Rant about the Tony nominations here — Page 9

I was hoping Everyday Rapture or Sondheim on Sondheim would push Million Dollar Quartet/Come Fly Away out of contention.

I as well. Hell, I would have accepted The Sinatra Musical over Million Dollar Quartet.

I constantly forget about Million Dollar Quartet. Not so much Come Fly Away because I pass it often, but my only reason for ever going down 41st WAS the Nederlander, so now I never pass it.

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I have not seen either yet, but on the same grounds, so am I.

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Holbee- They added a rule after Tommy (actually after State Fair) that to be nominated for best score a score must be at least 50% original.

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Would a Fela! win mean Will Smith picking up the award? Mmmmm...

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Everyone is entitled to their own opinions on content, but the lengths people on this board go to trash MEMPHIS at every turn are a little bit laughable.

When it was in previews, people bashed it and predicted a "critical bloodbath." Then, when it got strong reviews, the same people wrote those comments off and were adamant that the show would close quickly regardless. Once the box office numbers remained consistently stable, the same people ignored that development and said that AMERICAN IDIOT would dominate the Tonys. Now that the show got a ton of nominations, people are still trying to crap all over it.

I know that none of these events will (or should) change anyone's feelings on the piece itself, but you'd at least think people would recognize when they're in the minority on something. It just goes to show that you can never satisfy everyone (and no, this is far from a dig at anyone specifically.)

I would also like to know where the stigma that the show is so obviously inferior came from? It seems to only exist amongst certain members of this board, since it's performed extremely well in all other aspects of the business thus far.

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Updated On: 5/4/10 at 10:24 PM

The NY Times poll is up: http://projects.nytimes.com/tonys/ballot

If you didn't know who Barbara Cook was, nor had any fondness for her, you wouldn't think there was anything special about her in SoS. In fact, she was almost painful to watch waddle across the stage. I don't care who she is, ridiculous nomination in my opinion.

If you didn't know who Barbara Cook was, nor had any fondness for her, you wouldn't think there was anything special about her in SoS. In fact, she was almost painful to watch waddle across the stage. I don't care who she is, ridiculous nomination in my opinion.

Oh, boy. This will be fun. Let me get my snack.

The Times' Patrick Healy's take/reporting on the nominations.

One error, though.

“La Cage aux Folles” has a chance to make history by becoming the only show to win for best musical (in 1984) and twice for best musical revival. (It won in 2005, for its first revival.) Other shows that have won best musical and best revival, and had a chance at a second best revival award, were “Guys and Dolls,” “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Company."

COMPANY has won twice, in 1996 and 2006.
Commerce and Art Slug It Out

Company did not win 1996.

I don't remember anyone complaining last year that Hair's costume nomination was undeserved because the tie-dye and fringe were copying the original. Ragtime is a very specific time period. Of course they're all going to look similar.

But these are the EXACT same costumes he was nominated for in 1998. Like they literally pulled a lot of them out of storage.

Updated On: 5/4/10 at 11:10 PM

It doesn't say anything.

Bye Bye Birdie
Finian's Rainbow
A Little Night Music
Come Fly Away
Addams Family
Promises, Promises

All would have been worthy choices.