Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony..... — Page 2

Y'know, the big problem is, The Drowsy Chaperone, while I adore it, is no Suth Pacific. It's no Les Miz, it's not City of Angels, or Sunset Blvd., it's not evenDamn Yankees or My Fair Lady or Company or Sweeney Todd.

I guess what bothers me is that Jersey Boys isn't either. I saw both shows. I loved DC. I liked JB. Hell, my parents loved their music.

I guess that's my problem. Anyone who saw almost any of the 57 musicals that have won Best Musical never had to say, "my parents liked that music when they first heard it."

Call me a snob, but I just truly believe the music should be written for the show in order to win "Best Musical." And I keep harping on this because someone has to.

That's, with one or maybe two exceptions, a pretty illustrious group of shows that have preceeded this year's award-winner. I guess maybe I'm leaning toward a new rule that would preclude best musicals with no Broadway music in them....

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I completly understand what you folks are saying about Jersey Boys being more marketable than TDC if we're talking about future tours, but, as much as I hate to say it, what about The Color Purple? I mean, what's more marketable than Oprah Winfrey? Almost right after the nominees were announce, I began to worry that TCP would win simply because Oprah's name is attatched to it and both TCD and JB would go the way of Piazza last year.

*attempts to shove the worms back into the can*

Anyway, I'm just preparing for a terrible upset by my least favorite show, which, sadly, has a history of happening in the Best Musical catagory.

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Thank you for the words of comfort, FOAnatic. I hope you're right. I'd much rather see Jersy Boys beat out Drowsy than The Color Purple.

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Theatreboy....."Crash" winning was quite the surprise. The buzz on its possible win didn't get going until about a month before the awards. Everyone was saying it after it won.

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