Tony Award Boo Boos- Page 2

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:39pm

"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."

No, because Avenue Q won over Wicked - and Wicked was more of a commercial success. Maybe the voters liked how Pajama Game was revived more than they liked how they revived Sweeney!!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:39pm

Here's one no one mentioned:

Hunter Foster NOT getting nominated for Urinetown

[theaterlover45]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:39pm

Kerry Butler not being nominated for hairspray.

[I<3bway]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:41pm

Yeah you're right you guys. Sorry for sounding whiny. I mean, I have been watching the Tonys for 2 years and should know that by now. Guess that just flew over my head!

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:44pm

I feel like Drowsy Chaperone should've won Best Musical over Jersey Boys. After all, it did win Best Book, Best Costume Design, Best Featured Actress, Best Scenic Design, and Best Score (Score and Book being the most important of the five). Jersey Boys only won Best Actor, Featured Actor, and Lighting Design.

Now I understand how people feel in the whole Light in the Piazza/Spamalot debate (although I think I liked Spamalot better).

[theaterlover45]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:46pm

I would have liked to see Kelli O'Hara win Best Featured Actress for a Musical.

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:46pm

its fine, i <3 bway. :)
im in love with TL5Y, too! what a great show!
anyhow, my other Tony boo booS, at least to me, are that COLOR PURPLE didnt win more Tonys, and that WEDDING SINGER didnt win best score or get nominated for best set design

[musicaltheater1]

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

What about the very tragic duet of Aretha Franklin and Hugh Jackman? What were they thinking? Oh, and awarding the Tonys to Will Roger Follies.

[JustABroadwaybaby2]

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

Into the woods losing to Phantom .

[Becoz_i_knew_you21]

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

"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.

No, because Avenue Q won over Wicked - and Wicked was more of a commercial success. Maybe the voters liked how Pajama Game was revived more than they liked how they revived Sweeney!!"

I felt like Pajama Game won just because it had Harry Connick Jr. in in and because it was more commercially sucessful. Pajama Game had a lot of promotion(weren't Connick and O'hara on the View?). It was such a shock because Pajama Game hadn't won Best Revival at other Awards Ceremony's.
This is just my opinion. Updated On: 8/21/06 at 08:50 PM

[millie_dillmount]

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

Wedding Singer should've gotten at least nominated for Lighting Design.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:56pm

Pajama Game wasn't even a commercial production, so it couldn't be more or less commercially successful than anything. It was produced by Roundabout and as such was not-for-profit. Sweeney was a commercial production that not only recouped, but turned a profit.

Updated On: 8/21/06 at 08:56 PM

[AttendTheTale2]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 8:56pm

In my opinion, one of the BIGGEST Tony award mistakes was Manoel Felciano's not winning Featured Actor in a Musical. That just upset me. =/

[JustABroadwaybaby2]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 9:00pm

Attend the tale- I agree. I saw noone on this board (or so I think) saying that a guy from JB would win.

Edited for wording.

Lachanze winning kinda confused me after hearing so many critics saying "she plays too long of a time span!" and made a few other jabs about her.

Updated On: 8/21/06 at 09:00 PM

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 9:04pm

yeah, Manoel really shouldve won
but i bet Christian deserved it too...
oh, and no matter how much i adore Beth, i think Felicia shouldve won best featured actress in a musical

wow, i love this thread! spilling out all of this stuff...stupid Tonys
:P

[JustABroadwaybaby2]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 9:12pm

Can we include drama desks?
If so,
I think Drowsy winning best musical was totally justified,
But Christine Ebersole for grey gardens made me mad.

[JamesMacon]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 9:15pm

Spamalot winning...

[nealb1]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 9:38pm

"Spamalot" winning over DRS. "Ragtime" not winning to LK.

"Mame" not getting best score and Best Musical.

[billygoatgirl300]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 9:57pm

The Light in the Piazza not winning best musical. After seeing the broadcast on PBS my thought after it ened was "It was robbed" and seeing it in person a week later remained the same I even saw Spamalot the next day and while I had a blast at it I thought it wasn't the best show to come out that season.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 10:58pm

Sweeney's Lighting Design not being nominated.

Hunter Foster not being nominated for Urinetwon.

[Mythus]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 11:06pm

Christian Borle not even being nominated in '05. It's going to take me a long time to get over that.

[fiyerosfirstlove]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 11:26pm

Lauren Molina and Donna Lynne Champlin not being nominated for best supposrting actress as both of them were absolutely amazing.

[harris007]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 11:32pm

rachel york not getting a nom for victor/victoria

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 8/21/06 at 11:35pm

Ragtime not winning Best Musical
Miss Saigon not winning Best Musical
Into the Woods not winning Best Musical
Sunday in the Park with George not winning Best Musical (okay, La Cage was pretty good, too)
Gypsy not winning Best Musical
Bernadette Peters not winning Best Actress for Gypsy
Chicago not winning Best Musical (okay, A Chorus Line should have, and did win, however, Chicago deserved best musical award, too)
Urinetown not winning Best Musical

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 8/22/06 at 5:02am

"Wedding Singer should've gotten at least nominated for Lighting Design."
umm, well, really Sweeney should have been nominated (and then won) for lighting.

Beyond that, as was already said, Tonya Pinkins not Winning for C,oC, Sweeeney losing to PJG

Spamalot beating Light.