"I'm a little miffed they're letting non-nominated, subpar material perform, but not the lauded, nominated "Venus in Fur". There has to be a scene they could do that would work on TV."
Nothing to be miffed about. They could have offered to Venus In Fur, but the show declined. It costs money to perform on the Tonys. Gotta pay each actor, tech, design element, management, etc.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle