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#26

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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!!
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#27

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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

Here's one no one mentioned:

Hunter Foster NOT getting nominated for Urinetown
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#28

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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

Kerry Butler not being nominated for hairspray.
#29

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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!
#30

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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).
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#31

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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

I would have liked to see Kelli O'Hara win Best Featured Actress for a Musical.
#32

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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
#33

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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.
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#34

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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

Into the woods losing to Phantom re: Tony Award Boo Boos .
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#35

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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

#36

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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

Wedding Singer should've gotten at least nominated for Lighting Design.
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#37

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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.

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

#38

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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. =/
"Nothing's gonna harm you, not while I'm around" - Tobias, Sweeney Todd Yeah, yeah, I know all good things come to an end, but must Sweeney Todd end so soon?!
#39

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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.

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

#40

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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
#41

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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.
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#43

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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

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

"Mame" not getting best score and Best Musical.

#44

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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.
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#45

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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

Sweeney's Lighting Design not being nominated.

Hunter Foster not being nominated for Urinetwon.

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#46

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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.
#47

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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.
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#48

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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

rachel york not getting a nom for victor/victoria
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#49

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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
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#50

re: Tony Award Boo Boos

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.
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.

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