Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:27am
Dreamgirls was my first Broadway show so I naturally have a soft spot for it, but I also saw Nine and I love all things Italian - - - and Fellini is one of my favorite directors so I was really torn when Nine won over Dreamgirls.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:46am
60s - Forum (although I love it) - Oliver should have won.
70s - Two Gentlemen of Verona - Follies should have won.
80s - Cats!!
* La Cage - Sunday in the Park with George should have won.
* Phantom - Into the Woods should have won.
90s - Will Roger's Follies - Miss Saigon should have won
* Crazy for You - Fallsetos should have won.
00 - Spring Awakening - Grey Gardens or Mary Poppins should have won
10 - Kinky Boots - Matilda should have won
Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:49am
Oh jeez I forgot about Kinky Boots. That over Matilda is so deeply preposterous.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 12:00pm
SPELLING BEE
MEMPHIS
KINKY BOOTS (agree that MATILDA was/is far superior)
Posted: 9/28/15 at 12:11pm
Spelling Bee didn't win Best Musical (Spamalot won)
It did win for Book (over Scoundrels, Piazza and Spamalot)
Posted: 9/28/15 at 12:16pm
What? No mention of Contact -- the show with the weakest orchestra and orchestration, weakest song lyrics, and weakest book. Ooops, sorry, it didn't even have any of those things normally a big part of what makes a show a "winner".
OK, go into attack mode, Contact lovers. (By the way I LOVED Contact, a very clever and well done dance show). Just still scratching my head what made it a "Broadway musical" by the usual definitions.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 12:31pm
Totally agree with Contact, and I'll add the year before......Fosse. It's an enjoyable revue, but Parade should have won in my opinion.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 1:21pm
hi jakebloke and Patash
I was the fifth post on this about Contact, and could NOT BELIEVE no one else had seconded
so thank you both for chiming in....i went to the show not knowing what it was except that it was
"the hottest musical on broadway"....i mean it was entertaining and nice to watch, but it was NOT a musical and the tony folks really screwed the pooch on this one!!!!!
2000s
contact over Aida which wasn't even nominated
the most galling thing is contact had NO SINGING-they danced to prerecorded music
this was a massive intentional "dis" to disney
following the massive success of lion king
worst tony best musical decision in 20 years
H
Posted: 9/28/15 at 3:06pm
Whether Contact is a "musical" or not, it is far from overrated. To me, it is a great theatrical event. (Well, I'm not crazy about the middle segment).
Whether you think another show should have won does not mean the winner is overrated. Even if you think Dreamgirls should have won over Nine or Matilda over Kinky Boots does not mean Nine nor Kinky Boots are "overrated". An "overrated" show is one that has recevied acclaim or accolades that you simply can't comprehend. So, Mr. Roxy will tell you that Book of Mormon is overrated. (and a few others may share Roxy's view). Some on here feel that way about Memphis - they just don't understand any love for that show. I don't understand the love for Big River, which, to me, was a terrible musical on its own merit. .
Posted: 9/28/15 at 3:29pm
Thoroughly Modern Millie. How it won when Urinetown (the superior show) won director, score, and book is beyond me.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 3:34pm
Easy...
Lion King over Ragtime. So disappointing...
Runner-up (and won't be popular... no pun intended):
Avenue Q over Wicked
Posted: 9/28/15 at 5:50pm
Can't believe no one menti0ned Titanic the musical Not only was it dull, you know how it ends.
Also not a fan of Rent, Once or (dont throw rocks) Fun Home.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 6:15pm
Newsies should have won over Once.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 7:44pm
I am with Golden Boy.
How does Titanic end?
Posted: 9/28/15 at 8:19pm
Anything based on a real event holds few surprises. Hell, one of the he few things I knew about Alexander Hamilton was the duel with Burr.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 9:35pm
Most Overrated for each decade:
Posted: 9/28/15 at 9:41pm
Hamilton Fun Home are by the public theatre a company that I think is better than people think it is
Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:17pm
A chorus line.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:23pm
Cats
Avenue Q
Once
Kinky Boots
Gentleman's Guide
Anyone who mentions The Lion King is full of it imo! That show is far from overrated.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:31pm
I'm not looking at what they beat and if they deserved to win or not, that's sort of a different question in my mind. For example, I strongly believe Ragtime should have beaten The Lion King but I wouldn't call The Lion King overrated. I'm solely looking at the show from each decade I think is most overrated
1950s: Wonderful Town
1960s: Cabaret
1970s: None of the ones I know are overrated IMO, don't know much about some of the other winners
1980s: Cats
1990s: Rent
2000s: Spamalot
2010s: Kinky Boots
Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:33pm
ZellMorrowsPledge said: "Anyone who mentions The Lion King is full of it imo! That show is far from overrated."
Nah, it's pretty overrated. Beauty and the Beast should have been Disney's long-running blockbuster, I think.
Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:34pm
Realized I wasn't attending shows when a chorus line came out
Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:54pm
I couldn't have been more underwhelmed when I left In the Heights. I thought it was a really good show, but it has one of the worst endings ever. It felt so unsatisfying to learn that Usnavi would just not be leaving. He spends the whole show wanting to visit the Dominican Republic, to see the land of his parents, to learn about the world outside of Washington Heights. But instead (in my opinion) he settles to just stay where he is. Yes things are different because Abuela is dead and he has lottery winnings, but that's not going to change much around him. I felt like I was taken from Point A to Point B to Point C back to Point A. I left exactly how I came in. That left a sour taste in my mouth, and the last impression is the one that sticks.
