Your Personal favorite For Best Musical Tony

Have not seen Curtains or Pirate Queen yet but of those I have seen these are my favorites

Spring Awakening
Mary Poppins
Fame Becomes Me
Grey Gardens
Hi Fi

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Updated On: 3/16/07 at 05:57 PM

Nice to see Sushi Sam getting into the St Pat's Day spirit

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Updated On: 3/16/07 at 06:13 PM

I've seen everything but The Times, Pirate Queen, Mary Poppins and Lovemusik.

I want noms for Grey Gardens, Curtains & Legally Blonde.
And I want Grey Gardens to take it.

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I doubt GREY GARDENS will take it.

Here is why:

Last year, GREY GARDEN was up for the Best Musical award at the Drama Desks. It lost and DROWSY CHAPERONE won. At the Tony's DROWSY CHAPERONE lost and JERSEY BOYS won. To me, this puts GREY GARDENS behind two of last year's musicals. I didn't feel JERSEY BOYS was all that strong. So, to me, GREY GARDENS cannot be seen as very strong.

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I've seen GREY GARDENS (twice), FAME BECOMES ME (once), and CURTAINS (about to see it for a second time).

If I had a vote, it would be cast for CURTAINS.

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Spring Awakening will win best musical IMO.

I've seen practically all those that have already opened and, as of now, I would say:

Grey Gardens should win.

Spring Awakening will win.

Gardens which are Grey
followed by
Awakening in the Sprintime
and then of course
POPPINS

If GG does not win but Ebersole gets the nod, the fate of the whole show will depend on how long she stays. Once she leaves, the problems will start than

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Grey Gardens is going to make a pretty cleans sweep in the acting categories, Mr. Roxy. Mary Louise Wilson seems like a frontrunner for Featured Actress, as she should be. She has a very strong chance for a win. John McMartin, a veteran actor who has beens snubbed many times in the past, notably for Follies in 1971, really should take the prize for this part of Major Bouvier. He's quite a hoot and deserves a little consolation prize for the travesty that was not winning for Follies so many years ago.
Korie and Frankel also have quite a strong chance in the category of Best Score. The music of Spring Awakening, while exiting I guess (I find it bland) has very subpar lyrics. Mr. Frankel's music for Gardens is spectacular are is Mr. Korie's lyrics. He proves himself an adept lyricist with a comic sensibility as well as a strong dramatic one. Their only compeition I can think of so far is Kander and Ebb.
Grey Gardens also has a chance in Best Musical. We haven't seen everything yet, but it has more of a chance than Spring Awakening.
I hope that Grey Gardens makes a clean sweep. It deserves to. Next to Follies at Encores! it was the most thrilling show I have seen all season.

i want Grey Gardens to win!!!

i have seen Spring Awakening and Mary Poppins as well, but Grey Gardens is my favorite of those 3. I guess Curtains would get the 4th nomination?

Am I the only one who thinks SA DESERVES to win?

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Curtains as of now, but I'll wait to cast my final vote until after I've seen LoveMusik.

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