Tony Awards & short runs - a question

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Tony Awards & short runs - a question

Posted: 5/24/06 at 11:00am

I am showing my Broadway ignorance with this question, but here goes.

Now that "Lestat" has announced closing on 5-28, giving them a total of 39 performances, I was wondering if any other shows have had similarly short runs and been nominated for Tony Awards?

The only show that springs to mind when I say "short run" is "Anyone Can Whistle" and they received a nomination for choreography only (which I don't understand - I love this score!)

Any thoughts?

re: Tony Awards & short runs - a question

Posted: 5/24/06 at 11:33am

Mack and Mabel ran for only 66 performances as was nominated for 8 Tony Awards.

In Peter Filichia's column today he mentions the musical A Joyful Noise which ran for only 12 performances but was nominated for 3 Tonys.

Parade ran for 85 performances, was nominated for 9 Tonys, and won 2.

I guess of those 3 only A Joyful Noise had a shorter run than Lestat.

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 11:38am

The revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown won Tony's for Best Featured Actor and Actress, but closed shortly after the Tony's after only 149 performances.

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 11:43am

Dear World closed before the 1969 Tony Awards ceremony (132 performances) and Angela Lansbury won the Tony...I'm sure she deserved it too.

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 11:48am

HALLELUJAH BABY and Leslie Uggams.

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 12:21pm

Legs Diamond ran 64 performances and was nominated for 3 Tonys

Starmites ran for 60 performances and was nominated for 5 Tonys

Welcome to the Club ran a total of 12 performances and was nominated for 2 Tony Awards

..and all three of these shows were just from the 1988 -- 1989 season!

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 2:17pm

The Adventures of Tam Sawyer ran for 21 performances and was nominated for two TONY awards

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 2:28pm

RAGS ran only 4 performances in August 1986. The show was nominated as Best Musical and in June 1987 performed the title song on the Awards telecast. I believe it is the nominee with te shortest run.

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 2:47pm

Working also was nominated for Best Musical and had a very short run of 24 Performances.

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 3:04pm

There have been lots of short-run nominees. There have also been a lot of short run winners: Dolores Gray, Carnival in Flanders and Zoe Caldwell, Slapstick Tragedy each ran a week.

Debra Monk, Redwood Curtain; Michelle Pawk, Hollywood Arms; Alice Ghostley, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window; Irene Worth, Sweet Bird of Youth; Linda Hopkins, Inner City; Liza, Flora the Red Menace; Bert Lahr, Foxy were all abbreviated runs.

There's probably a lot more.

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 3:06pm

Amour.

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 5:41pm

Chita Rivera got nominated for both a Drama Desk Award and a Tony Award in the Best Actress in a Musical category for Bring Back Birdie, a show that only had four performances.

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Posted: 5/24/06 at 5:48pm

urban cowboy didn't last too long and got 2 (the "original" score nom was hysterical for sheer number of names)

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