Tony Award Boo Boos

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 6:31pm

Not nominating Mack & Mabel score ( one of the best ever written ) for a Tony

Updated On: 8/21/06 at 06:31 PM

[Katurian2]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 6:50pm

Not giving Ragtime the Best Musical Tony

Rewarding Mary Martin for Best Actress in Sound of Music instead of Ethel Merman in Gypsy

[theaterlover45]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 6:51pm

The Pajama Game winning over Sweeney Todd.

[Piazzaslight]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 6:51pm

Spamalot winning over The Light in the Piazza.

[theaterlover45]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 6:53pm

definitely ^^^^

[singtopher]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 7:03pm

Let's not pick at the scabs anymore, shall we?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 7:05pm

Not nominating J/H for score

I am ready for the brickbats that will start about now

[Katurian2]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 7:05pm

haha- Picking at century old scabs and scars is what we do best on this board

[TheMecca]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 7:05pm

The Tony voters not seeing Fiddler or DRS and nixing the award they were going to start.
Obligatory Sweeney Todd revival losing reference

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 7:07pm

Well said Katurian

Took the words right out of my mouth

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 7:38pm

"The Pajama Game winning over Sweeney Todd."

Since that happened, I don't think the tony's honor real theater anymore. I think The Pajama Game just won just because it had Harry Connick Jr. in it and, was more of a commercial sucess then Sweeney.

[suzycat]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 7:40pm

Not nominating Aida for best musical.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 7:45pm

^ It still won Best Original Score. I didn't think that was possible for s show to win Best Score but, not be nominated for Best Musical.

Updated On: 8/21/06 at 07:45 PM

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:00pm

yeah, i definitley agree with the SWEENEY one

SWEET CHARITY not winning best revival

JERSEY BOYS winning best musical

lots of stuff...

[I<3bway]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:03pm

Hey, I thought Jersey Boys deserved the Tony! My opnion.


The Last Five Years not being nominated for a Tony Award.

Spamalot winning over The Light in the Piazza and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Putting this years performances in front of a bunch of heads. I missed the crowd interaction.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:04pm

"The Last Five Years not being nominated for a Tony Award."

Ummm Last 5 Years was off-broadway.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:04pm

....considering TL5Y was Off-Broadway, it wasn't ever eligible for a Tony award.

EDIT: Beat me to it.

Loretta Devine not winning (and not even being nominated) for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for "Dreamgirls."

Daniel Reichard not winning (and not even being nominated) for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for "Jersey Boys."

Idina Menzel winning for Best Actress in a Musical for "Wicked" over Tonya Pinkins for "Caroline, or Change."

Updated On: 8/21/06 at 08:04 PM

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:18pm

JERSEY BOYS completely deserved it's Tony.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:21pm

sorry, didnt mean to get people worked up, just my opinion

[alliez92092]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:23pm

Spamalot winning over all of the other choices. My least favorite of the 4.

[I<3bway]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:28pm

Well, sorry if I didn't know..somethingwicked...that off-broadway shows could not be nominated for a Tony Award.

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:32pm

^ Sorry to sound bitchy but, knowing that only Broadway shows can be nominated for TONYS is common theater sense.
Updated On: 8/21/06 at 08:32 PM

[little_sally]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:35pm

DRS not winning more Tonys than it should have

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:36pm

I am sorry if I came across in a less than nice way I<3bway, but as the other poster said, it is sort of common knowledge, and as someone on a Broadway message board, I assumed you'd know that.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:37pm

i definitely agree on that about DRS!
Updated On: 8/21/06 at 08:37 PM