Fela will win best musical

[massofmen]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 10:26am

It will make up for passing strange losing. And also give the tony's a chance to get the famous producers on the stage.

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 10:29am

If this show wins, I will stop seeing Broadway shows.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 10:54am

If FELA wins Best Musical, I'm moving to Canada.

[phantom39]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 10:59am

Opinions on this are too divided... It doesn't have a chance

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 10:59am

I enjoyed this far more than Memphis and I have to see The Addams Family again to make the decision between the two. I think American Idiot will pull a Spring Awakening.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 11:22am

I despised FELA when I saw the show.

However, after seeing THE ADDAMS FAMILY last week, I think FELA's chances of winning have greatly improved. FELA got rave reviews from all the critics...and I have a feeling THE ADDAMS FAMILY won't be so lucky.

It will be interesting to see how AMERICAN IDIOT shakes things up.
Updated On: 3/14/10 at 11:22 AM

[PastorErnst]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 11:32am

Just the thought of Fela! makes me shudder. I still don't understand all the hype and acclaim this show received.

[tazber]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 11:40am

It won't win.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 11:43am

God, I hope not.

[TimesSquareRegular]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 11:45am

Well, if the Tony Awards want to lose whatever credibility they have left, giving an award to FELA! would be the way to go .....

[bjh2114]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 12:22pm

Seeing as the press doesn't vote anymore, I don't think so... American Idiot basically has this in the bag.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 12:45pm

I'm reasonably sure that FELA! will be nominated. As such, at least one number will performed at the Tony awards and, that, I fear, will be its undoing with middle class America. The heart of this show is Afrobeat, which is not to everybody's liking. Many out-of-towners will be turned off to seeing the show once they get a sense of what they're in for. I remember when Passion (I'm NOT comparing the two shows) won in 1994, too many people were turned off by the number and the show was gone in six months. Beauty and the Beast, however, WAS to a large segment of the viewers' taste and it ran and ran and ran (and I'm NOT defending Beauty by any means). In other words, FELA! is facing a lose-lose situation. If it's not nominated, its days are numbered; if it is nominated and wins, IMO it won't last out the year.

[gcontini2]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 12:49pm

I can't see Tony voters from the theaters on the road ever voting for a show that does not shout "universal hit" for their tour lineups...
Fela just does not speak to people the way it could have, despite it's great cast and choreography

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 12:50pm

FELA! is doing pretty well right now long before the awards so I don't know how much a nomination could do for them at present.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 5:34pm

I'm holding out for Sondheim on Sondheim. Revues have won in years when there isn't a standout among the original shows. I'd rather see a semi-Sondheim show win over all these other shows.

But if it were among the mentioned shows, I think American Idiot has the best shot.

~Steven

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 5:36pm

^ I agree. Since COME FLY AWAY seems to be pretty lackluster, I'm hoping SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM can snag a nomination.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 5:44pm

Unless it's a disaster (possible, given that it's Roundabout at the helm), I think Sondheim on Sondheim will most certainly be nominated.

At this point, the award is American Idiot's to lose.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 6:28pm

Don't forget about MEMPHIS.

[ljay889]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 6:31pm

Addams Family
American Idiot
Fela
Sondheim on Sondheim (or Memphis)

That seems the most likely, though it will depend on how Sondheim on Sondheim is received.

[Brick]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 8:16pm

The press not being a part of voting block ruined the chances of anything not hugely commercial from ever winning again. Period.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 8:23pm

Yep, just like HAiR closed before Labor Day.

Right? Right?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 11:04pm

AMERICAN IDIOT
COME FLY AWAY
SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM
(which I think will be better than most think)
ADAMS FAMILY, FELA or MEMPHIS as the 4th

just my two cents

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 11:09pm

FELA! was awful, it truly doesn't deserve to win.
I hope Memphis is nominated.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 11:10pm

I think Addams Family and Fela both definitely get nominated. I agree with ljay's list, though I think that the backup for Sondheim on Sondheim will be Million Dollar Quartet. After seeing it tonight, I could see a lot of critics being like "this was fun"! I still think Sondheim takes the last spot though.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 3/14/10 at 11:12pm

Could ADDAMS FAMILY be left out a la 9 TO 5?
Updated On: 3/14/10 at 11:12 PM