I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will win tonight

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I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will win tonight

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:14pm

What a disaster! I know many of you love this AWFUL, DREADFUL worst ever musical, but I hated every single rotten moment of it. It's clearly going to win if it won best book. I'm miserable about this! (i know it's trivial, but...) ):

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will win tonight

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:16pm

Would you say you're...a little upset?

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:17pm

How is it clearly going to win? UNRINETOWN, for example, won Best Score and Book and didn't win Musical.

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will win tonight

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:17pm

That sucks for XANADU, which actually had the best book.

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:18pm

1. Was it really worth making a new thread?
2. It's not the worst musical ever
3. It's actually quite good
4. The best musical is still open game, chill the f*ck out.

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will win tonight

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:18pm

I think we are the only people to think it's dreadful. I never understood how it got the raves it did. I really did not understand what i was watching. It's like a bad acid trip and it's not the performers fault. When you compare it to shows like South Pacific, Gypsy,August Osage County you cringe at the future of Broadway..

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:18pm

Can I just point and laugh at the person who started this thread? Thank you. *does so*

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will win tonight

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:18pm

In the Heights' book sucks, but I really hope they win Best Musical.

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:18pm

just off the top of my head, i know of two musicals that won best book, but not the top prize. Into The Woods and Urinetown.

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:19pm

It started again!

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:19pm

Yeah, it's really not that serious.. LOL

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:20pm

I'd say it's up in the air as to who will win. Could be Xanadu sneaks in if they split the musical votes. I'm not pulling for that to happen...I want ITH to take it. But it could.

edit: I think it's hard to say for sure because it was pretty much agreed that the book was the weakest part of ITH. So it not winning that doesn't necessarily say anything.

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Updated On: 6/15/08 at 08:20 PM

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:21pm

If Passing Strange wins Best Musical, and now I think it will, it will be the first winner ever of the Tony that I truly will have hated in the category. I've never understood why people like this show. My gut tells me PS is going to sweep the book, score, musical categories... the revivals were better than the originals this year, though...

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:21pm

If Passing Strange wins Best Musical, and now I think it will, it will be the first winner ever of the Tony that I truly will have hated in the category. I've never understood why people like this show. My gut tells me PS is going to sweep the book, score, musical categories... the revivals were better than the originals this year, though...

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:22pm

Say it again, Budd!

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:25pm

Thanks for putting that right in the subject, by the way. Not like anyone out West was hoping to remain unspoiled until the show aired here. Or thought no one here was dumb enough to put a Tony spoiler in a thread title.

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:27pm

memphreblues ~ That award was given out in the pre-show which was online only and NOT on the broadcast. Plus it has been in the newsfeeds at the top of the page.

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:28pm

again, you don't want to know the winners, STAY THE HELL OFF THE INTERNET!!!!!!

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:29pm

I am officially going to mock the **** out of anyone who doesn't want to be spoiled for the Tony awards but insists on hanging around a message board of theatre fans who're talking about the Tony awards. It's possibly one of the sillier things people can do. Even if we don't announce winners in thread titles, the feed at the top will fill you in. :P

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Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:31pm

Updated On: 5/4/09 at 08:31 PM

#21

re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:31pm

I understand part of the 'stay off the internet' philosophy, but I still think putting results in a thread title is stupid. First off, isn't there already a Tony thread, or 12? I was bored and decided to pop in to BWW to kill time in trivial threads ('favourite so-and-so', 'funny tourists', 'memorable whatevers') and figured I was safe, seeing as I generally just scroll past the news feed (tonight of all nights).

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:34pm

Well, you figured wrong. If you even figured at all, as the LAST thing I would do if I wanted to avoid Tony spoilers would be to come here. If I just COULDN'T stay away, I would at the very least stick to the Off-topic board. :P

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#23

re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:35pm

WTF Xanadu was robbed!

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re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:36pm

Sadly, I must admit that the excerpt I have just witnessed made me wanna stay farther away from Broadway than check out anything new. I don't think PS is much, judging from it's excerpt.

*sigh* Where are the Crazy for You's....the Ragtime's....and so on?

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#25

re: I'm very unhappy: Passing Strange won best book, which means it will wi

Posted: 6/15/08 at 8:46pm

Um there were musicals in the past that have won best book that didn't get Best Musical...Light in the Piazza...Urinetown...chill.

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