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What was the worst Tony season?
#25What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 3/28/10 at 4:35pmYeah, I have always wondered why it's considered the way it is, but I don't know the answer to that! If anyone does, please enlighten. :)
#26What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 3/28/10 at 5:07pmBesides the seat number requirement, a Tony eligible show must play in a house in the Theatre district, that is between 41st and 54th street and 6th and 8th avenues. The only exception is Lincoln Center.
#27What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 3/28/10 at 5:17pmThey made an exception in 1965 for the ANTA Washington Square theatre so MAN OF LA MANCHA could be nominated (and win) for Best Musical.
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#28What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 3/28/10 at 5:19pmshows that played at City Center used to be eligible for Tonys as well, right?
#29What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 3/28/10 at 10:55pmThat is what I assumed, but why is Lincoln Center the only exception?
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#30What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 3/28/10 at 11:07pm
Because they want it to be so.
As far as Shakespeare in the Park, I doubt the Public would want to reserve all those extra tickets (about 1400) to accommodate Tony voters. If the shows ran for the entire summer it might be worth it, but the current model wouldn't work because there would be even fewer tickets available to the general public.
#31What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 3/29/10 at 12:49amThat makes sense. Especially because only a percentage of the theater really goes to the line anyway. And as far as City Center goes, of course, the runs are even shorter.
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#32What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 3/29/10 at 5:16am
From what I understand, the location of the theatre has nothing to do with what makes a theatre a Broadway theatre. It has to do more with the kinds of contracts that they have with various unions etc as well as the number of seats.
Back in the day, there were Broadway theatres that weren't in what we would consider to be the theatre district today. Didn't make them less of a Broadway theatre or the shows that they played in less Tony worthy.
#33What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 3/29/10 at 3:41pm
....and Fela isn't the best musical ever written?
Anton Spivack
Swing Joined: 3/30/20
#34What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 4/6/20 at 12:20pm
For me, it's a tossup between 1985, 1989 and 1995. I'm leaning towards 1985, as three categories had been dropped and the ending to the Tonys was underwhelming.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#35What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 4/6/20 at 12:42pm
This year is really climbing the charts!
Falsettolands
Broadway Star Joined: 11/18/13
#36What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 4/6/20 at 4:34pm
There was so much excellent stuff this season. Especially in terms of plays. If everything that has opened so far is it, and that's all they have to work with, there's still a lot of really excellent work here.
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#37What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 4/6/20 at 4:55pm
winston89 said: "From what I understand, the location of the theatre has nothing to do with what makes a theatre a Broadway theatre. It has to do more with the kinds of contracts that they have with various unions etc as well as the number of seats.
Back in the day, there were Broadway theatres that weren't in what we would consider to be the theatre district today. Didn't make them less of a Broadway theatre or the shows that they played in less Tony worthy."
It immediately came to mind that Irene Worth won the Tony for a production of Sweet Bird of Youth that payed at the (now gone) Harkness Theatre on Broadway in the low 60s. I can only even remember one other show playing there in my lifetime...a musical version of Enter Laughing...don't remember its title.
aj88
Featured Actor Joined: 3/18/15
#38What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 4/6/20 at 5:18pm
Jarethan said: "winston89 said: "From what I understand, the location of the theatre has nothing to do with what makes a theatre a Broadway theatre. It has to do more with the kinds of contracts that they have with various unions etc as well as the number of seats.
Back in the day, there were Broadway theatres that weren't in what we would consider to be the theatre district today. Didn't make them less of a Broadway theatre or the shows that they played in less Tony worthy."
It immediately came to mind that Irene Worth won the Tony for a production of Sweet Bird of Youth that payed at the (now gone) Harkness Theatre on Broadway in the low 60s. I can only even remember one other show playing there in my lifetime...a musical version of Enter Laughing...don't remember its title.
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I believe that musical was SO LONG 174th Street.
KnewItWhenIWasInFron
Leading Actor Joined: 6/23/14
#39What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 4/6/20 at 6:04pm
blaxx said: "Oh, and this season is pretty awful too.
No strong contender for Best Musical, which hasn't happened in a very long time."
Disagree. I'd be delighted if the Tonys happen and the transporting "Girl From the North Country" wins best musical
#40What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 4/6/20 at 6:20pm
I think 1985 easily takes the cake. No Lead Actor or Actress in a Musical or Choreography categories. One OK musical (Big River) and a bunch of also-rans that wouldn't even get a nomination in other years. Even some others mentioned like 1995 had better quality shows.
#41What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 4/6/20 at 6:26pm
Amen to that. North Country fits pretty much every bill for Best Musical Tony winners these last number of years, despite the fact that it is a jukebox musical (or some would say a play with music). It is mainly serious in plot and nature, transporting, it effectively balances humor with heartbreak, and it is altogether stunning. North Country is a Fun Home/Once/The Band's Visit type that can easily break through and become a clear favorite. It's gotten the best reviews among the eligible musicals this season, and I think that will have more of an effect than the originality (and perhaps length) of Six and the glitz and glamour of Moulin Rouge!. Also, where North Country is intimate and heart-wrenching, similar competitor Jagged Little Pill is often uneven and shouty. That will cost JLP greatly.
Move over, Jersey Boys. Broadway has a second jukebox tuner with its pieces all in place to win Best Musical (if the Tonys were to occur), and its name is Girl from the North Country.
#42What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 4/6/20 at 6:30pm
So funny to start reading this thread as if it was just started yesterday and the early posts are over a decade old. And blaxx's statement about "this" season echoes true today...
What about the 1969/70 season when the two main best musical nominees were APPLAUSE and COCO? With other eligible musicals including GEORGY, BILLY and CRY FOR US ALL???
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#43What was the worst Tony season?
Posted: 4/6/20 at 7:14pm
Mr. Wormwood said: "I think 1985 easily takes the cake. No Lead Actor or Actress in a Musical or Choreography categories. One OK musical (Big River) and a bunch of also-rans that wouldn't even get a nomination in other years. Even some others mentioned like 1995 had better quality shows."
I remember a podcast talked about how the Broadway slump of the 80s was due to the AIDS crisis. We lost so many talented artists before they were even in their prime.
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