PIAZZA Best Musical YES

Lighting
Zuper Costumes
that set and Score
Set
they all combine to
Best Musical
and the Divine
Ms. Clark
can they
take it?
orchestrations is a given so amazing

i have hopes, just not the highest ones. Lots of people speculate that out of town voters will more likely pick Spamalot-- or even DRS since Spamalot could be an easy sell on its Monty Python name alone- not really "needing" the Tony to be successful when playing a tour. Spelling Bee might suffer from comparisons to Avenue Q- since voters who were asked to vote their heart really voted their wallet expecting a tour that was never gonna happen- they might be leery of voting for the little guy this year. But occassionally 'the artsy show' wins too. The vote could really be split and go any way. I could see any of them winning. If the mentality of voters right now is of the 'send a message to jukebox musicals' variety, i could see them awarding the show that is most daring. i definitely expect Piazza to win a few awards, possibly the most-- orchestrations, score, lighting, best actress...

Yes, I see Piazza winning the most awards of the night, even with Spamalot's highest number of nominations. I think I would vote Piazza if I were a voter (still haven't seen Spamalot, but have seen the other three). If it wins those five, I'll be satisfied. I will be very happy if it wins more than those also.

~Steven

I think Kelli will get one. I have a feeling DRS will win (deservedly so), and I put Bee on the bottom of the group. Have seen all 4 as of last night (finally).

I think it's pretty unfortunate BWW can't vote, I think many awards would be given to quality recipients.
That said, I think we're way off in terms of what the Tony voters are thinking for best musical. I am guessing, if they released vote tallies, it'd be:
Spamalot
Bee
DRS
Piazza

I would give it:
Piazza
Bee
DRS
Spamalot
Were I allowed to rank it.

I saw the show on Satuday and it was truly a beautiful show. I was really most surprised at Matt Morrison's performance. Real depth to it, not sure why I was surprised.

Mandy Patinkin was in the audience which was kinda fun to see.

My only complaint - from where I was sitting, I couldn't get a view of Matt's chest! I only saw his bare back. I will have to go back!

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Updated On: 6/1/05 at 09:35 AM

agreed of what it will, actress, orchestration, lighting and more.
its a lovely piece of work and should run for a year so everyone gets to see a real jewel on broadway.

I LOVE Piazza more than I can say. But I am not getting my hopes up high for it to win.

I think Ramirez will win over O'Hara, although Jan Maxwell could triumph over both of them. I would give it to Kelli too, though.

Hmm...memorable songs...

Maybe Dividing Day. Or Say it Somehow. How about The Light in the Piazza? Possibly Clara's Tirade? Love to Me? Fable?

Alright, well, I guess you're right. Nevermind.

Updated On: 6/1/05 at 04:16 PM

broadwaynut20 - its a shame you feel that way.

Updated On: 6/1/05 at 04:18 PM

There are many memorable song from Piazza. Yeah, what everyone else said.

I wouldn't put Spelling Bee on the bottom. I enjoyed it more than Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which I just saw last night. For me, it's Piazza, Bee, then DRS.

~Steven

While part of me says "Have you no heart? No soul? How can you not adore this score!", the other part says "Well hell, I don't like Sunday In the Park With George" -- to each his/her own

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