This Week on Broadway for July 19, 2009: First Night's Fight Club

This Week on Broadway for July 19, 2009: First Night's Fight Club Tonight's Guests: Adam Feldman, Time Out New York Peter Filichia, TheaterMania and Newark Star Ledger Matthew Murray, TalkinBroadway and BroadwayStars Michael Riedel, The New York Post David Sheward, BackStage Discussion: This week, journalists were removed from the voting ranks of the Tony Awards. Why? Does it matter? What is next? Question: Does Michael Riedel's theory that the end goal of commercial producers is to remove non-profits from the Tony Awards make sense? Background Articles about Journalists No Longer Voting for Tony Awards: A Whole New Ballot Game by Michael Riedel This just in: Tony Awards nix crix by Adam Feldman Reviewing the Tony Situation by Matthew Murray Tony Awards anger journalists by David Rooney and Gordon Cox Tony Awards Committee Trims List of Voters, Citing Conflicts by Patrick Healy Journalists Will No Longer Be Voting for Tony Awards by Patrick Healy First-Night Critics Lose Tony-Voting Privileges. Producers Salivate and Sigh by Leonard Jacobs, The Clyde Fitch Report Tonys to Press: Drop Dead by Tom O'Neil, Gold Derby/The Los Angeles Times Destroying the Credibility of the Tony Awards: Banning Journalists as Voters by Matt Windman, AM New York Music: Keep It Gay from The Producers Hopelessly Devoted To You from Grease (Movie)