Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/11
Regarding score, it's also worth noting that a lot of industry folks felt Sondheim was robbed for Sunday in the Park a few years earlier. Meanwhile, Webber had won twice in the last 8 years, so crazy as it sounds, Sondheim actually had a bit of an "overdue" element working in his favor.
Would have been interesting to see which would have taken Orchestrations had that category been around. On the one hand, the Tonys love awarding big grandiose orchestrations like Moulin Rouge, American in Paris and Light in the Piazza. But they've also awarded orchestrations for plenty of smaller, more intricate scores ala Assassins, Next to Normal and Evan Hansen. So a real toss-up there.
It is worth noting that since Best Orchestrations was established in 1997, only two shows that were also nominated for Best Original Score managed to win the former category, but not the latter. Which were Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002 (Urinetown won Score that year) and Billy Elliot (in a tie with the Best Score winner that year, Next to Normal). So history would be on Into the Woods' side, although I don't think it's impossible Phantom could've won.
As the film adaptation of Matilda the Musical is currently playing in select theaters before debuting on Netflix this Christmas Day, let's take a look back at the Broadway production of this very show (through a feature I previously wrote in 2019) as well as its success at the Tony Awards.
And the Tony Almost Went to...MATILDA
As the Tony Awards will be airing on CBS tonight, let's take a look back at last year's race for Best Musical.
And the Tony Almost Went to...MJ
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/22
"As the film adaptation of Matilda the Musical is currently playing in select theaters before debuting on Netflix this Christmas Day, let's take a look back at the Broadway production of this very show (through a feature I previously wrote in 2019) as well as its success at the Tony Awards.
And the Tony Almost Went to...MATILDA"
It was bad enough IMO that "Matilda" did not win "Best Musical" but how it did not win "Best Score" is even worse.
Today, we’ll be taking a look back at what appeared to have been quite a stellar Best Lead Actress in a Musical lineup from the 2014 Tony Awards as well as a deep dive into all 5 nominees that year.
Tonys Flashback: Best Lead Actress in a Musical (2014)
For the 2022 edition of ‘And the Tony Almost Went to…’, I settled on MJ as the runner-up to A Strange Loop. Today, we’re going to look into whether or not it could’ve actually been Six.
How Close Were They?: SIX
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
Jeffrey Karasarides said: "For the 2022 edition of ‘And the Tony Almost Went to…’, I settled onMJas the runner-up toA Strange Loop. Today, we’re going to look into whether or not it could’ve actually beenSix.
How Close Were They?: SIX"
Please do more of these- this is very interesting to read!
As the Tonys are tonight, let's take a look back at last year's race for Best Musical.
And the Tony Almost Went to...SOME LIKE IT HOT
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