Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
esparza 333
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/07
#1Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 5:45pmIn your thoughts. if you can find clips of the reaction please post it.
#2re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 5:49pmWould that not be Stephen Schwartz after losing the Tony for Wicked?
FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#2re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 5:49pmStephen Schwartz 2004. In an interview not long after the tonys as far as I recall it.
esparza 333
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/07
#3re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 5:52pmanybody have a link of the video. i was looking for it on youtube
FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#4re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 5:59pmI don't think it was a video-ed experience at the tony performances but an interview with him on playbill.com or something like that.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#5re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 6:05pmRaul Esparza looked fit to be tied when he lost.
#6re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 6:07pm
Aaand you just made good on the irony of the OP's username. 
I was waiting for someone to do that.
(Though I feel obligated to say that looking shocked and defeated isn't nearly as bad as storming out.)
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#7re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 6:11pm
That's what I'm here for, love.
#8re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 6:18pm
And you're so good at it. 
PS, your move on Scrabulous.
#9re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 6:19pmPatti didn't look too thrilled to see the Tony go to LaChanze.
sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
#10re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 6:22pmWhen Patti lost the Tony for Sweeney I killed seven people! Some considered that to be a bad reaction. It's not on youtube.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#11re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 6:54pm
When Ethel Merman lost to Mary Martin in THE SOUND OF MUSIC,
she said, "Well, you can't buck a nun."
#12re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 6:59pm
Patti didn't look too thrilled to see the Tony go to LaChanze.
I didn't think she had a bad reaction. she smiled and applauded and seemed like a gracious loser.
[there's a clip on LaChanze's official site under "Press" in case anyone wants to give their own opinion]
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#13re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 7:38pmI find it cruel to keep the cameras on all the contestants as they're announcing the winners anyway, and I'd much prefer to see an honest reaction versus those people who smile and fake relief, like "YES! I'm SO happy that someone else besides me won!"
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#15re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 7:54pmI just reviewed the clip...there is no indication of Patti LuPone being angry or upset or anything.
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#16re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 9:20pmThe look on Bernadette Peters face when she lost to Melissa Jaret Winokur is the best. She has a look of shock then tries to cover it by appearing to be looking for the winner in the audience.
#17re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 9:29pmAlterego, is that clip posted on a website?
LadyRosecoe
Broadway Star Joined: 8/4/07
#18re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 9:31pmMy favorite reaction seen on the Tony awards comes not from a loser, but Essie Davis in 2004 looking stunned at the Wicked performance. It can be seen right before the commercial break and it cracks me up how excited she looks.
#19re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 9:40pm
"I find it cruel to keep the cameras on all the contestants as they're announcing the winners anyway, and I'd much prefer to see an honest reaction versus those people who smile and fake relief, like "YES! I'm SO happy that someone else besides me won!""
Yes, but if the cameras weren't on them then you wouldn't see an honest reaction either, you wouldn't see anything at all.
"I don't think it was a video-ed experience..."
perhaps "filmed" is the word you were looking for?
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#20re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 9:40pm
I too have 'reviewed' the clip, and it's hard to tell because it's small, but believe me, on my television set that night, there is a brief look of judgmental bemusement on Patti's face before she claps.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#21re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 9:46pmI think it's worse leaving it on someone who's never won...like poor Peter O'Toole at the 06 Oscars.
#22re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 9:46pmWell, all I know is that there was a brief look of judgmental bemusement on my face before I stormed out of my living room that night.
#23re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 10:00pmI was there the night Patti lost to LaChanze so I taped it and have watched it a number of times and I concluded that for a nano second she was disappointed but realized she already has one!
Mutts2
Swing Joined: 7/6/07
#24re: Who had the worst reaction to a tony loss
Posted: 3/22/08 at 10:06pm
I thought Patti did fine in 2006 and showed maturity when compared to her 1988 reaction to losing to Joanna Gleason. I don't know if it was the worst, but it's the one I remember the most. She looks like someone punched her in the gut and she can't decide whether to scream or cry. By 2006 I thought she looked more like "eh, what can you do"
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