Biggest Mistake(s) in Tony History- Page 7

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 3:30pm

:: raising hand ::

I was still a kid and I remember we saw it from seats in one of the boxes right next to the stage so I missed the mother's entrance (damn those sightlines) and I was blown away by the hands and the war sequence.

[BroadwayBound06]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 3:33pm

I have the libretto, and some of the lines I hear about, mainly alot of the Lead Player's were cut out of the published ones. Apparently Schwartz didn't get along with Fosse.

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 3:35pm

I have a paperback edition that was published shortly after the premiere (back in the days when they did mass-market editions of B'way plays). I wonder if there's anyway to compare the two.

[BroadwayBound06]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 3:46pm

Does it have the "Nagingly" line? Where the Leading Player yells at Catherine for not getting her line right?

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 3:48pm

I'll dig it out of the boxes of books and let you know asap.

[BroadwayBound06]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 4:09pm

Fosse added alot of stuff, have u read the article on Fosse's website?

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 5:52pm

>> Does it have the "Nagingly" line? Where the Leading Player yells at Catherine for not getting her line right?

A quick look and I dont see anything. There's something about her missing her first cue and then the LP ragging on Pippin about her at the end. What's yours have? At the start of scene 5?

[testing123]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 5:59pm

Have to agree with Jon... "Ragtime" not winning was a joke !!!

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 6:06pm

victor garber not winning for damn yankees, and if i didn't say it already ann harada not being nominated

[Jamie Hat]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 7:23pm

LSOH was flawless?
You have lost all credibility.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 7:43pm

definitely wicked not winning best musical or best score.

[Jamie Hat]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 7:53pm

Wicked has some great tunes but about a third of the score is crap.
Avenue Q doesn't have as many holes.
Argue THAT.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 8:17pm

excuse me! god attitude! i was just saying. i can't really judge because i have not seen avenue q, but i think that wicked's concept is better, and more appropriate, than avenue q's.

[Jamie Hat]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 8:20pm

HOW CAN YOU SAY ONE IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER WITHOUT HAVING SEEN ONE OF THE TWO THINGS BEING COMPARED! Come on people.

[Jamie Hat]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 8:21pm

I love all of you. And Wicked.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 8:22pm

well i have listened to some of the music and i think that it is just absolutely pointless.

[sean martin]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 8:22pm

>> Come on people

LOL! I think you're being quite kind, considering. :)

[Jamie Hat]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 8:25pm

I am sorry you feel that way.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 9:10pm

Harvey SO deserved the Tony!!!!!!!!!

[broadway86]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 9:33pm

I respect your opinion, WickedRocks, but there is NO way that Brian Stokes and Antonio should have lost that Tony to Harvey Fierstein.

Someone just reminded me of THE biggest mistake in Tony history: Ragtime losing to Lion King.

Also, the following people should've been nominated for Tonys:
Douglas Sills, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Ann Harada, AVENUE Q
Ned Beatty, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
Jayne Atkinson, OUR TOWN
Jane Curtin, OUR TOWN
Hunter Foster, URINETOWN
Jeff McCarthy, URINETOWN
Laura Benanti, NINE
Edward Norton, BURN THIS (Had the show opened on Broadway, he would have won a Tony)
Kerry Butler, HAIRSPRAY
Mary Bond Davis, HAIRSPRAY
Jeremy Kushnier, FOOTLOOSE (in recent memory, this is probably my #1 pick)
Tom Plotkin, FOOTLOOSE
Faith Prince, LITTLE ME
Kerry O'Malley, INTO THE WOODS
Jesse L. Martin, RENT
Anthony Rapp, RENT
Sherie Rene Scott, AIDA
Amy Spanger, KISS ME KATE
Anna Friel, CLOSER
Jason Raize, THE LION KING
Cheryl Freeman, THE CIVIL WAR
Paul Giamatti, THE ICEMAN COMETH
Dick Cavett, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Rebecca Luker, THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Paige Price, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Daniel Jenkins, BIG
Martin Moran, BELLS ARE RINGING
Susan Egan, TRIUMPH OF LOVE
Rachel York, VICTOR/VICTORIA
Sarah Jessica Parker, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

[WICKED rox my sox]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:10pm

although i believe that wicked should have one the tony, i also feel the need to argue that these shows/people won or lost because certain people felt that these shows/actors were/were not good enough for a tony, or someone/something was better/worse.

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:32pm

Biggest Tony mistakes:
"Miss Saigon" losing to "The Will Rogers Follies"
"Wicked" being nominated for anything (except best costumes. The costumes are very cool)

[feinstein9]

Posted: 7/7/04 at 10:32pm

>>The problem with the year of The Producers was that there wasn't much in the way of competition, coupled with the enormous PR machine that The Producers put to its command.

ever heard of a lil show called THE FULL MONTY? the score was DEELIGHTFUL

[Jamie Hat]

Posted: 7/8/04 at 1:26am

I wouldn't say that the Full Monty was Delightful...
(It's a Woman's World? Come on!)
Being up against Broderick and Lane, not to mention Mel Brooks boosting broadway...the judges weren't going to pass it up.