrong, but some just need more recognition than others.
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