Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
#1Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/10/19 at 5:08pmI keep track of shows I attend on and off broadway and am not sure whether to log the TONY Awards as an entry. What do you all think? Should it count as a show, or be left off the list?
#2Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/10/19 at 5:23pmDid you attend? Then yes.
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#3Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/10/19 at 5:24pm
Did you attend them yourself? If so, I say count it!
I’m also someone who meticulously keeps track of shows I see, and I have a section for “concerts, special events, etc.”
I also keep a chronological list of every show I’ve seen this year, and I counted the Drama Desks when I attended.
#4Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/10/19 at 5:25pmI did attend last night. I guess I am conflicted because most of the criteria I typically track (e.g. whether or not the cast performing originated that production, whether I stagedoored, whether it was a play or a musical) do not apply here.
#5Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/10/19 at 5:30pm
Daniel M said: "I did attend last night. I guess I am conflicted because most of the criteria I typically track (e.g. whether or not the cast performing originated that production, whether I stagedoored, whether it was a play or a musical) do not apply here."
It depends on your intention with making the list. If the idea of the list is to track how many individual pieces of theatre you’ve seen, then maybe don’t count the Tonys. But if the idea is to get a sense of how frequently you’re attending live performances, then I say count it.
Phantom4ever
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/17/07
#6Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/10/19 at 6:29pm
Since the Tony Awards are neither ON Broadway nor OFF Broadway, unless you have a separate section for events, concerts, etc, then it shouldn't be grouped with regular off/on Broadway shows. I myself only keep meticulous and complicated charts, lists, and diagrams of only Broadway shows that I see.
StylishCynic
Stand-by Joined: 7/5/16
#7Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/10/19 at 6:44pm
It would seem most logical to me for you to track it together but separate of on and off-Broadway shows.
E.g. - "I've seen 42 shows on Broadway, 20 off-Broadway, and 2 TONY Awards"
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#8Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/10/19 at 6:53pm
It's an event/ceremony, not a show in the traditional sense the word show is used to describe a piece of theater.
CT2NYC
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/17
#9Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/10/19 at 7:09pmSince it has a Playbill, I would definitely count it.
#10Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/10/19 at 7:23pm
Phantom4ever said: "Since the Tony Awards are neither ON Broadway nor OFF Broadway, unless you have a separate section for events, concerts, etc, then it shouldn't be grouped with regular off/on Broadway shows. I myself only keep meticulous and complicated charts, lists, and diagrams of only Broadway shows that I see."
There are many shows that are neither on or off-broadway. And the OP never said they were only counting Broadway and Off-Broadway.
I think an awards ceremony is still a show, it's just not "theatre" (although, a case could be made...). I tend to err on the side of broad definitions, so I usually consider any performance or special event a "show" when I'm keeping track of my yearly show-seeing habits. Anything where there's an audience, basically (you could even make a case for sports games, though I never go to them). But as I said earlier, if someone asked me to count how many pieces of THEATRE I saw this year, I wouldn't count an awards show.
#11Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/11/19 at 11:35am
I also track all my theatre (I love data!) and I include an "Events/Other" category. Included in that category are things like... Build Series interviews, nominee showcases, show showcases (eg the Bryant Park series, the Under The Stars series at Columbus Circle), etc. With its own category, I don't worry that it doesn't quite meet the "show" criteria.
I just finished a 27-day, 35 event streak that included 8 Bway, 20 off-Bway, 5 events, an out-of-state theatre day and the Lucille Lortel Awards :)
#12Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/11/19 at 12:53pm
I keep a strict theater journal of all Broadway, Off-Broadway, touring, and major regional productions I see and I counted the year I attended the TONYs rehearsal. So my vote would be definitely YES count it! LOL!
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#13Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/11/19 at 12:58pm
Broadway Bob* said: "I keep a strict theater journal of all Broadway, Off-Broadway, touring, and major regional productions I see and I counted the year I attended the TONYs rehearsal. So my vote would be definitely YES count it! LOL!"
I keep a journal too!
So glad I’m not the only nerd
#14Do the TONY Awards count as a "show?"
Posted: 6/11/19 at 2:33pm
I'd call it a "Special Event" and as such you gotta make the call if you'd call that a trackable show or not. I get the show log thing as well. I have the same with my Broadway shows in a doc cus it's always amusing to see the details like how much I have spent on Broadway over the span of my life as well as how often I have seen shows in certain theatres. But I PERSONALLY don't put special event on THAT log. Example, I recently saw the MTC Pimpernel Concert. I don't have that in my log. But that's my choice.
So at the end of the day, do YOU count it as a show based on how to log things on YOUR personal list, or not?
