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Hunter Foster Gains 7700 Members for 'Give the Tony's Back to Broadway' Facebook Group
By: Abigail Arnold Jun. 22, 2010
Actor Hunter Foster's Facebook campaign 'Give the Tonys Back to Broadway' now has over 7700 members, the Los Angeles Times reports. The group was created on June 16.
The group is described as "A group for all actors, directors, writers and fans who want to see the Tony awards given back to who it belongs to: US!! No more movie stars invading Radio City, no more rock bands playing more than one song; we want Broadway stars as presenters and Broadway people performing. And if that means leaving CBS for Bravo or Lifetime or TNT, then so be it! We've had enough!"
Various group members suggest moving the show to PBS and televising all the categories of awards, as many are currently presented before the telecast, the Times reports.
The group currently has over 400 members. For more information or to join the group, click here .
As BroadwayWorld reported earlier, according to tvbythenumbers.com, the 2010 Tony ratings came in at a total of 7.470 million viewers, with a 1.2 share for adults 18-49, which is an 8% drop from last year's show for that coveted viewer segment.
Photo Credit: Peter James Zielinski
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