There Should Be .....
There Should Be .....
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 12:16pm..... a new Tony Catergory: Best Song From A Musical
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Julian2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#2re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 12:46pm
Before the nay-sayers come on and give their logical reasons why it wouldn't work, I'll just give one this year where it could be highly reasonable.
Best Score; Spring Awakening
Best Song; "Another Winter in a Summer Town" Grey Gardens
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Updated On: 2/3/07 at 12:46 PM
Julian2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/06
#2re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 12:46pmDouble Post
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Updated On: 2/3/07 at 12:46 PM
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#4re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 1:10pmLet's work on getting the voters to actually attend all the shows first. Bigger priority.
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myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#5re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 1:14pm
This has come up many times before. A lot of people say its unnecessary. Personally I like it, and it could add to the performances. Best Cast Recording is a Grammy category, but I think it would be nice to honor songwriters with a good song in a overall undeserving score.
Problems that arise:
Do some shows get 2 performances (1 for best musical 1 for best song?)
If only 1 performance it could cost a best leading actor/actress nominee the chance to perform.
If a song is good enough for a Tony, shouldn’t the score be nominated? Which results in double awards for more or less the same category.
You would need producers to petition for 1 or 2 songs from their show to be nominated. You can’t expect the nominating committee to rate every single song, from every show.
If they did it, it would have to be named something like Best New Song Written for the Stage. To disqualify songs from Jukebox musicals and movie musicals etc.
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#6re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 1:19pmThe Best Score "Honorable Mention" Award tends to fall under Best Orchestrations (MOVIN' OUT?).
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"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
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myManCape
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/26/05
#7re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 1:22pmExactly Foster, so by adding Best Original Song to the mix your giving 3 awards for more or less the same thing.
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timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#8re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 7:37pmOT, but to respond to Foster: MOVIN' OUT's orchestrations are fantastic.
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#9re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 7:42pmI pretty much agree that it's an interesting idea but maybe a little impractical in reality. Like, they'd pretty much have to rank every song.
#10re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 9:33pm
I was thinking the other day that it would be interesting if they had a "best ensemble member" category.
purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#12re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 11:36pmIt is interesting you should bring this up because I stumbled across my sheet music for "Any Dream Will Do" and it says "Best Broadway song 198(?)" under the title. I never knew there was such an award, and then thought the Tony's should add the category.
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#13re: There Should Be .....
Posted: 2/3/07 at 11:49pmI agree, that would be a really good category.
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