TONY AWARD disgrace!!!

In light of all the recent Tony's speculation, I thought it would be interesting to ask...

When were you the most angry at the Tony Awards?

1) When Brian Stokes Mitchell lost to Alan Cumming
2) When Urinetown lost to Thoroughly Modern Millie
3) When Hunter Foster was not nominated for Urinetown

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Melissa Winoker beating Bernadette for Gypsy

(as for the ones you have listed I agree with the Tony comittee on all three, but I am biased since I am not a Brian Stoke Mitchell fan)

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Raul Esparza not winning for Taboo
Boy George for not winning for Taboo's score

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Raul was good in "Taboo", but Michael Cerveris deserved his Tony for "Assassins".

THE PRODUCERS winning best score over JANE EYRE. wtf?

InfiniteTheaterFrenzy, I agree with each one you mentioned.

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I'd love to know how to petition the Tony Committee effectively so that they would correct such a disrespectful oversight.

I hear that Estelle Getty was snubbed big time in not even being nominated in Torch Song Trilogy......but was only 2 in 1983 so I don't know.

Given that most of the Tony voters don't know how to distinguish between a mediocre score and a brilliantly composed score, I'm glad there is no award for musical direction. Most of the voters truly do not have the capability to judge good musical direction or bad. Frankly, I am not sure I'd really be able to tell either.

This is a problem with the best orchestrations award as well. Doesn't it usually go to the same show which won best score?

Margo, that was so sweet to say. I also agree that most musical directors are superb. However, it's just rude to not include Musical Director and/or Conductors in the nomination and award celebrations. Like I said, if our work can be critiqued, it should also be rewarded.

My good friend Shepard Coleman won that 1964 Tony for HELLO, DOLLY! - I had the pleasure of being directed by him several times and performed at his memorial service - he was WONDERFUL.

On the topic, I don't agree that Brian Stokes Mitchell should have won over Alan Cumming - both performances were brilliant, but Cumming's was slightly more amazing, in my opinion.

-Definitely THE PRODUCERS beating JANE EYRE for best score
-Christine Ebersole beating Marla Schaffell
-Boy George not winning best score for TABOO
-Melissa Jaret Winokur beating Bernadette Peters
-LA CAGE AUX FOLLES score and musical beating the far more brilliant SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE.
-Heather Headley beating all the other superior performers, as melissa errico fan mentioned.
-Parade not winning best musical
-Tonya Pinkins losing to Idina Menzel
-URINETOWN losing to THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
-When THE LION KING beat RAGTIME for best musical

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All principal actors, James Lapine, and Sondheim lost for "Sunday". It only won for either costumes or setting.

Here's another: Marin Mazzie losing for "Passion".

I myself thought that Randy Graff should have won for "A Class Act".