#1
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:01pm
I think Dreamgirls, Louise Pitre, and Patti LuPone for Sweeny were big robs given to Nine, Sutton Foster, and LaChanze.
You?
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Who Do You Think Were Robbed Tonys?
#2
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:05pm
well... um, there IS a thread on this every two days.
but i'll just post what we're all thinkin:
Tonya Pinkins for Caroline or Change losing to that shrieking green person. i forgot her name.
but i'll just post what we're all thinkin:
Tonya Pinkins for Caroline or Change losing to that shrieking green person. i forgot her name.
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
#3
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:06pm
Nancy Opel losing to Sutton Foster, Spencer Kayden losing to Harriet Harris, Tovah Feldshuh losing to Phylicia Rashad...
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#4
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:07pm
Not that the others *didn't* deserve Tonys so much, but I'm still very bitter on behalf of the 'Sweeney Todd' revival. It's not like LaChanze plays the tuba, and I bet Manoel Felciano wouldn't have attempted a dialogue with an unborn baby. Plus... 'The Pajama Game'? *weeps*
On a less fangirlish note, I would quite like it if the 'Spamalot' creative team would be so kind as to send their Best Musical award on to the 'Light In The Piazza' creative team. I'm even bitterer about that one. ^_^
On a less fangirlish note, I would quite like it if the 'Spamalot' creative team would be so kind as to send their Best Musical award on to the 'Light In The Piazza' creative team. I'm even bitterer about that one. ^_^
Updated On: 3/11/07 at 04:07 PM
#5
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:09pm
2 for not even being nominated
Jerry Herman - Mack & Mabel
Frank Wildhorne - J/H, Scarlet
Jerry Herman - Mack & Mabel
Frank Wildhorne - J/H, Scarlet
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#6
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:11pm
The fact that Idina Menzel won a Tony over Tonya Pinkins for "Caroline, or Change" is a downright travesty. I also think Elisabeth Withers-Mendes warranted the Featured Actress award last year over Beth Leavel (although I thought Beth was wonderful.)
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#7
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:18pm
Tonya, definitely. And if someone was going to win for Wicked, then it should have been Kristin.
#8
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:18pm
"Nancy Opel losing to Sutton Foster"
I liked her, but I was a bigger fan of Louise Pitre from Mamma Mia.
Oh, and Piazza for musical and, even though Piazza had great sets, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for sets.
I liked her, but I was a bigger fan of Louise Pitre from Mamma Mia.
Oh, and Piazza for musical and, even though Piazza had great sets, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels for sets.
#9
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:19pm
Sweeney Todd to The Pajama Game. Oy.
One time, Patti LuPone punched me in the face...
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It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
#10
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:24pm
Nine completely deserved it over Dreamgirls, IMO.
Tonya Pinkins has to be the biggest upset I can recall.
And come on - Spamalot over Piazza?
But when you consider that so many voters are the people who book tours I guess we should expect commerce to trump art every time.
But still...Spamalot? Over Piazza?
Tonya Pinkins has to be the biggest upset I can recall.
And come on - Spamalot over Piazza?
But when you consider that so many voters are the people who book tours I guess we should expect commerce to trump art every time.
But still...Spamalot? Over Piazza?
....but the world goes 'round
#11
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:26pm
Sweeney Todd to The Pajama Game
Ragtime to Lion King
Ragtime to Lion King
#12
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:26pm
I think Spamalot was the weakest of the nominated musicals that year, so that would be the biggest crime to me.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#13
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:27pm
Definitely Ragtime should have won.
The last great American musical built from the ground up
The last great American musical built from the ground up
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#14
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:32pm
"Nancy Opel losing to Sutton Foster"
"I liked her, but I was a bigger fan of Louise Pitre from Mamma Mia."
Allentown, you asked for OUR opinions. That was MY opinion. You already gave YOURS. Duly noted.
"I liked her, but I was a bigger fan of Louise Pitre from Mamma Mia."
Allentown, you asked for OUR opinions. That was MY opinion. You already gave YOURS. Duly noted.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
#15
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:39pm
No nomination for Ann Harada in Avenue Q
#16
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:39pm
IMO, Spamalot shouldn't have won the Tony for Best Musical. All three of the other musicals deserved it more than Spam.
Updated On: 3/11/07 at 04:39 PM
#17
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:46pm
D2, I respect your opinion. That was just my opinion.
#18
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:56pm
I agree with Tazber about Nine-completely deserving of its win. I also do think that Piazza deserved its set design. David Rockwell was in no way "robbed" of a Tony for DRS. Also, add me to the list of people who say that Light in the Piazza was robbed of Best Musical.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#19
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:57pm
Patti to LaChanze
and, to a lesser extent:
Patti to Joanna
Also, Tonya to Idina (anyone to Idina for that matter), The Wild Party to Contact, Piazza to Spamalot, Follies to Two Gentlemen.
and, to a lesser extent:
Patti to Joanna
Also, Tonya to Idina (anyone to Idina for that matter), The Wild Party to Contact, Piazza to Spamalot, Follies to Two Gentlemen.
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-John Patrick Shanley
#20
Posted: 3/11/07 at 4:59pm
I'll get shot for this, but I still claim Idina Menzel deserved her Tony over Tonya Pinkins.
To me the upset was Hugh Jackman over John Tartaglia, at least, that year.
"Spelling Bee," and "Ragtime" both deserved the Tony in their repsective years.
To me the upset was Hugh Jackman over John Tartaglia, at least, that year.
"Spelling Bee," and "Ragtime" both deserved the Tony in their repsective years.
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#21
Posted: 3/11/07 at 5:01pm
I'm obsessed with Joanna Gleason's performance in Into the Woods. Completely Tony worthy to me. Why do you think it should have gone to Patti? Just curious.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#22
Posted: 3/11/07 at 5:05pm
Kelli O'Hara losing to Sara Ramirez
Tonya Pinkins losing to Idina Menzel
Any of the other 4 Best Actress nominees losing to Heather Headley in 2000
The Beauty Queen of Leenane losing to Side Man
And people who weren't even nominated:
Edie Falco-Frankie and Johnny...
Megan Mullally-How to Succeed in Business...
Carla Gugino-After the Fall
Mark Harelik-The Light in the Piazza
Ben Shenkman-Sight Unseen
Natasha Richardson-A Streetcar Named Desire
Tonya Pinkins losing to Idina Menzel
Any of the other 4 Best Actress nominees losing to Heather Headley in 2000
The Beauty Queen of Leenane losing to Side Man
And people who weren't even nominated:
Edie Falco-Frankie and Johnny...
Megan Mullally-How to Succeed in Business...
Carla Gugino-After the Fall
Mark Harelik-The Light in the Piazza
Ben Shenkman-Sight Unseen
Natasha Richardson-A Streetcar Named Desire
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#23
Posted: 3/11/07 at 5:07pm
Spelling bee was amazing, but not as worthy as Piazza.
Ragtime was a major rob, IMO.
I thought Hugh was amazing, as I had the chance to see him live. John was awesome, but not robbed.
Ragtime was a major rob, IMO.
I thought Hugh was amazing, as I had the chance to see him live. John was awesome, but not robbed.
#24
Posted: 3/11/07 at 5:12pm
when Kerry Butler wasn't nominated for Hairspray, she was the standout of the show for me.
#25
Posted: 3/11/07 at 5:13pm
Okay, don't kill me, but both Christian Hoff and John Lloyd Young.
Jim Dale should have won for "Threepenny" and anyone else (Michael Cerveris especially) for Best Actor.
I mean... how hard is it to be a "Jersey Boy"?
Jim Dale should have won for "Threepenny" and anyone else (Michael Cerveris especially) for Best Actor.
I mean... how hard is it to be a "Jersey Boy"?
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