All Star Talk

The NFL’s version of an All Star Game takes place this coming Sunday January 31st, there are still NFL Pro Bowl Tickets available.

With over 80 all stars from around the NFL, the Pro Bowl is going to be jam packed with household names.

Because the Pro Bowl is being played BEFORE the Super Bowl this year, the Super Bowl participants are excused from the Pro Bowl to avoid possible injury.

That means no Colts or Saints in the Pro Bowl but replacements have been announced.

In the NFC, replacing New Orleans players will be:

• Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb for Drew Brees
• Safety Quintin Mikell of Philadelphia for Roman Harper
• Giants offensive tackle David Diehl for Jon Stinchcomb
• Giants guard Chris Snee for Jahri Evans
• Carolina center Ryan Kalil for Jonathan Goodwin
• Washington linebacker London Fletcher for Jonathan Vilma
• and Arizona safety Antrel Rolle for Darren Sharper

In the AFC, replacing Indianapolis players will be:

• Dolphins defensive back Yeremiah Bell for Antoine Bethea
• Jaguars QB David Garrard for Peyton Manning
• Steelers tight end Heath Miller for Dallas Clark
• San Diego wide receiver Vincent Jackson for Reggie Wayne
• Tennessee center Kevin Mawae for Jeff Saturday
• Tennessee defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch for Dwight Freeney
• and Jets defensive end Shaun Ellis for Robert Mathis

Don’t miss the NFL Pro Bowl in Miami, Florida this coming Sunday. Seat are filling up fast but there are still some great NFL Pro Bowl Tickets available at SelectATicket.com.

The NBA season is well underway and interest in NBA All Star Game tickets is heating up.

This season, the NBA All Star Game will be held at an unconventional location — a football stadium! That’s right, the All Star Weekend festivities will take place at the beautiful new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

From the Slam Dunk Contest, to the Three Point Shootout to the NBA All Star Game itself — all events will be held in front of record sized crowds at Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

Demand for tickets is unprecedented, visit Select A Ticket to find NBA All Star Weekend tickets today!

SelectATicket.com has a form to sign up for a 2010 MLB All Star Game tickets email alert.

I joined that list as well as their NHL Winter Classic list because I love these big national sporting events. These two are polar opposites, the MLB All Star Game will be mid-July in sunny Anaheim, CA and the NHL Winter Classic captures the essense of old-time hockey as it is played OUTDOORS on New Year’s Day in typically frigid Boston, MA. Either way, I’m hoping to get tickets to both events… gotta love it!

Today at Fenway Park in Boston the NHL will be announcing the participants in the 2010 NHL Winter Classic.

Obviously one of the teams will be the Boston Bruins but their opposition has been a well kept secret so far.

My guess is either the NHL wants to get Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals in there for some exposure or the Philadelphia Flyers.

Stay tuned to find out what teams will face-off in the 2010 NHL Winter Classic at Fenway Park.

For 2010 NHL Winter Classic Tickets and information, be sure to visit SelectATicket.com where you can join a list to be alerted when tickets are available. I did!

SelectATicket.com is offering some good pricing if you’re looking to sell mlb all star game tickets for the game in St. Louis this July.

Take a trip over to their website and complete the form to sell your tickets. Someone will get back to you pretty quickly with your pricing options.

So if you have extras or can’t make it, visit selectaticket to sell your mlb all star game tickets.

The 2011 NHL All Star Game will be the next All Star Game played in the NHL. The reason there will not be an ASG in 2010 is the Winter Olympics in Calgary.

NHL players will compete in the Olympics once again, making it the highest level of hockey possible as the best players will represent their respective countries.

The NHL All Star Game resumes in 2011 at a location to be determined but you can sign up for the 2011 NHL All Star Game tickets Alert at www.SelectATicket.com to find out when tickets become available.

Today the NHL will be announcing the official format for the 2009 NHL Skills Competition to be held in Montreal, Quebec during the NHL All Star Game Weekend festivities.

The NHL All Star Game will be held on January 25, 2009.

Voting is completed and a bit of a controversy has come up over the results. So-called fans of the host city Montreal Canadiens found a way to easily spam the NHL.com voting system with a ridiculous amount of votes for every Montreal Canadiens player on the ballot. As a result, the league’s best player Alexander Ovechkin is not even in the starting lineup.

Personally I find this to be embarassing to the league and to the Montreal Canadiens fans who still respect the game of hockey. There are talks underway to come up with a way to avoid such scams in the future. So far allowing fans to vote almost always turns out to be a mockery of the sport, maybe it is time to put the voting in the hands of the top beat writers around the league.

In any event, the NHL All Star Game will go on regardless of who is in the starting lineup or not! Don’t miss your chance to celebrate 100 years of the Montreal Canadiens and witness the greatest players the sport has to offer, you can find 2009 NHL All Star Game tickets here.

Have you heard that Spider-Man the Musical is coming to Broadway? Over at www.SelectATicket.com they have a sign-up form where you can be alerted when Spiderman Broadway Tickets become available. Pretty cool, saves you the time of searching for them from time to time.

The show sounds kind of interesting, I’m curious to hear what sort of music they have. Bono and The Edge of U2 are writing the songs for Spiderman so my guess is it is a safe bet that there’s going to be a bit of a rock n roll edge to them.

Personally I haven’t been to a Broadway show in several years, I’m more of a sports fan but the combination of something fun like Spiderman and music written by members of one of my favorite bands — I just might sign up for that Spiderman the Musical ticket alert!

The NHL Winter Classic is scheduled for January 1, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois.

Being held at Wrigley Field, the NHL’s annual outdoor game will feature the hometown Chicago Blackhawks vs the defending Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings.

Winter Classic Tickets are available at www.SelectATicket.com for the 2009 Winter Classic.

There’s also rumors swirling around the internet that the 2010 Winter Classic will be held at the brand new Yankee Stadium being built in the Bronx and will feature the New York Rangers vs the Boston Bruins. What a game that’d be! Rangers vs Bruins in the building where so many Yankees vs Red Sox contests will be held in the future.

The Nominees for 2008 Tony Awards honoring the best of Broadway have been announced. Here is a full list of the nominees. Be sure to visit SelectATicket.com for Broadway tickets!

Below is the list of 2008 Tony Award nominees for our AllStarTalk.com visitors: 

Best Play

• August: Osage County
• Rock ‘n‘ Roll
• The Seafarer
• The 39 Steps

Best Musical

• Cry-Baby
• In The Heights
• Passing Strange
• Xanadu

Best Book of a Musical

• Cry-Baby
• In The Heights
• Passing Strange
• Xanadu

Best Original Score

• Cry-Baby
• In The Heights
• The Little Mermaid
• Passing Strange

Best Revival of a Play

• Boeing-Boeing
• The Homecoming
• Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• Macbeth

Best Revival of a Musical

• Grease
• Gypsy
• South Pacific
• Sunday in the Park with George

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

• Ben Daniels, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
• Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing
• Rufus Sewell, Rock ‘n‘ Roll
• Patrick Stewart, Macbeth

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

• Eve Best, The Homecoming
• Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County
• Kate Fleetwood, Macbeth
• S. Epatha Merkerson, Come Back, Little Sheba
• Amy Morton, August: Osage County

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

• Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, In The Heights
• Stew, Passing Strange
• Paulo Szot, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific
• Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

• Kerry Butler, Xanadu
• Patti LuPone, Gypsy
• Kelli O‘Hara, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific
• Faith Prince, A Catered Affair
• Jenna Russell, Sunday in the Park with George

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

• Bobby Cannavale, Mauritius
• Raul Esparza, The Homecoming
• Conleth Hill, The Seafarer
• Jim Norton, The Seafarer
• David Pittu, Is He Dead?

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

• Sinead Cusack, Rock ‘n‘ Roll
• Mary McCormack, Boeing-Boeing
• Laurie Metcalf, November
• Martha Plimpton, Top Girls
• Rondi Reed, August: Osage County

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

• Daniel Breaker, Passing Strange
• Danny Burstein, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific
• Robin De Jesus, In The Heights
• Christopher Fitzgerald, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
• Boyd Gaines, Gypsy

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

• de‘Adre Aziza, Passing Strange
• Laura Benanti, Gypsy
• Andrea Martin, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
• Olga Merediz, In The Heights
• Loretta Ables Sayre, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific

Best Scenic Design of a Play

• Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps
• Scott Pask, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County
• Anthony Ward, Macbeth

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

• David Farley and Timothy Bird & The Knifedge Creative Network, Sunday in the Park with George
• Anna Louizos, In The Heights
• Robin Wagner, The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein
• Michael Yeargan, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific

Best Costume Design of a Play

• Gregory Gale, Cyrano de Bergerac
• Rob Howell, Boeing-Boeing
• Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• Peter McKintosh, The 39 Steps

Best Costume Design of a Musical

• David Farley, Sunday in the Park with George
• Martin Pakledinaz, Gypsy
• Paul Tazewell, In The Heights
• Catherine Zuber, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific

Best Lighting Design of a Play

• Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps
• Howard Harrison, Macbeth
• Donald Holder, Les Liaisons Dangereuses
• Ann G. Wrightson, August: Osage County

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

• Ken Billington, Sunday in the Park with George
• Howell Binkley, In The Heights
• Donald Holder, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific
• Natasha Katz, The Little Mermaid

Best Sound Design of a Play

• Simon Baker, Boeing-Boeing
• Adam Cork, Macbeth
• Ian Dickinson, Rock ‘n‘ Roll
• Mic Pool, The 39 Steps

Best Sound Design of a Musical

• Acme Sound Partners, In The Heights
• Sebastian Frost, Sunday in the Park with George
• Scott Lehrer, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific
• Dan Moses Schreier, Gypsy

Best Direction of a Play

• Maria Aitken, The 39 Steps
• Conor McPherson, The Seafarer
• Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County
• Matthew Warchus, Boeing-Boeing

Best Direction of a Musical

• Sam Buntrock, Sunday in the Park with George
• Thomas Kail, In The Heights
• Arthur Laurents, Gypsy
• Bartlett Sher, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific

Best Choreography

• Rob Ashford, Cry-Baby
• Andy Blankenbuehler, In The Heights
• Christopher Gattelli, Rodgers & Hammerstein‘s South Pacific
• Dan Knechtges, Xanadu

Best Orchestrations

• Jason Carr, Sunday in the Park with George
• Alex Lacamoire & Bill Sherman, In The Heights
• Stew & Heidi Rodewald, Passing Strange
• Jonathan Tunick, A Catered Affair