The Anti-Tony Awards

Worst hyped show

A past recipient would be Wicked

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Lion King was a spectacle disguised as a musical

Best Musical that year Ragtime

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Best Musical That Was Boring

Once

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^ Adding IN THE HEIGHTS to the list for Worst Best Musical.

Eh. I was not a fan of the score. Probably because I just don't like that kind of music. And I took a dance master class for that show. Didn't like that style of dance either.

Worst Decisions last year:

KINKY BOOTS for Score (over MATILDA) and Orchestrations (over CINDERELLA)

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Meanwhile, for this year's awards, there are some heavy hitters.

Worst Play
BRONX BOMBERS and THE SNOW GEESE are a big one-two punch in this category.

Worst Musical
SOUL DOCTOR has this one sown up. FIRST DATE is lucky to have such stellar competition, and BIG FISH almost doesn't even deserve mention here (almost.)

Worst Revival of a Play
In a year with such great Shakespeare, ROMEO & JULIET and MACBETH lead the charge in this particular category.

Worst Actor in a Play
Orlando Bloom, for giving the age-inappropriate performance we all were worried Denzel would be giving.

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"Lion King was a spectacle disguised as a musical"

Says the fan of Rocky?!

"Worst Decisions last year: KINKY BOOTS for Score (over MATILDA) and Orchestrations (over CINDERELLA)"

"Disagree with the above poster."

I half disagree with the above poster. I would have picked Cinderella for orchestrations.

But I go with Memphis/best musical as the worst decision for a while...and yes, Lion King over Ragtime was ridiculous.

Worst Casting of a Musical: STATE FAIR. It killed the show. Ben Wright and Scott Wise were the only ones well cast. The show actually could have been done with that cast, but not in those roles. Donna McKechine, who was John Davidson's age, playing the band singer his 21-year-old son takes up with? Icky. If you had to cast her, she should have played John's wife. Kathryn Crosby as the wife, 10 years older than John, could have played the old bitty who's the wife's rival at the fair. Andrea McArdle was way past playing a girl who had just graduated from high school, but could have played the band singer. But of course Donna is too glamorous for the farm wife, Kathryn wouldn't play a bit part, and Andrea isn't innately glamorous and sophisticated enough for the band singer. Then there was poor, hardworking John Davidson, Mr. Sunshine in a role that seemed written for a curmudgeon like Wilfred Brimley. I've seen a couple other productions since that were well cast and it's really an effective, well-written show with a sterling score.

Worst Marketing (even for a soap opera/telenovela): BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY