Don't Get Me Started With The Outer Critics Circle Awards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                              When it comes to theatrical awards, this one, which actually garners a lot of attention, is pretty low tier.  It consists of out of town, suburban newspapers, who have theater critics on staff, and so want to have their say.  Now, there is nothing wrong with that.  But the hell that has been wrought this year is appalling.

                              Mother of Mercy?  Could this be the end for "Carousel???????"  Not only did it fail to win Best Musical Revival, not only did Jessie Mueller not win, she was not even NOMINATED!!!!!!!!!!!  Can you believe it?????????????????  Lindsay Mendez won, thank God, but the top prizes--Best Revival Of A Musical, and Best Actress In a Musical both went to "My Fair Lady," and that creature called Lauren Ambrose!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Not to mention that Norbert Leo Butz, for the role owned by Stanley Holloway in both the original and the movie.  Butz is simply the Nathan Lane of his peer group--he mugs his way through everything.  And Nathan won, too, for his mugging of Roy Cohn in "Angels In America!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                Are these people tone deaf?  Is this production of "My Fair Lady" really THAT good?  I will not be able to tell you till after August 4, but I am telling you, if this is some foreshadowing of the upcoming TONY Awards, well, then, I will know exactly how Rhoda Penmark felt when Calude Daigle beat her out for that penmanship medal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                Forget the other categories--for now! Though, at least, Joshua Henry was nominated, for "Carousel!!!!!!"

  The crust, the absolute CRUST of these two selections is enough to send Theater Queens into paroxysms of fury!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                 Now, beside Lindsay Mendez, Jonathan Tunick won for his orchestrations of "Carousel," and Justin peck, for his choreography!!!!!!!!!!!!!  But failing to give it the top prizes is inexcusable!

                                If Jessie and "Carousel" do not win TONYS, my wrath shall be known and heard!!!!!!!!!!!

                                 When do I ever keep my mouth shut, darlings?????????????????