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Posted by:	Chazwaza 07:03 pm EST 01/16/14
In reply to:	re: how can you skip 1972 - BroadwayTonyJ 06:45 pm EST 01/16/14

I dunno... I think when you have Best Director(s), Best Choreography, Best Score, Best Actress, Best Costume and Scenic and Lighting design (and nominated for Best Book, another Best Actress, Best Featured Actor)... you stand a good chance at people thinking it's the Best Musical. It also won the Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical... but of 1971. Follies had already been open over a YEAR when the 1972 Tony Awards happened. I think if it had Sondheim/Prince had done Follies first instead of Company, and Follies opened when it could compete for the 1971 Tony, it would have won, not only because it would have beat the competition that year, but also because it wouldn't have had a chance to be a failure at the box office... if it had opened right before the Tony nomination cut off, and only been running a few months when the Tonys happened, it might very well have won. And I think if it had opened in November of 1971 instead of April 1971, it very well could have won because it wouldn't have had a year to perform at the box office. This raises another interesting question about timing...

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