Monty Python will win the Tony!

[AlmostThere]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:37pm

Do you agree?

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:37pm

no, i'm still pulling for drs

[Unknown User]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:38pm

nominated, definitely. win? *shrug*

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:40pm

No, DRS or Piazza.

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:48pm

Nominated for sure, win - nah! DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is a better NEW true blue classic MUSICAL! If I were in charge, I personally think SPAMALOT should be a Special Event!

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:50pm

Leave it to me to root for the little shows, but I think Spelling Bee might have a chance. You never know...

~Steven

[Matt_G]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 10:57pm

Wait, so.............BKLN isn't going to win the Tony anymore, Shill?

Are you shilling for both shows? PLEASE LET US KNOW!

[bjivie2]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 11:36pm

As of this very second, if nothing else were to open Spamalot would definitely win. DRS didn't get the best reviews. With Light in the Piazza and Spelling Bee both in the running to be the critics' darling, they might be gaining steam to win the big prize. And I've been hearing rumors of a Broadway transfer of Dessa Rose, which could give some of those shows a run for their money.

[broadwaystar2b]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 11:38pm

Honestly though, Spamalot doesn't have to get a single nomination and it'll still run for years

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 11:40pm

Oh gosh, I hope not.

[JKM2159]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 11:45pm

What about Chitty?

[apdarcey]

Posted: 3/18/05 at 11:48pm

no. i think piazza and bee have more going for them than spamalot. at least i hope so. definitely not chitty.

[magruder]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 12:23am

I do suspect Spamalot is going to take Best Musical, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, and most of the design awards. Piazza and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will probably duke it out for Best Score, with voters either wanting to award David Yazbeck for having lost for The Full Monty, or Adam Guettel, so they feel like they are honoring the next generation of songwriters, and giving something to the 'arty' show, (as well as giving it to Guettel because he's Richard Rodgers' grandson and he's so damned handsome). I think Spelling Bee will win Best Book and Best Supporting Actor for Dan Fogler. Actor in a Musical is probably Norbert Leo Butz, and Actress in a Musical is probably Victoria Clark.

[Benzy92]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 12:26am

So far this season of musicals, I've seen Spamalot, DRS, Spelling Bee, Little Women, and BKLYN.

If it were my vote, it would def. go to Spelling Bee with DRS a very close second.

Spamalot seems like the frontrunner at this point though.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 12:40am

But I don't see it winning Best Musical. I feel like the Tonys are going to want to honor the material over the spectacle the way it did last year. And although I don't want to get into another Q/Wicked dispute, let's just face the fact that Spamelot is a spectacle show-slash-tribute to the film than anything else. So I think Bee and Light definitely have a shot at the top trophy.

~Steven

[maybethistime]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 1:07am

Spelling Bee or Piazza has it. DRS had more of a chance, and I highly doubt Spamalot will- It's too unoriginal.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 1:58am

I can't really comment because I havn't seen both shows, but I'd be happy with one of those shows winning.

"Nominated for sure, win - nah! DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is a better NEW true blue classic MUSICAL! If I were in charge, I personally think SPAMALOT should be a Special Event!"

How is DRS a better new true blue classic musical compared to Spamalot? Spamalot and DRS are both based off movies, and they both have a new score. Even though it's your personal opinion, Spamalot isn't a special event because it is a true book musical with a new score.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 2:01am

Out of the new musical this season, the only award-worthy ones were DRS and SPAMALOT. If I had to choose between the two, I would say SPAMALOT will win, but DRS should win. I can't wait to see SPELLING BEE and PIAZZA, but I'm hoping that PIAZZA blows me away.

[bjivie2]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 2:01am

Magruder, you are all over this one!

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 3:41am

SPAMALOT probably will win the Tony this year. Although I'm pulling for the underdog SPELLING BEE (it'd be nice to see a small-scale musical with a big heart and intelligence win.....again), SPAMALOT has the critical and popular acclaim needed to take the prize. It's a different situation from last year, when WICKED opened to mixed reviews. In contrast, SPAMALOT has received raves pretty much across the board.

[magruder]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 6:07am

I think part of the reason Avenue Q won last year is because within the theatre industry, Wicked was generally not loved. It was respected for being the huge commercial hit it is, but not as a deathless piece of writing. I'm sure that in addition to Avenue Q's effective campaigning, enough people felt "Wicked is going to win Best Musical, but I really enjoyed Avenue Q more" for the vote to go the way it did. (I'd love to think that some of the voters also looked back and also said, "And I should have voted for Urinetown in 2002.")

The difference this year, I think, is that Spamalot is both an enormous hit and it got good enough reviews, which is an advantage over Wicked's situation last year. I think that's going to be enough to carry it to Best Musical.

Scoundrels deserves to be looked at as more of a contender, but I think that downbeat Times review is going to hurt it (even though most of the other reviews were very good). It also has been in Spamalot's shadow throughout, and is likely to remain so, as while Scoundrels is doing decent business, Spamalot has the imprimatur of sold-out smash. Spelling Bee has its ardent admirers, but it also has a few detractors, and I think it might fall victim (unfairly, of course) to the road market feeling burned for having voted for Avenue Q last year, and then not receiving a tour of the show. I think road voters are going to say, "I voted for the small show last year and got screwed, so this year I'm voting for the big show that's going to make me a lot of money." And as I mentioned above, Piazza will be the high art show that might take Best Actress and/or Best Score, but because of its limited commercial appeal, would probably not take the big prize. If the voters give it Score or Best Actress, they'll feel like they are taking care of Art while still voting for Commerce for Best Musical.

Updated On: 3/19/05 at 06:07 AM

[BroadwayBound06]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 7:17am

Light in the Piazza...

[Chip1012]

Posted: 3/19/05 at 7:28am

after seeing Spelling Bee last night I can't imagine anything else! what a show.