Most Overrated Tony Award Winning Best Musical- Page 2

[CarlosAlberto]

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.

[Ranger Tom]

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

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:49am

Oh jeez I forgot about Kinky Boots. That over Matilda is so deeply preposterous. 

[mamaleh]

Posted: 9/28/15 at 12:00pm

SPELLING BEE

MEMPHIS

KINKY BOOTS  (agree that MATILDA was/is far superior)

[OKBroadwayFan]

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)

[Patash]

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. 

 

 

 

[jakebloke]

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.

[broadwaysfguy]

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

[ggersten]

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.  .  

[little_sally]

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.

[a-mad]

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

[mikey2573]

Posted: 9/28/15 at 4:00pm

Rent

[goldenboy]

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.

[NewsiesForever]

Posted: 9/28/15 at 6:15pm

Newsies should have won over Once. 

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 9/28/15 at 7:44pm

I am with Golden Boy.

 

How does Titanic end?

[dramamama611]

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.

[TerrenceIsTheMann]

Posted: 9/28/15 at 9:35pm

Most Overrated for each decade:

1. 70's-Annie
2. 80's-Cats
3. 90's-The Lion King
4. 00's-Billy Elliot
5. 10's-The Book Of Mormon
   Worst Upsets:
6. 70's-Gentlemen Of Verona beating Follies
7. 80's-Phantom over ITW
8. 90's- Will Rogers Follies over Miss Saigon/ Lion King over Ragtime
9. 00's- Billy Elliot over N2N
10. 10's- Once over Newsies

[FBay]

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

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:17pm

A chorus line.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:19pm

Book of Mormon

[ZellMorrowsPledge]

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. 

 

[Mr. Wormwood]

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

[Elfuhbuh]

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.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/28/15 at 10:34pm

Realized I wasn't attending shows when a chorus line came out

[Bwaydide92]

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.