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Top Ten Reasons Your Production was not Nominated for a Tony Award

As a follow up to the Tony Awards, here is David Letterman's Top 10 reasons why your production was not nominated for a Tony Award from last year.

10) Costumes consist of items stolen from theatre coat check room.
9) Helicopter appears in climatic scene, but it's not in the script.
8 ) No matter how good it is, a show in your parents' garage is not eligible.
7) It's called "revival" because you're constantly resusitating audience members.
6) Marquee reads, "Tom Arnold is Napoleon Bonaparte.
5) Instead of "Author! Author!" the audience shouts, "There he is! Let's get him!"
4) Despite the fact it isn't a musical, your lead actor is constantly breaking into song.
3) When the curtain rises, it only goes up a couple of feet.
2) The big musical number is "The Tonys Can Kiss My Ass"
1) The name of the production is "Osama Mia"

CAN YOU THINK OF ANY REASONS BETTER THAN DAVES'?




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Updated On: 6/11/03 at 11:20 AM

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re: Top Ten Reasons Your Production was not Nominated for a Tony Award

For some reason, your production of another animal related musical called RATS never caught on.
My perfect day would begin at on the beach in Hana, Maui and end at a Broadway Musical.

Updated On: 6/11/03 at 01:45 PM

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re: Top Ten Reasons Your Production was not Nominated for a Tony Award

You mistakenly hire Paul Simon instead of Neil Simon to write your new Broadway play, and end up with Capeman II.
My perfect day would begin at on the beach in Hana, Maui and end at a Broadway Musical.
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re: Top Ten Reasons Your Production was not Nominated for a Tony Award

Your idea of capitalizing on a current trend didn't pay off when you cast Antonio Banderas as a cross-dressing Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked.
My perfect day would begin at on the beach in Hana, Maui and end at a Broadway Musical.

Updated On: 6/11/03 at 03:02 PM

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re: Top Ten Reasons Your Production was not Nominated for a Tony Award

Your new Broadway show titled, The History of French Wisdom, is disqualified from Tony consideration because its running time is to short to qualify for Best Musical, since the entire show is only 12 minutes in length of which 10 minutes are Overture.
My perfect day would begin at on the beach in Hana, Maui and end at a Broadway Musical.

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