#1
Posted: 5/13/08 at 3:55pm
With all the talk about cry-baby maybe takin home the tony being a really big upset, i would like to know what you guys think is the biggest upset ever
Biggest Tony Upset ever?
#2
Posted: 5/13/08 at 3:56pm
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#3
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:00pm
I don't think that LaChanze was the biggest upset ever
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#4
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:01pm
I really hope XANADU takes home the Tony for Best Musical, as well as Kerry Butler (XANADU) for Best Actress in a Musical. I really loved XANADU, it's up there with WICKED in my opinion.
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#5
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:01pm
I really hope XANADU takes home the Tony for Best Musical, as well as Kerry Butler (XANADU) for Best Actress in a Musical. I really loved XANADU, it's up there with WICKED in my opinion.
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#6
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:07pm
Avenue Q was the biggest upset I can think of. And David Hyde Pierce beating Raul Esparza
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#7
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:09pm
With all the talk about cry-baby maybe takin home the tony being a really big upset
There's talk of Cry-Baby getting Best Musical? ... does anyone honestly think Cry-Baby has a chance of winning? lol.
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There's talk of Cry-Baby getting Best Musical? ... does anyone honestly think Cry-Baby has a chance of winning? lol.
#8
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:10pm
I would say some recent upsets are...
LaChanze over LuPone
DHP over Esparza
Marissa Jaret Winokur over Bernadette Peters (for gypsy)
The Pajama Game over Sweeney Todd for best Revival
again, not the biggest ever, just some recent ones.
LaChanze over LuPone
DHP over Esparza
Marissa Jaret Winokur over Bernadette Peters (for gypsy)
The Pajama Game over Sweeney Todd for best Revival
again, not the biggest ever, just some recent ones.
#9
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:12pm
sorry to clarify, i meant that IF cry baby wins the tony that would be possibly the biggest upset ever, not to suggest that they have a good chance
#10
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:15pm
Pretty much any Tony that was given out that someone on here disapproved of is the biggest Tony upset ever. And we'll bring it up every year and bitch about the same awards every year.
So, ALL OF THEM would be the correct answer.
So, ALL OF THEM would be the correct answer.
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#11
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:20pm
It was already mentioned above, but I think Pajama Game/Sweeney Todd has been one of the biggest in the past few years. I didn't know ANYONE who thought Sweeney had a chance of losing that Tony, even a Pajama Game cast member I spoke to. The uproar over that was unbelievable.
And Mister Matt, you don't necessarily have to disapprove of a win to believe it was an upset.
And Mister Matt, you don't necessarily have to disapprove of a win to believe it was an upset.
#12
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:24pm
Definitly The Pajama Game over Sweeney Todd.
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#13
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:30pm
In recent memory?
Avenue Q over Wicked and David Hyde Pierce over Raul Esparza.
Avenue Q over Wicked and David Hyde Pierce over Raul Esparza.
#14
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:30pm
The Lion King over Ragtime still gets to me.
#16
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:35pm
idina menzel!!!
the role of elphaba won... not the overrated actress who played her.
it should have been stephanie j. originating it as originally planned.
the role of elphaba won... not the overrated actress who played her.
it should have been stephanie j. originating it as originally planned.
#17
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:39pm
The Lion King over Ragtime
Contact over Aida (and Aida didn't even get nominated)
Avenue Q over Wicked
Jersey Boys over The Color Purple or Drowsy Chaperone
Spring Awakening over Grey Gardens
Contact over Aida (and Aida didn't even get nominated)
Avenue Q over Wicked
Jersey Boys over The Color Purple or Drowsy Chaperone
Spring Awakening over Grey Gardens
#18
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:39pm
How would Cry Baby winning best musical be an upset? It's not like any of the other shows are standing out as the clear winner. In order for there to be an upset at least one of the shows has to be the front runner. This year is a total toss up. An upset would be Grease winning best revival over Gypsy.
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#19
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:40pm
I still don't think Spring Awakening deserved choreography over Curtains or Legally Blonde. How does jumping up and down beat out synchronized jumproping??
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#21
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:47pm
Remember when "Two Gentlemen of Verona" beat out "Follies"?
Yeah...
Upsets don't get worse than that.
Yeah...
Upsets don't get worse than that.
#22
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:54pm
Marissa thought Elizabeth Parkinson smoked both her and Bernadette's asses when it came to the Tony Award.
#23
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:54pm
At the time THE LION KING beating RAGTIME was not really an upset.
Now, in hindsight, it just seems so.
Donna McKechnie beating Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera, that was upsetting.
And I loved Donna on A CHORUS LINE, but c'mon.
Now, in hindsight, it just seems so.
Donna McKechnie beating Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera, that was upsetting.
And I loved Donna on A CHORUS LINE, but c'mon.
#24
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:56pm
Spring Awakening over Grey Gardens was not an upset. Spring Awakening was the favorite to win best musical. As far as upsets go, the one that still tweaks me a bit is David Hyde Pierce over Raul Esparza.
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#25
Posted: 5/13/08 at 4:57pm
Yeah, SA got a lot of awards it probably didn't deserve, choreography being a huge one.
I think The Pirate Queen getting snubbed was a bit of an upset, if not an injustice. It certainly deserved a few design awards and SJB deserved a nod.
I think The Pirate Queen getting snubbed was a bit of an upset, if not an injustice. It certainly deserved a few design awards and SJB deserved a nod.
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