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re: Herman's LA CAGE Score Tony

Posted by:	Chazwaza 05:24 am EDT 04/03/14
In reply to:	re: Herman's LA CAGE Score Tony - enoch10 06:09 pm EDT 04/02/14

I can't comment on how it did feel... I wasn't an adult to see it in 1988. But when I did see the production on video for the first time ever seeing or hearing it, it didn't feel imbalanced or jarring at all, and the first act was only made more brilliant by how the second act commented and paid off the first, not in comparison to it. But if it did feel that way then, that's why giving La Cage Best Musical would have been "fair"... but even if it's in a less traditionally structurally balanced (which I think it part of why it's so good), the score that is in it is undeniably brilliant (personally I'd actually use the word "genius" about the score and the concept) and at least undeniably better and more award worthy than La Cage. I think it would have been plenty to give La Cage Best Musical. But Best Score AND Best Book? Why, because it had some jokes? It's one of the most unique and original original book musicals ever written (perhaps even the most original), I think Lapine deserved a Tony for his work much much more than Fierstein did. But yes, at this point it's useless to compare... and Sondheim and Lapine getting the Pulitzer does make up for it. However it would be nice if Sunday, one of the best musicals ever written, were given even ONE Tony Award besides for it's physical design elements... whether we like it or not, what did or didn't win Tonys is and will stand as a record to the populace for what was seemingly the best stuff in any given year.

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