So is La Cage just going to win the Tony by default?

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 2:35pm

Cause it'll be the only revival open, post-tonys...

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 2:37pm

Don't you mean pre-Tonys?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 2:37pm

Night Music will be open.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 2:41pm

I think it's safe to say the only show that could pose a possible threat is Night Music. But it's still unlikely.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 2:43pm

Erm La Cage will win because it opened to rave reviews and audiences seem to like it

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 2:49pm

^Finian's, Night Music, and Ragtime all opened to rave reviews and audiences seemed to like them

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 2:50pm

Unfortunately that's the way it looks.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 2:51pm

Well Ragtime closed early on so the audiences didnt really seem to like that one to much

[Felm_heart]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 2:56pm

^
Zing!

And La Cage will win because it is the most deserving.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 3:02pm

The majority of audiences who actually saw Ragtime sure loved it. But it just couldn't catch on with the general public.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 3:18pm

^danke, ljay
And what I saw of La Cage was messy and downright bad. I dreaded sitting through that community theatre production

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 3:35pm

IMO, La Cage will win, not by default (that happened the last time) but because it's the best revival of a musical this season. Period. Little Night Music was not universally praised (except for the two ladies), and neither was Ragtime, a show not to everyone's taste (and I liked it). Finian's Rainbow is now a bleep on the radar screen and, enjoyable as it was, is gone for too long (I know, Hallelujah, Baby! was long since closed when it won, but consider the competition that year).

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 4:17pm

I hope Finian's or Night Music surprise us...but not likely.

[actionjaxson91]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 4:52pm

"Unfortunately that's the way it looks."

The fact that this shoddy production of La Cage will probably win the Tony really puts in perspective how sh*tty this season was.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 4:56pm

^I just found my new best friend

[actionjaxson91]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 4:59pm

^ Haha I'm honored.

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 5:18pm

I agree with Ed Mottershead. LA CAGE should win, although FINIAN's RAINBOW holds a place in my heart--it was captivating. And I hope that Christopher Fitzgerald, as Og, wins the Tony for best supporting actor in a musical.

As for HALLELUJAH BABY!, it provided at long last a Tony for the great Jule Styne, who had not even been nominated for best score for GYPSY!!! Where is justice at Tony time?

[Sauja]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 9:37pm

"What I saw of La Cage was messy..." Can we just agree that it isn't worth judging something you haven't SEEN?

La Cage was the best revival of the season. I loved Ragtime but felt the more spare production brought some of the book's issues more to the surface. Night Music had its moments, but it's a weak production. And I know I'm in the minority here, but Finian's did nothing for me. La Cage not only has the benefit of still running, it happens to be one of the best productions on Broadway right now.

It was a pretty terrible musical season, definitely, but for me there were two very bright spots: La Cage and Ragtime. For doing the best service to the source material (and for erasing the terrible '02 production from memory), the award belongs to the queens.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 9:47pm

Much of the enjoyment of the current La Cage revival is in the entire package. Judging it's overall effectiveness by a couple clips isn't fair.

Even if all 4 nominees were still running, La Cage would still be the likely winner. Though, of the 4, Finian's was my personal favorite.

I thought that Ragtime revival was full of itself and stale as can be. I wasn't won over as many were. I actually had a better time at Bye Bye Birdie.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 10:24pm

^
^
I did see it, and hated it

[broadwaybabe1234]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 10:29pm

"I actually had a better time a Bye Bye Birdie"

Oh god please tell me your joking...

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 10:35pm

Nope, not joking. I thought the Ragtime revival was a bit full of itself and didn't do the material any favors.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 10:50pm

I agree about Ragtime, Mildred. For me, Finian's was by far the best revival this season, followed closely by Night Music. I found La Cage to be nothing that special. I love the show, but found this production to be no less commercial or campy than the 2005 revival. It's just smaller. Nothing more.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 10:52pm

I think the right choices were nominated for revival. But I definitely felt La Cage was overrated. I had a good time, and enjoyed it more than Promises. But the show and Hodge did not live up to the hype for me. I will be very pleased if Hodge doesn't win on June 13th. I just don't think he's deserving. I actually enjoyed Grammer more than him.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/31/10 at 10:56pm

I found La Cage to be awful. Hodge gave one of the most over the top, self-indulgent performances I've seen in years. I'll be pleased if any of the other nominees besides Chad Kimball beats him.

For my money, Ragtime was the best revival of the season, followed by A Little Night Music.

I found Finian's Rainbow to be a bore and wanted to fall asleep about 20 minutes into the show.