Years where REVIVALS dominated the Tonys

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 12:15pm

Can anyone share any Tony ceremony memories where revivals dominated most of the award categories - i.e. these days, it's very much the new shows that win the most awards, e.g. Once, The Book of Mormon, The Producers, etc.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 12:17pm

Why don't YOU find the answer and then come back and tell us?

[Musicaldudepeter]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 12:21pm

Okay... Sorry...

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 12:25pm

Wow, that was rude...

In 2008, musical revivals won every category it was eligible for except choreography.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 12:27pm

I don't think it was rude at all. He said "Okay... sorry." How is that rude?

[Playbilly]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 12:28pm

Don't mind Phyllis..she's still upset that Jan's bag is still empty.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 12:30pm

Yeah, I think you've got me confused with someone else.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:53pm

In 2008, musical revivals won every category it was eligible for except choreography.

And orchestrations.

[ChenoKahn]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:55pm

I think they were calling you rude Phyllis.

Updated On: 6/11/12 at 02:55 PM

[broadwaydevil]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:56pm

You don't say?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 2:56pm

I don't, no.

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 3:04pm

1998 - "Cabaret" won Best Revival, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Featured Actor in a Musical.

Updated On: 6/11/12 at 03:04 PM

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 3:43pm

bjh, you're right, but the dominant revivals that year (South Pacific and Gypsy) were not eligible for Orchestrations. Sunday (?!) was the only revival nominated, and thank goodness that didn't win.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 3:44pm

No, I know. I just wanted it to be technically correct. A revival COULD have won Orchestrations, but it didn't.

[jv92]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 3:46pm

When KISS ME, KATE won in five or six categories back in 2000 was a big year for revivals. That was also the year CONTACT won Best Musical, sooo...

[RainbowJude]

Posted: 6/11/12 at 11:20pm

jv92 wrote: When KISS ME, KATE won in five or six categories back in 2000 was a big year for revivals. That was also the year CONTACT won Best Musical, sooo...

... real musicals were shut out of winning awards in the categories of Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. Condolences to all nominees who were shafted at the Tony Awards that year, all in the name of recognising a show that, while excellent and deserving of recognition in some way, was not a musical and should not have been eligible for awards in those categories.

[Jay94]

Posted: 6/12/12 at 2:53am

2008, South Pacific
2004, Assassins
2000, Kiss Me, Kate
1999, Swan Lake ???
1997, Chicago
1995, Show Boat
1994, Carousel
1992, Guys and Dolls

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 6/12/12 at 5:56am

I wouldn't say Show Boat dominated 1995. That was a really weak year in general, but the acting awards were split (2 for Sunset, 1 for How to Succeed, and 1 for Show Boat), as were the design awards (2 for Sunset, and 1 for Show Boat).

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/12/12 at 6:36am

I think Phyllis's sentiment is that the OP posted a question that could EASILY have been answered with his own quick google search and a tad of research. Instead, the poster asks everyone else to do the work for him.