Will Great Comet Take Best Score This Year?

I personally think it will- DEH has a solid fanbase, but Great Comet's more ambitious score will be honored here. Many times a show has won Best Musical, but lost Original Score:

1962: No Strings over How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

1972: Follies over Two Gentleman Of Verona

1988: Into The Woods over The Phantom Of The Opera

1998: Ragtime over The Lion King

2002: Urinetown over Thoroughly Modern Millie

2005: Light In The Piazza over Spamalot

2009: Next To Normal over Billy Elliot

2014: The Bridges Of Madison County over A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder

Think it can happen again this year?

Hopefully!

I sure hope it will! Dave Malloy has been releasing daily playlists of his inspiration for every song, and it's really amazing how he melded so many elements and different styles of music to make it as authentic as possible, and it paid off tremendously. Malloy has achieved something incredible with this score, and I truly believe he deserves this award.

I thought the score to Great Comet was grating and thoroughly unmemorable. I thought the book was difficult to track. I still have no idea what that show was about. It perplexes me why this show is so successful.

I appreciate Great Comet, but I find the score to be meandering and lack any true drive. I enjoy all three nominated scores more...

That being said, I agree that orchestrations should be a lock.

Here are where I think it's gonna go down:

Dear Evan Hansen: Best Musical, Best Actor, Best Featured Actress

Come From Away: Best Book

Great Comet: Best Featured Actor, Best Original Score, Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Directions, Best Orchestrations

So while I'd say Score is maybe the least "secure" for Comet of all of those predicted wins, I fully expect it to take it. It's dynamic, exciting, and importantly, very effective.

Updated On: 5/8/17 at 08:23 AM

BroadwayConcierge said: "Here are where I think it's gonna go down:

Dear Evan Hansen: Best Musical, Best Actor, Best Featured Actress

Come From Away: Best Book

Great Comet: Best Score, Best Featured Actor, Best Original Score, Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Directions, Best Orchestrations

So while I'd say Score is maybe the least "secure" for Comet of all of those predicted wins, I fully expect it to take it. It's dynamic, exciting, and importantly, very effective. "

I know this thread is about Best Score...but I really can't see Steele taking the Featured Actor Tony. I think he's honestly probably third, behind Creel and Rannells.

Gensho said: "I thought the score to Great Comet was grating and thoroughly unmemorable. I thought the book was difficult to track. I still have no idea what that show was about. It perplexes me why this show is so successful.



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I haven't gotten the score out of my head all year... so I have NO idea what you're talking about.

I'd be fine with DEH winning score, but with getting 12 nominations, I truly think Comet has a better chance at Best Musical then you think. I'd also personally just be heartbroken if DEH won Best Musical over Comet or Come From Away (or even Groundhog Day for that matter), so I'm willing to let it take Score so fans can be happy, but that's a discussion for another thread :)

"I don't know, I think if awards bodies really cared about who was having a moment, Lin would have won the Oscar this year."

Well, they're different awards with different voters, but La La Land was a favorite to win Best Picture and had the most nominations, which wasn't true of Moana. And I'm not saying that is the only reason why they'd win Best Score- the show's a big hit a lot of the score is good- but it certainly doesn't hurt them.

I know a lot of Tony voters, and everyone I've talked to so far seems to be on the Dear Evan Hansen train. Of course anything is possible, but I don't expect that June 11 will be a big night for Comet.

LarryD2 said: "I know a lot of Tony voters, and everyone I've talked to so far seems to be on the Dear Evan Hansen train. Of course anything is possible, but I don't expect that June 11 will be a big night for Comet."

Even if Comet loses musical, score and book, it is still a lock for most of the techs (if not all) and has a good chance at featured actor. It will be a big night for the show, regardless of if they win any of the three big awards.

Mister Matt said: "... Dear Evan Hansen is my least favorite of the top four nominees ... I'm just curious as to why people are so crazy about it, other than for the its tragic teen appeal."

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