I'm just have to start out and put out Bertie Carvel for being nominated for best actor instead of supporting! I think another dumb moment of the tony awards is having NPH back for the fourth freakin time! What do you think are some of the tony comities dumbest decisions!?
Aren't we to assume the Matilda producers petitioned Bertie for the leading category? The nomination committee had to approve that decision, so I guess it is indeed a dumb decision on their part.
The producers of MATILDA put Bertie in Lead so they could get a Male Supt. nom also. The number of noms is a bragging right, right now. And they didn't forsee Porter's performance and local support.
Like, this year? Because I'm still in shock over the fact Dorothy Collins lost best actress. This may be a bigger insult than Raúl Esparza losing Best Actor in 2006.
Except ALL of those shows were weak. (And yes, I saw all of them) I think the ridiculous part of Faith gettin a nom for Best Musical is that it was the ONLY nom, if it isn't superior in any other category, how can the whole be?
I still think Daniel Radcliffe got robbed of two noms for Equus and for How to Succeed. (moreso for Equus)
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Agree with the Leap of Faith nomination, and i'll add Once winning for best scenic design over Spiderman, Ghost, Nice Work, or even Newsies (I assume that was just the sweep mentality). And two oldies-but-goodies: Avenue Q over Wicked and Billy Elliot over Next to Normal.
How about announcing that they were adding a new category for "Best Replacement Actor" and then weeks later announcing "Oops, nevermind. Bad Idea."
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
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"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
>> the ridiculous part of Faith gettin a nom for Best Musical is that it was the ONLY nom, if it isn't superior in any other category, how can the whole be?
That baffles me, too. I also question how a show like ...Piazza can win: Best Score Best Lead Actress Best Orchestrations Best Scenic Design Best Costumes Best Lighting
I'm confused by this thread - there are "Decisions" by the Committee. I don't think the "winner" is a "decision" - I think those are "results". So, who is nominated or not nominated is a "decision" but not who won. What category people/plays are nominated also is a "decision". And some of the "decisions" are the result of producer actions/lobbying. But, one of the dumbest decisions was not nominating One Man,Two Guvnors in either new or revival play - I understand the producers were allegedly playing games with which category to slot the show and that may have impacted the nomination process. (But, it got nominated for score!)
I'd have to say Aaron Tveit not being nominated for anything (I still maintain that he should've won Featured Actor for N2N)
And I'm also pretty upset the most recent GODSPELL revival wasn't nominated for anything. I mean, I could see it not winning, but it should've at least been nominated for a lot!
Avenue Q over Wicked... Billy Elliot over Next to Normal... Into the Woods' score over Phantom's...
These are not decisions. They are results. And I'm also fine with all three.
Cinderella as a Revival... Bertie in Lead Actor...
These were petitioned by the producers, and I see nothing wrong with the decision to agree with them. Both could go either way, but not enough to overturn the producers' wishes in my book.
Personally, I think a dumb decision was removing Critics from the voting pool.
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A Chorus Line revival not getting enough nominations. Aaron Tveit not getting nominated for N2N or Catch Me Adam Chanler-Berat not getting nominated for Peter & the Starcatcher.
Since there is no category for ballet or dance productions, it was dropped into the most fitting category, and among the nominees, I thought it was absolutely the most deserving. I loved every second of it and watched it numerous times.
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Streetcar losing to Mr. Roberts for Best Play; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof losing to Desperate Hours for Best Play; Ethel Merman (Gypsy) losing to Mary Martin (Sound of Music); Jason Robards (Moon for the Misbegotten)losing to Michael What's-His-Name (Find Your Way Home); and the list goes on and on.
I am over Billy Elliot beating the far superior Next to Normal in 2009, but I will never forgive the committee for not granting the current Macbeth a single fvcking nomination.