Biggest "Best Musical" Tony Upset of all time?!?!- Page 4

[Thesbijean]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 7:34pm

1958
The Music Man over West Side Story

1984
La Cage Aux Folles over Sunday in the Park With George

1998
The Lion King over Ragtime

2002
Thoroughly Modern Millie over Urinetown

[ben1986]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 9:17pm

This isn't an upset but for me the worst Tony moment of all time was when they cut Elaine Stritch's speech in 2002. I mean just how wicked are the director's of the Tony Awards. I mean this woman poured her soul out to an auience and gave a legendary performance. For shame on them!

[timote316]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 9:35pm

As other have said, I don't think everyone gets the definition of an upset. Avenue Q over Wicked was an upset; Spamalot over Piazza wasnt. While Piazza (or anything else, for that matter) is the better show, Spamalot was expected to win. Not an upset. The same is true for Lion King/Ragtime.

As for Music Man/WSS, they are both great shows. Really, this one could have gone either way, and people would still be complaining. That's the type of battle the Best Musical Tony should be every year.

[mrkringas]

Posted: 2/28/06 at 9:42pm

Over here in the UK "The Lion King" lost out to "Honk" for Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards in 2000.

Then in the following year the "new" musical "Merrily We Roll Along" defeated the big beasts of "The Beautiful Game" and "Witches of Eastwick"

So in recent years we have a record of the little show doing good.