2009 Tony-Tie

[mattporter17]

Posted: 5/28/15 at 5:57pm

In 2009 both Next to Normal & Billy Elliot won the Tony for orchestrations. I was wondering why or how this even happened.  Has there ever been a tie in Tony history before? 

[theatreguy]

Posted: 5/28/15 at 5:59pm

As to how, both nominees received the same number of votes.

There have been several ties in Tony history:

• Actress in a Musical (195: Gwen Verdon, New Girl in Town and Thelma Ritter, New Girl in Town


• Featured Actor in a Musical (1959): Russell Nype, Goldilocks, and Leonard Stone, Redhead


• Musical (1960): The Sound of Music and Fiorello!


• Actress in a Musical (1962): Anna Maria Alberghetti, Carnival! and Diahann Carroll, No Strings


• Actress in a Musical (196: Patricia Routledge, Darling of the Day and Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah, Baby!


• Costume Design (1977): Theoni V. Aldredge, Annie and Santo Loquasto, The Cherry Orchard


• Actress in a Play (1979): Constance Cummings, Wings and Carole Shelley, The Elephant Man


• Scenic Design (1980): John Lee Beatty, Talley's Folly and David Mitchell, Barnum


• Score (1993): John Kander/Fred Ebb, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Pete Townshend, The Who's Tommy


• Orchestrations (2009): Martin Koch, Billy Elliot, The Musical and Michael Starobin and Tom Kitt, Next to Normal

https://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/history/facts/index.html

[mattporter17]

Posted: 5/28/15 at 6:01pm

Oh wow, that's a pretty extensive list, Thanks!