[NEohioPAL] Broadway World Cleveland Awards - a caveat

[Deborah Magid]

There was a rather lively conversation about these "awards" some time ago, since they ignore many categories of theater artists.  Supposedly that was going to be rectified - but clearly has not.  Thrilled as I am that Drew Rothman was nominated in THE BERLIOZ PROJECT, I agree with Mr Hawkes that it does seem a questionable endeavor.  

Cheers,
Deb

On Nov 8, 2012, at 6:17 AM, Robert Hawkes wrote:

> One would like to congratulate friends and colleagues nominated for the Broadway World Cleveland "Awards". And so I do, but I do notice a certain...softness in the process, visible in the following inaccuracies:
> 
> Dan Folino is nominated in both Equity and non-Equity categories (for the same performance) because the nominations come from ANYbody, and SOMEbody didn't know the difference, and NObody is checking. Alison Garrigan is also nominated as Alison Hernan because some "nominator" remembered her previous name and didn't bother to check. Zac Hoogendyk is nominated for an Equity role in "MilkMilkLemonade" at convergence-continuum, a play in which he did not appear and the cast of which had no Equity members anyway. Somebody saw Zac Hudak in the play and misremembered. 
> 
> Who knows what might emerge from further investigation? 
> 
> So while I offer my congratulations, I think I will abstain from voting in a contest the integrity of which seems questionable.
> 
> yrs in the good fight
> 
> Robert Hawkes 
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