The Tony Awards have lost the little credibility they had.

They lost credibility years ago for me, but especially after they nominated New York New York. They’re corrupt

muscle23ftl said: "Now voters don't even need to see all the shows nominated."

Which has not even been verified by any official source as of yet…

Ridiculous reporting from BroadwayWorld.

They pulled the article it appears…

Yes I cannot access that article either.

I do recall for 2022-2023 season they allowed Tony voters to vote even if they had not seen every nominated show (various reasons for it). https://www.tonyawards.com/news/tony-awards-eligibility-for-2023-part1/#:~:text=For%20the%202022%2D2023%20season%20only%2C%20a%20voter%20will%20have,been%20nominated%20for%20an%20Award

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Broadway Flash said: "They lost credibility years ago for me, but especially after they nominated New York New York. They’re corrupt"

go awaaaaaay"

He was banned for two weeks for his racist comments about Hell's Kitchen. A great two weeks on this chat board!

djoko84 said: "They lost all credibility when they decide to have the Phonys with the second-rate shows from the COVID year. Moulin Rouge "won" 10 Phonys that year including one where there was only one nominee. That's losing all credibility because of greed and stupidity."

I don’t totally disagree but calling them The Phonys feels on par with people who call it “Holllyweird” or call everything “Woke”.

I'd argue that the lack of credibility people are noticing isn't a result of corruption, bias, or voting practices. It's a natural side-effect of being the only major award body in the entertainment industry to be working with such a small pool of competition for their top award (Best Musical). And while it's obviously subjective, many of us would go further and say that the pool of competition most years is not only small, but also weak. So until the Tonys change their rules to get rid of the nomination minimums, we are likely to see a lot of shows get nominated nearly by default. Again, this is subjective, but I personally feel that most years have AT LEAST one Best Musical nominee that's roughly equivalent in quality to NYNY, if not worse.

djoko84 said: "BobbyBubby said: "djoko84 said: "They lost all credibility when they decide to have the Phonys with the second-rate shows from the COVID year. Moulin Rouge "won" 10 Phonys that year including one where there was only one nominee. That's losing all credibility because of greed and stupidity."

I don’t totally disagree but calling them The Phonys feels on par with people who call it “Holllyweird” or call everything “Woke”.



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I love the Tony Awards, but I only call them the "Phonys" for that one year because they shouldn't have had an awards show. All the other years, I almost always agree with them on their winners because we have the same tastes, but the COVID year of terrible shows and winners should not be up there with classics like Rent, The Lion King, Hamilton, etc..."

So people should have been punished because they happened to produce their work the season a once in a century pandemic disrupted everything

GET OVER YOURSELF

Some of the people here need to get over themselves and stop being so precious over some stupid awards that probably doesn’t do much other than lifting peoples egos.

djoko84 said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "djoko84 said: "BobbyBubby said: "djoko84 said: "They lost all credibility when they decide to have the Phonys with the second-rate shows from the COVID year. Moulin Rouge "won" 10 Phonys that year including one where there was only one nominee. That's losing all credibility because of greed and stupidity."

I don’t totally disagree but calling them The Phonys feels on par with people who call it “Holllyweird” or call everything “Woke”.



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I love the Tony Awards, but I only call them the "Phonys" for that one year because they shouldn't have had an awards show. All the other years, I almost always agree with them on their winners because we have the same tastes, but the COVID year of terrible shows and winners should not be up there with classics like Rent, The Lion King, Hamilton, etc..."

So people should have been punished because they happened to produce their work the season a once in a century pandemic disrupted everything

GET OVER YOURSELF"

It wouldn't be punishing them ifthe following Tonys were two seasons worth (really 1.5 seasons) of shows. Then they'd still be eligible and there would be actual competition. You need to get over yourself because you're probably one of those dumb tweens on these boards who doesn't think before they post (and goes crazy for every crappy show)."

My guy based on the 84 in your handle, we are about the same age, again get over yourself

Dylan Smith4 said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Broadway Flash said: "They lost credibility years ago for me, but especially after they nominated New York New York. They’re corrupt"

go awaaaaaay"

He was banned for two weeks for his racist comments about Hell's Kitchen. A great two weeks on this chat board!"

Don't know what they actually said but only a 2 week ban? Should have been permanent.