Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Tony Award Categories you wish could be
#1Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 5:20pmI strongly believe that there should be a "Best Ensemble of a Musical" Tony Award
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willep
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#2Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 5:31pm^ first one that came to mind when I saw this topic. Best ensemble of a Play would be nice too.
#2Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 5:36pmI don't understand why there isnt an award for this!
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#4Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 7:15pmhaha yup!
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#5Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 7:29pm^ Best Replacement is touchy because, say for instance if Bernadette Peters, Marin Mazzie, and Harvey Fierstein were all nominated for Night Music, next to normal, and La Cage, respectively, this past season. If one of them won, it could easily be argued that the role is Tony-worthy, and not the performance.
#6Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 7:41pmBest New Song. Because sometimes the best song of the year isn't in the best score. The Oscars separate them; I think the Tonys should too.
#7Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 7:49pmBest replacement would also mean the Tony committee would have to revisit pretty much every show with replacements. While it is a good idea, it unfortunately isn't practical.
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#8Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 7:51pmMost OTT Performance in a Play/Musical
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#9Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 8:04pmI, too, like the idea of best song. Just about every year I believe the best song comes from a different show than the show that wins best score, I'm not saying best score is flawed, just that sometimes incredible songs come from otherwise uninspiring scores.
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#10Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 8:05pmI also think it would only go to the most high-profile replacements. Which seems unfair.
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#11Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 8:21pmI don't know about best song. If this were a category for the Tonys, that would be a lot of songs the Tony committee would have to look at individually. This year there are a lot of original musicals with original scores. Considering each musical has anywhere from 15 to 20 songs, that would be a lot of songs to have to look at, unlike the Oscars where it is one (maybe two) songs per movie to look at.
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#12Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 8:26pmHow would you judge best song anyway?
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#13Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 8:28pm
It would be very difficult.
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Updated On: 3/20/11 at 08:28 PM
#14Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 8:29pmBest Song would be a really good category, but I agree with bwayphreak234-it does seem impractical. It might not be possible for the committee just because of the sheer amount of songs that would have to be considered.
#15Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 8:30pmThey would vote on it, same as they do at The Grammys.
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#16Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 9:02pm
If they did Best Replacement they would have to see CHICAGO ~25 times in one year. And with the way the Tony voters seem to get starstruck, then people like Christie Brinkley and Usher could be picking up Tonys.
I wish they still had the 'Best Musical Direction/Conductor' category (though I know this is challenging because often the conductors vary from performance to performance. I feel like with the exception of people like Paul Gemignani, MD's are very overlooked on Broadway. And then, for example, in Anything Goes - would Rob Fisher (the musical supervisor) get the award or would James Lowe (the conductor) get it? or both?
#17Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 10:33pm
Perhaps separate best original book of a musical from best adapted book? Like the Oscars do for scripts?
That way someone who adapts a movie (or book) for the stage, when it's really the movie's writing that wins the award very often, a new category could encourage original book-writing.
#18Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 10:39pmBest Ensemble is an awful idea. The Tony wouldn't be special anymore.
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#19Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/20/11 at 10:56pm
"Perhaps separate best original book of a musical from best adapted book? Like the Oscars do for scripts?"
I don't think the number of new productions each season could really support or justify splitting that category. Take this season, there's 11(?) new musicals, and maybe four that would qualify as an original book? That really doesn't create any sort of sense of competition.
#21Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/21/11 at 12:23amI would like to see a projection design category. I know there are projection designers out there who work very hard and create goregous projections (Sven Ortel comes to mind). With a lot of today's shows, there are projections and they are just as essential to the design as the lights and set for the design of some productions. The only problem is some seasons there are quite a few shows with projections while others there are only one or two. Just an idea.
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#23Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/21/11 at 1:50am
Best Atrocious Pandering Tourist Trap Mess
The competition would be stiff.
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#24Tony Award Categories you wish could be
Posted: 3/21/11 at 3:13pm
"Best Musical Director" should really be added. (I mean, they created SOUND DESIGN awards, for Merman's Sake!-- and I would venture to say most people don't really have a CLUE what goes on in the "Design"...) As for who'd be eligible, there are a number of ways, including the concept that a Musical Director is usually working with singers, ensembles, phrasing of voices, interpretive techniques...NOT just the orchestra. So it's not really a "Conductor"-only award, by any means.
