1996 Tonys and Rent

[Broadway212]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 6:36pm

I searched all over the internet I could not find anything I was just wondering what did Rent beat out at the 1996 tony awards for best musical?

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 6:37pm

tonyawards.com

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 6:37pm

Updated On: 5/3/09 at 06:37 PM

[musicalmaster703]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 6:38pm

Winner - Rent. Produced by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon, The New York Theatre Workshop

Nominees: Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk. Produced by The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, George C. Wolfe, Joey Parnes

Chronicle of a Death Foretold. Produced by Lincoln Center Theater, Andre Bishop, Bernard Gersten, INTAR Hispanic Arts Center

Swinging on a Star. Produced by Richard Seader, Mary Burke Kramer, Paul B. Berkowsky, Angels of the Arts

[thelastmidnight]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 6:38pm

Never mind, musicalmaster beat me to it.
Updated On: 6/17/08 at 06:38 PM

[Broadway212]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 6:39pm

Musicalmaster703 thanks for the answer

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 7:10pm

Wow, I've never even heard of "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" or "Swinging on a Star."

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 8:55pm

Snubbed that year for nominations: Big, Victor/Victoria, and State Fair. Any one of the three would have been preferable to the slight revue that was Swinging on a Star, but nothing had a shot at beating Rent.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 8:57pm

BIG??

Absolutely not. Such a wreck.

I saw that **** and it was awful!

The BIG score eventually grew on me (as a guilty pleasure, next to the AIDA score) but the show itself is terrible!

[jagfkb]

Posted: 6/17/08 at 9:49pm

When you see the only way to transition him from a child to an adult is by the company singing "your wish is granted!", you know the show is bad. I mean honestly, why?

[jackson992]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 12:42am

We're doing Big this year at our community theater so hopefully we can make it a good show.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 12:45am

Oh.

Is that the community theatre that travtrev2 and MusicalTheatreFan3 are a part of?

[jackson992]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 12:46am

not that I know of ROFL.

On a separate note I do really like the score for Big and think it can be staged well. I however haven't read the script yet.

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 12:50am

I actually had a good time at Big. With 12 more years of life under my belt I realize now it's not a very good show, but seriously, Swinging on a Star?

[jackson992]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 12:51am

I'd never heard of Chronicle of a Death Foretold or Swinging On a Star before.

[winston89]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 1:49am

I still think that Big is one of the greatest musicals ever written. Of course I am biased because it was my first show and is the show that got me into becoming a musical theatre fan.

But, honestly. I thought that Big got the nom for best musicals because I remember it performed at the Tonys.

[jackson992]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 1:56am

I might have to see if I can find any footage on in at youtube.

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 1:59am

Updated On: 5/3/09 at 01:59 AM

[B3TA07]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 2:02am

"I still think that Big is one of the greatest musicals ever written."

I would never trust you to babysit my children.

[jackson992]

Posted: 6/18/08 at 2:15am

thx so much petite