Remember When Bernadette Peters Lost the Tony to Marissa Jaret Winokur...

Let's talk about it. There's nothing good on TV tonight :)

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Updated On: 5/25/10 at 02:10 AM

I thought Marissa deserved it. Not to say that Peters' performance was bad...

I know it's old news, but I'm glad it was brought up because I was just complaining about this the other day. To me, it was the biggest joke in Tony history.

True! I'm knocking on wood here! Believe me, I WANT Sherie to win that Tony SOOO bad! And I haven't seen Catherine Zeta-Jones yet, but I love her so I would be happy if she won as well.

I saw that production shortly after it opened. IMO, Bernadette was disappointing in the first act, but got better by the second. I felt it was a good stab at the part, but it didn't erase memories of Merman (who could?), Lansbury, or Daly. And then Patti comes along and brings it up to the Merman level again. I guess what I'm saying is that Peters was the least satisfacrory of the Mama Roses I've seen on stage without being bad -- I felt she was giving it her all. Under those circumstances, I didn't have a real problem with Marissa winning.

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Peters paled in comparison to prior, and subsequent, Roses. Winokur deserved the Tony. To me, the worst Tony decision was awarding Best Musical to Spamalot, when it was inferior to all three other nominees (Piazza, Scoundrels, Spelling Bee).

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Spamalot fan (though I loved the performances in Piazza more than the story, liked but did not love Spelling Bee, and my only experience with DRS was a bad one) who while watching the Tonys was actually thinking that the night was not going for the show. Sara won, that near a given, but nothing until Best Musical. I give Mike Nichols credit for at least acknowledging their non-acting category nominees.

Bernadette's performance at the Tony's literally made me stop what I was doing. I cannot say how she compares to other Roses, but that was beautiful and memorable. That said I loved Hairspray's number, but that was an ensemble effort, but the show just had all the momentum going in their favor that night. MJW won the other previous awards earlier so maybe it was not a shock. It was like a boxing match when the once prized fighter faces the new kid on the block with all the new accolades but then the veteran shows they still got it and has the crowd on their side. Okay that may be pushing the sports analogy a bit.

I love BP in GYPSy. still mark it as one of my fave b'way performances ive seen. couldnt take my eyes off her or Tammy B

Ah, the old " I have a respiratory infection" line. Many have used that to great effect.

Marissa deserved that award even over bernadette. I remeber that moment I was jumping out of my seat and my love for Hairspray was ectsatic that year.

Updated On: 5/30/10 at 04:36 PM

"Bernadette Peters developed a respiratory infection during Gypsy previews and kept performing while sick. (I believe she missed only one performance during that time.) Since Gypsy opened just before the Tony deadline it's likely that all the voters saw her perform while she was sick."

Oh please.. they were saying the same thing during Song and Dance, Sunday, Goodbye Girl, and then Gypsy. She sucked in the show. Totally miscast and it was a awful production. The shocker would have been if she would have won.

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Remember when Bernadette Peters won for Annie Get Your Gun? What a joke, especially since that production was hideous.

hahah youguys.

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