Tony Award Snubs!

Most every award was super predictable this year, but as happy as I am for Leslie Odom Jr. I feel terrible for Danny Burstein and the cast of Fiddler... They really needed Danny to win tonight, not to mention he's been nominated like 5 times and never won yet... I was also surprised Mark Strong didn't win AVFtB over Frank Langella who's won 3 previous times... Thoughts???

Would have given Shuffle Along costumes but other than that all awards went to the right people.

My personal choice would be Shuffle Along for choreography and American Psycho for lighting.

I never wanted anyone to win or not to win because they have previously won or not won before. But sometimes The Tony award does it. Not this year tho, I feel like every winner deserved the award tonight. Although I was rooting for Jane Krakowski. She amazed me in She Loves Me.

Poor Danny Burstein. It would have been mayhem here last year if Kelli had lost. It shows how much we worship our divas.

Call_me_jorge said: "AGAIN once someone gets their 6 nomination without any wins they should get a tony award. If they were recognized THAT many times they should be THAT good! "

I'm sure Danny got his punchcard stamped just in case they decide to allow him to redeem it for that complimentary award.

Updated On: 6/13/16 at 12:24 AM

Cupid Boy2 said: "I know it's not helping anything, but Burstein's been nominated six times.



"Is that as many times that he's been on Law & Order?? Give the man something!!

ljay889 said: "Poor Danny Burstein. It would have been mayhem here last year if Kelli had lost. It shows how much we worship our divas."

While that's a fair point to make, I also think it's important to acknowledge that most men are not scrutinized to the extent that many leading ladies are around here. The diva worshippers are so quick to pit women against one another, tearing one down to build up the other. It's very much a two-sided coin.

I really dont' think there were any snubs this year. Everything was pretty predictable.

It would have been nice to see Eclipsed and Shuffle Along walk away with something (or more than Costumes, in the case of Eclipsed). Hamilton gets a lot of praise for its diverse cast, and rightfully so, but these shows are fantastic works of specifically black art and are really excellent in their own right, and in a night when diversity was such a buzzword, it would have been nice to see them remembered.

Most things lined up with what I would have voted for. What I would have picked that didn't win:

Noises Off for best revival of a play

Michelle Williams for Blackbird

Jane Krakowski for She Loves Me

Shuffle Along for costumes

Shuffle Along for choreography



Solid year with a lot of great nominees.

Kelli v Kristin was a way different battle than Leslie v Danny. I feel like Kristin was better than Kelli but neither gave historic performances. Leslie was so much better than Danny. The only viable way he could have won is either the split vote or sympathy. Does he really want that? Besides, I'm not sure if Leslie will have access to another Hamilton caliber role and Danny will be in more shows. It's not like he's 80. He will win one day. IMO, he wasn't even close to Odom's performance.

herewegoabc said: "My personal choice would be Shuffle Along for choreography and American Psycho for lighting.



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My sentiments exactly. Lighting and choreography in Hamilton were super, but the lighting in AP was absolutely mesmerizing, and Savion's choreography in SA was simply astounding. Jaw-dropping, in fact. IMO, these two awards got swept up in the wave that is Hamilton and I don't think there would have been any intention of excluding them when almost everyone else in the show got theirs. I think those were the only two awards I disagreed with.