Sondheim has been screwed...

Thank you Tony voters for screwing Sondheim yet again.

Go visit your good friend Sweeney and have a shave. You all deserve it.

Updated On: 6/11/06 at 11:00 PM

They spend so much time praising him, then they snub him. Right.

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I feel very sorry for Michael, he deserved it so much.

As did Mano and Patti, this cast deserves all the awards.

Sweeney not getting it really surprised me too. Damn.

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I still can't believe Pajama Game won!!! Every newspaper/magazine has praised Sweeney since it's start. Every newspaper/magazine predicted Sweeney would win Best Revivial. What the hell happened?!?!?!

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very disappointed. I thought Sweeney was a shoo-in.

Stephen Sondheim wasn't eligible for a thing tonight. Some of you need to learn a little bit more before you start making false statements. How was Sondheim screwed? Details, please.

Patti looked confident when they announced her, and I bet now she is breaking car windows...or people's faces...

Well, I guess Sondheim gets another chance when Company comes...

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I'm not saying that some of these actors and shows did not deserve an award. But, we are talking best!

Yes! Yes! Yes! That production is what theatre is all about!!
The Pajama Game. Pu-lease!!!!

Jewishboy said:

"how long, maybe another hundred years until Sondheim is fully appreciated? I mean his works causes you to think. Yes theater might be entertainment but is their anything wrong if you get a little knowledge out of it!"

Where have you been? Sondheim's works and the revivals of those works have won a lot of Tony Awards. Just because someone's work doesn't win everytime they're nominated doesn't mean they're not appreciated. Given the number of awards, it's the attendance at Sondheim shows that is the problem, not the recognition. I place the blame for this primarily with the critics. The critics have tended to create the impression that Sondheim works are too intellectual for the ordinary theatre-goer. I personally don't think that it true, but the critics portray those works in that fashion. I've seen the original productions of all of Sondheim's works with the exception of Anyone Can Whistle. I like them but I'm afraid too many potential audience members are scared off.

::le sigh:: I love Sondheim.

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