There had been an attempt to start a replacement Tony award in 2006, but the Tonys people botched it up. Rather than have the entire voting membership have to go see all the shows, just the members of the Tony Administration Committee would vote, and in order to receive the award, a certain number of committee members had to vote for you. (It was an absolute number of members, not the most votes.) They ended up not giving out the award, which many thought would go to Jonathan Pryce for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels or Harvey Fierstein for Fiddler on the Roof, and Pryce went on the record saying it's one thing to lose to someone else, but that he thought it was insulting that no one won, implying that none of them were good enough.
Later, it was found that many of the Committee members didn't actually go to see Pryce, Fierstein, or the other candidates so therefore no one could realistically have gotten enough votes. There was a mini-scandal, and the award was abolished after that year.
It's too bad it was handled so poorly. I think a replacement Tony is a good idea, if the logistics could be worked out.
"What was the name of that cheese that I like?"
"you can't run away forever...but there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start"
"well I hope and I pray, that maybe someday, you'll walk in the room with my heart"
Updated On: 9/12/10 at 04:56 PM
