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If anything, American in Paris is the underdog...

Posted by:	ShowGoer 02:01 pm EDT 05/08/15
In reply to:	Is "Fun Home" the "Vote with Your Heart" candidate this year? - MarjorieMae 12:39 pm EDT 05/08/15

...although I'm not sure why it would need to be, since it's doing great at the box office and the name value of the property will sell the show on tour. It's funny, from both camps of the people I know who are mixed on the 2 clear frontrunners I hear the same thing, "It's an easy show to admire but a hard show to love." All that being said, I think (from my own unscientific polling) while people love the dancing and music and artistry of American in Paris, more people are connecting emotionally with Fun Home. That, combined with the fact that it needs the Tony more to run longer in NY, never mind establish itself as a player across the country, the fact that it's perceived to be more original than American in Paris, and the fact that aside from Hamilton it's the best-reviewed musical of the last decade, should push it over the top for the big win.

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Thread:	The small musical almost never wins... - mikem 08:55 am EDT 05/09/15 (2) All your strikes against FUN HOME were also true of last year's winner... - ShowGoer 05:28 pm EDT 05/09/15 (1) re: All your strikes against FUN HOME were also true of last year's winner... - ryhog 12:10 am EDT 05/10/15 re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - AlanScott 08:18 pm EDT 05/08/15 (4) re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - ShowGoer 02:08 am EDT 05/09/15 (3) re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - AlanScott 08:18 am EDT 05/09/15 re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - ryhog 03:14 am EDT 05/09/15 re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - lordofspeech 02:23 am EDT 05/09/15 re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - RonAnnArbor 03:53 pm EDT 05/08/15 (4) re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - AlanScott 08:15 pm EDT 05/08/15 (2) re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - lordofspeech 12:57 pm EDT 05/09/15 (1) re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - AlanScott 06:17 pm EDT 05/09/15 re: If anything, American in Paris is the underdog... - km430 04:17 pm EDT 05/08/15

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