[NEohioPAL] Broadway World Cleveland Awards -

[Deborah Magid]

Since my name was used, and given Mr. Spellos' caveat that there were no brilliant performances, I'll just chime in that I thought Liz Conway was BRILLIANT in "Proof" and Andrew Rothman was BRILLIANT in "The Berlioz Project."  Sadly, I was too busy to be able to see David Hansen in "The Velocity of Autumn" by the BRILLIANT Eric Coble, and  I looked at the BroadwayWorld site a few days ago so no longer remember who else is nominated for what.

Respectfully submitted,
Deborah Magid

On Nov 9, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Peter Spellos wrote:

> I completely agree with Ms. Magid, Mr. Hawkes, and Mr. Corris about
> how questionable and suspect these awards are.  I know for a fact that
> one of last year's winners canvassed the entire theatre community for
> votes, and this individual received, across the boards, absolutely
> terrible reviews for their "winning" performance.  Another nominee, a
> teacher, solicited votes by passing out slips of paper to her entire
> class with the Award 's Website address. What's up with that?  God
> help a performer who doesn't receive a Berko Award, or doesn’t end up
> on Ableman's End of the Year Awards!!  Does anyone out there remember
> when Marlon Brando or George C. Scott refused to accept their Academy
> Awards for Best Actor?  Their reasoning behind their decision was that
> acting should not be a competition, like the Olympics...their belief:
> just do the work.
> 
> Okay, here is my love letter, because I am a big fan of both these
> performers, and rightly so.  I’m sure many of you will agree.  I’m
> very sure that many will not.  I’ve looked at all of the nominee
> lists, especially Best Actor/Actress/Equity.  We should stop voting
> right now, and just give these awards to Brian Zoldessy, who wasn’t
> even nominated, and Deidru Ring, who was not nominated for The Normal
> Heart, but another show, for their truly memorable performances in The
> Normal Heart.  Mr. Zoldessy’s passion, rage, sensitivity, range, and
> vulnerability as Ned Weeks was remarkable.  And Ms. Ring, as Dr. Emma
> Brookner, was fierce, fiery, and very powerful.  Read the reviews,
> talk to theatre patrons. No doubt about it!  Just give it up and
> accept it.  Be big, and give these actors some props.
> 
> Now, all of the performers nominated provided us, for the most part,
> with decent performances.  Some were good, or very good, some were
> just adequate.  None of them ever approached brilliant.  As one critic
> stated, “Zoldessy didn’t play Ned Weeks, he was Ned Weeks!” And
> “Ring’s performance was electric!”
> 
> Two of the best performances I’ve seen on the Cleveland stage….ever.
> The question remains:  why were they not nominated for The Normal
> heart, and who nominated all the rest for their respective
> performances?  Did they nominate themselves, or did they ask their
> entire family, or every one of their friends?
> 
> So neo-pals,  on with those responses!!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/8/12, Skip Corris <ccorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've always been uncomfortable with awards for the performing arts. I've
>> never watched an Oscar, Emmy, or even a Tony Award show, the only redeeming
>> factor of which is Neil Patrick Harris. Thank goodness for youtube clips.
>> 



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