Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
#1Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:46pm
If AIDA had been nominated, do you think it would have won?
The nominees were:
CONTACT
JAMES JOYCE'S THE DEAD
SWING!
THE WILD PARTY
If AIDA had been nominated over ANY of those shows, I seriously think it would have won.
#2re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:48pmI think it would have.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#2re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:49pmBut... why wasn't it? I still might pick Wild Party, though.
#3re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:50pmPossibly, yes, it could have. It still amazes me how a show could win best score but is not even nominated for best musical.
#4re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:50pm
I would pick CONTACT or THE WILD PARTY, but still...
It wasn't nominated because, I guess the nominators liked the other shows better.
#5re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:51pm
CONTACT really was visually very appealing and the dancers were quite excellent.
But BEST MUSICAL? No. I would have definitely voted for AIDA.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#7re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:51pm
I think also the nominating committee still held something of a grudge against Disney.
#8re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:52pmit wasn't nominated because it was god-awful
#9re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:53pm^ Someone had to say it! The critics royally trashed it. That certainly played a part.
#10re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 9:55pm
haha ljay, i felt it my duty.
I still can't believe Contact beat The Wild Party and Toni wasn't nominatd!
#11re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 10:05pmDid they have Best Special Theatrical Event yet? I would have nominated and voted for AIDA despite its flaws, and nominated and voted for CONTACT for Best Special Theatrical Event. Same with LION KING. I would have voted for RAGTIME and given LION KING Best Special Theatrical Event.
#12re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 10:14pmI'm not talking about whether it deserved to be nominated or not. AIDA was god-awful. But the fact remains...if they committe had voted it in, i think it probably would have won.
#13re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 10:30pmI think "god-awful" is EXTREMELY harsh. Very problematic but the show has many many merits. Read the "Aida Revival?" thread and we've talked about the show in-depth.
--Aristotle
#14re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 10:32pmI don't need to read through a thread...I saw the show, and I know that I thought it was pretty bad.
musicman_17082
Stand-by Joined: 3/16/07
#15re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 10:58pm
Okay, to say the show had its flaws and wasn't your favorite is one thing. But, in my opinion, by NO MEANS was it awful. It had some very admirable components and, tho not flawless, was still a fine peice of theater.
Yes, believe it or not, it is still one of my favorite musicals. And YES I do believe it would have been voted best musical had it gotten the nomination. Furthermore, in my opinion it would have deserved it. If not the Tony, at LEAST the nomination.
#16re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:00pmI don't know if it deserved to win, but I think it would have won simly because out of the other nominees, it was the most commercial.
#17re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:06pmIf it had been nominated I don't think it would have won.
#18re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:06pm
No.
AIDA is trash.
CONTACT was wonderful, WILD PARTY was intelligent. A tough toss up imo.
#19re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:14pm
I agree, but the question isn't "What was better?"
AIDA is the perfect tourist trap type musical that they would vote for. I think that based on the history of the Tonys, it's sort of undeniable that AIDA would have won if it had been nominated.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#20re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:18pm
Didn't it win every other category it was nominated in?
perhaps the TONY voters would have disagreed with the nominators.
I didn't think it was God awful
Only God can say that and I don't even believe in Him/Her.
misschung
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/18/07
#21re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:28pmYeah. I understand the opinion that the show sucks, but you can't really say something wasn't nominated for a Tony because it was god-awful if it was nominated in five categories and won in four. If it sucked that much it wouldnt be nominated at all
#22re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:29pmYou clearly have NO idea about the process and politics surrounding the Tonys.
#23re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:34pmIn 2000 the Tony voters nominated more artistic shows which was fabulous. I wish it would happen more often.
#24re: Would AIDA have won Best Musical?
Posted: 4/15/07 at 11:35pmTo actually answer the question, yes, think it would have won.
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