Your Personal Tony disappoinments — Page 3

I didn't like Spring Awakening. I'm aware that I'm in the minority on this. And I was pretty much resigned to the fact that it'd take home a lot of awards, including Best Musical. But I did NOT think it deserved Choregraphy or Book. And I was particularly upset about it getting Featured Actor, since I thought that (and Featured Actress) were the two biggest chances that Legally Blonde had of getting anything at all. I don't like the score, but again, I'd already resigned myself to that.

I didn't like the mispronunciation of Nell Benjamin's name. Nellie? Come on, the name "Nell" is really not all that difficult.

And RAUL ESPARZA. Don't even get me started on that one.

~JJJ

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I would have been happier (and less suprised) if Mr Groff won over Mr Pierce, but Raul was better than both.

Thought that choreography should have went to curtains or mary poppins. Grey's should have gotten best book and I(and I think DHP) was shocked that Raul lost.His performance was just so moving

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Updated On: 6/11/07 at 08:34 AM

DHP winning over Raul

Spring Awakening with choreography. Not that I didn't love the "movement" in SA, I just didn't feel it was the best choice.

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Legally Blonde not winning choreography. [Jerry Mitchell worked his ass off with those dances.]

Other than that, I'm good on personal disappointments. I mean, I would have loved to see Raul take Lead Actor, but I'm happy for DHP. .

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I thought this show/ceremony was one of the dullest ever. There were too many droning, uninspired, laundry-list speeches, "business-only" presenters, and not enough entertainment for TV audiences. Next time, hold it for yourselves and don't invite America to watch your party then. Otherwise, try to acknowledge you're doing the show on TELEVISION for entertainment value, and plan accordingly. The numbers they did do were too scaled down (with one or two exceptions) and far too brief.

I miss the days when we got the ENTIRE "It's All Over/And I'm Tellin' You..." from Dreamgirls. Now I have to listen to 17 producers thank everyone in the room instead, and (what felt like) 30 seconds each of the nominated shows. Dull, dull, dull.

I loved Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens, but her Tony performance came off as lackluster and forgettable. It was a bad choice of a number to begin with. I know she was sick, but it definitely hurt her performance.

I'll probably get stoned for saying this, but Raul Esparza sounded TERRIBLE on Being Alive. What's with all that "bleating" like a goat? And off pitch, and swallowed tone in the back of this throat too. He's a singer? It might be the worst rendition I've heard of that song yet. I DON'T get all the fuss about him after seeing this, and would pass on seeing him do the entire show if that's as good as it gets.

Mary Poppins looked as slapped-together and light-weight as it does in the theatre... and Spring Awakening was a censored mess of a medley, with the kids jumping around not really saying or doing anything. "Totally..." nothing, for me.

The Jersey Boys (for that musical intro) really tanked. Pitch and choreography problems throughout their little moment. And bad lighting. They all looked like they were 50 years old at a Nebraska county fair reunion concert.

On the positive side, "Curtains" and Audra's number from "110" came off really well. So did Fantasia's tamed-down, dressed-up performance from Color Purple. They were the entertainment highlights for me, regardless of how good the shows are comparatively in the theatre. For their "little moment to shine" they at least DID, where others failed.

As for the awards themselves, no big surprises at all. Like others have said here, I think Grey Gardens should have won a few more trophies, but I wasn't stunned that it didn't.

Let's hope next year puts a little more magic and entertainment back into the Tonys and the Broadway season as a whole.

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Updated On: 6/11/07 at 09:32 AM

I was really only upset with Best Leading Actor in a Musical and Best Book, which I felt Grey Gardens really deserved. It just seemed like most tony voters picked Spring Awakenings for everything without really thinking if the deserved it.

Personally, the biggest disappointment of the night was that they chose not to have a splitscreen shot going on during David Hyde Pierce's acceptance speech so the world could see Raul's reaction.

Best Musical...wanted "Grey Gardens"
Best Choreography.... wanted "Curtains"

And most of the awards "Spring Awakening" won...totally overrated show!!

Legally Blonde not winning choreography and costumes. I was content with everything else. I was rooting for DHP to win after seeing the performances.

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Yes, I loved MLW's speech. It was so funny! She was so right, though. Definitely her time had come. No one was there to take it last night, thank gawd.

My major disappointment was Raul losing. I loved his perf. even though I don't really love Company.

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LEGALLY BLONDE deserved atleast one Tony award... CHOREOGRAPHY!!!

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Grey Gardens Best Musical. The shows is much better than Spring Awakening, with excellent acting, music and lyrics.

Eve Best, Best Actress. She received excellent reviews for A Moon For The Misgotten, and is a brillant actress. I hope it wasn't a backlash against Kevin Spacey who is very low profile with his private life.