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#25Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/18/12 at 10:53amall above-the-title producers (plus any others the admin committee designates) are entitled to a trophy. All costs of the entire undertaking of the Tonys are borne by the producers. Where do you think the money comes from? Tshirt sales?
#26Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/18/12 at 11:53amThe trophies they give out at the ceremony are real Tonys that some of the producers take home, but they still need to be sent back out to be engraved and everything. They're not props; they're definitely very real.
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#27Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/18/12 at 6:16pm
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#28Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/18/12 at 6:58pmwait do the producers have to pay for the statues awarded to the actors as well
#29Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/18/12 at 8:05pmYes, the producers pay for everything.
#30Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/18/12 at 10:51pmNo, but like others have mentioned, I resent that musicals get Best Book, Best Score, and Best Musical, but plays only get Best Play. The producers accept Best Musical, but every other aspect of the creative team gets their own award. The playwright has to share his 90 seconds with the producer(s) and they contribute a lot more to the show than a bookwriter, choreographer or orchestrator.
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#31Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/18/12 at 10:56pmtotally agree with you, skittles. Play should definitely have a best script in addition to best play production.
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#32Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/18/12 at 11:13pmThey should have an award for best Playwright of a new play. If the have a category for best book of a new musical then it would make sense to have for best playwright.
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#33Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:21amIf you are able to go out and raise $10-$12 million for a Broadway musical then you deserve to accept the Best Musical Tony.
#34Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/19/12 at 10:42amA true Lead Producer isn't just raising money- they are basically like a PT Barnum managing the circus that is getting a show on Broadway. From the money aspect, to contracts, tempers, casting problems, fighting the rumor mill that is press, chat rooms and us on the Message Boards, to navigating the important decisions like when to open, where to open- its a vast amount of work that a true Lead Producer is involved with. So yes- while it takes a village, the person pulling the all the strings and taking on the most amount of personal and financial responsibility deserves that moment in the spotlight if their show wins Best Play/Musical.
#35Anyone else resent that producers accept when a show wins Best Musical?
Posted: 6/19/12 at 12:59pm
The confusion really happens because it's handled differently for plays and musicals. It makes sense that it doesn't make sense to some.
I think the Tony committee needs to make a distinction between "Best Play" (recognizing authors) and "Best Production of a Play" (considering all elements associated with a given production with an award for the producers) ... and change the other award to "Best Production of a Musical" (again recognizing all elements combined in the production and giving it to the producers).
For example, I thought the writing of "Ragtime" far outshone "The Lion King," but the overall production and impact of the latter was enough to garner it the top award of "Best Musical." As much as I loved (and love) Ragtime, there were elements of it that just didn't gel with the Broadway production. I've said before that the show worked much better in Los Angeles with a different cast (save two principals). It was a really close call in my book, but since Best Musical does and should take into consideration all aspects, not just the writing, direction, etc., which are recognized in their own categories, it should be for overall production, and the name should change to "Best Production of a Musical." (Or even Best Production of a New Musical)
And non-musical productions should be the same. "Best New Play" (for authors) and "Best Production of a New Play" for the top award.
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