Posted: 8/30/26 at 8:36am
The Lost Boys is far from perfect but my goodness it’s a masterpiece compared to Schmigadoon! Who on earth are these Tony voters?? Do they have eyes and ears?? They drop the ball every single year, but this one was a doozy.
Posted: 8/30/26 at 8:55am
How did anything lose to Schmigadoon??? Yes, it was a weak year, but that show is so subpar. Should’ve been Two Strangers. At least that was original.
Updated On: 8/30/26 at 08:55 AM
Posted: 8/30/26 at 8:57am
This has been discussed ad nauseum in multiple threads. It does not warrant its own thread phillypinto/flash/etc
Get over yourself
Posted: 8/30/26 at 9:18am
Posted: 8/30/26 at 9:19am
So, what happened was, 850 people cast their votes for Best Musical at the Tony Awards. And, of those 850, more voted for Schmigadoon than The Lost Boys. Therefore, Schmigadoon was awarded the Tony for Best Musical over The Lost Boys. Hope that clears things up for you.
Posted: 8/30/26 at 11:13am
''Schmigadoon!'' also won Best Musical over ''The Lost Boys'' at the Outer Critics Circle Awards. And ''Schmigadoon!'' won Best Musical at the Drama Desk Awards, where ''The Lost Boys'' wasn't even nominated in that category.
Posted: 8/30/26 at 12:48pm
Fred Mason said: "The Lost Boys is far from perfect but my goodness it’s a masterpiece compared to Schmigadoon! Who on earth are these Tony voters?? Do they have eyes and ears?? They drop the ball every single year, but this one was a doozy."
Thanks for the reminder to block you.
Posted: 8/30/26 at 12:56pm
Posted: 8/30/26 at 5:18pm
Posted: 8/30/26 at 5:33pm
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Posted: 8/30/26 at 6:03pm
Posted: 8/30/26 at 6:04pm
You tell me, Flash.
Posted: 8/30/26 at 9:20pm
Let me be frank …lost boys sucked
Posted: 8/30/26 at 10:02pm
Let me be frank...Sh*ttydoon sucked.
But it's the most navel-gazing ("It's about musicals! We're in the theater industry! We should vote for that!") so it ultimately didn't matter that it's soulless and creatively bankrupt and its score is nothing but a bunch of Temu versions of classic musical theater songs with no real wit or cleverness. It's like in comedy where something can get a laugh not because it's funny or an actual joke, but because the audience recognizes the reference. That's what Sh*ttydoon offers: the ability for an in-the-know audience to recognize the song being referenced and imitated (not really parodied, since that would require actual humor and cleverness). And much like the cheapness of recognition laughs, the industry recognized enough there to throw all the awards at the thing imitating something they love in a weak year.
Posted: 8/30/26 at 10:15pm
Posted: 8/30/26 at 10:19pm
MemorableUserName said: "Let me be frank...Sh*ttydoon sucked.
But it's the most navel-gazing ("It's about musicals! We're in the theater industry! We should vote for that!") so it ultimately didn't matter that it's soulless and creatively bankrupt and its score is nothing but a bunch of Temu versions of classic musical theater songs with no real wit or cleverness. It's like in comedy where something can get a laugh not because it's funny or an actual joke, but because the audience recognizes the reference. That's what Sh*ttydoon offers: the ability for an in-the-know audience torecognize the song being referenced and imitated (not really parodied, since that would require actual humor and cleverness). And much like the cheapness of recognition laughs, the industry recognized enough there to throw all the awards at the thing imitating something they love in a weak year."
How many times can you re-write this same post. You hated it. We get it. Jeez, give it a rest.
Posted: 8/30/26 at 10:22pm
BentleyB said:
How many times can you re-write this same post. You hated it. We get it. Jeez, give it a rest."
This is the first time I've made this post. I referred to Sh*ttydoon in one other thread (a weekly grosses one, I believe), but otherwise never posted a review or any comments about it. My comment history is open in case you'd like to point out otherwise.
You may have mistaken me for someone else, or are hallucinating.
Posted: 8/31/26 at 2:07pm
Sutton Ross said: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
Testing the waters to see if we want you back? We don't.
Posted: 8/31/26 at 2:26pm
MemorableUserName said: "Let me be frank...Sh*ttydoon sucked.
But it's the most navel-gazing ("It's about musicals! We're in the theater industry! We should vote for that!") so it ultimately didn't matter that it's soulless and creatively bankrupt and its score is nothing but a bunch of Temu versions of classic musical theater songs with no real wit or cleverness. It's like in comedy where something can get a laugh not because it's funny or an actual joke, but because the audience recognizes the reference. That's what Sh*ttydoon offers: the ability for an in-the-know audience torecognize the song being referenced and imitated (not really parodied, since that would require actual humor and cleverness). And much like the cheapness of recognition laughs, the industry recognized enough there to throw all the awards at the thing imitating something they love in a weak year."
I love the new name for this show. Incredibly apt. Ha.
Posted: 8/31/26 at 2:27pm
Updated On: 8/31/26 at 02:27 PM
Posted: 8/31/26 at 5:26pm
Posted: 8/31/26 at 6:02pm
iluvtheatertrash said: "Sutton Ross said: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
Testing the waters to see if we want you back? We don't."
Amen to that. America’s Sweetheart also claims to have the original poster blocked, which, of course, she just proved was another lie.
Posted: 8/31/26 at 6:11pm
Posted: 8/31/26 at 11:43pm
ppl on here are wrong about the tonys in two different ways
1. the tonys are not designed to help the shows that most need them in order to run longer
so the voters arent calculating which show facing closing should therefore get the best musical award
2. the awards are not to make broadway more fair or competitive like the nfl draft
the truth is
the tonys
like other invented awards such as the oscars or the emmys
were created so there could be a giant circle jerk amongst the ppl working in those industries
patting themselves on the back
and taking home a piece of false idol hardware
in an attempt to fill their empty souls
the fact that some of u actually believe the various award categories go to the 'best' each season is laughable
one need only point to this seasons best musical winner to prove my case
if u believe schmigadoon ranks up there with previous winners
written and directed by the historical greats
u are as clueless as the current tony voters
