massofmen said: "so matilda won best score? usually the most "unbland score" (is unbland a word?) would easily win a tony award for music. Did it win? if not who did it lose out to? "
This is clearly opinion, as you say, but I found the score of Kinky Boots to be far more generic and less memorable than that of Matilda. I strongly suspect that some politics factored into the decision that year - a huge star who is also a gay icon and wrote an LGBT-friendly show would have a bit of a head-start going into the race. So, no, I wouldn't expect the least bland score, or even the best score, to always win the Tony of that name.