Tony Awards Snafus?

[JerseyBoy25]

So, in your opinion, has anything ever happened at the Tony Awards that matches or comes close to what happened at the Oscars on Sunday? I mean, naming the wrong musical as the winner at the end of the night is a bit extreme, but is there anything you can think of?

[Call_me_jorge]

In 2004 didn't they place a picture of wicked thinking they had won best musical? I remember reading about it, but it's probably exaggerated. 

[perfectlymarvelous]

That time David Hyde Pierce won Raul Esparza's Tony. 

[sorano916]

Didn't last year, they showed Christopher Fitzgerald instead of Michael Arden when doing the  award for  Best Direction of a Musical?

[Valentina3]

^Yes, that happened. It was sad.

The year before, they gave Best Actress Tonys to Kelly instead of Kristin (I'm 100% sure that was a mistake which they were too embarrassed to fix).

[BrodyFosse123]

When Elaine Stritch's acceptance speech was cut short in 2002.  The orchestra slowly kept getting louder then the cameras just cut away while Stritch was still in mid-sentence.  

[After Eight]

In 1991, Anthony Quinn was to announce the winner of best director of a musical. Instead, he read the the best play winner, Lost in Yonkers. Someone had written the best play winner on the back of the card with the name of the best director winner.

[Another Winter]

From a clip I saw from the 1997 Tony's when Lilias White won Featured Actress in a Musical they showed a clip of Debra Monk in Steel Pier rather than Lilias in The Life (obviously this is nowhere near the scale of what happened at the Oscars)

[JBroadway]

Of course people couldn't help but make petty remarks about who should have won over whom. Jesus. I know you're being facetious but it's just derailing the original topic and rehashing petty arguments. Valentina, again, I know you're probably just exaggerating for effect, but I sincerely hope you're not deluded enough to actually think that was what happened. 

[whatdoesntkillme]

Not exactly the same, but let's not forget the Bret Michaels incident in 2009

[IdinaBellFoster]

perfectlymarvelous said: "That time David Hyde Pierce won Raul Esparza's Tony. "

This. 

[Call_me_jorge]

When they nominated the revival of ragtime for best costumes, lol