| but... if A Chorus Line (a rare blockbuster sensation) hadn't opened that year | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 03:32 am EDT 03/13/22 | |
| In reply to: re: How lucky can you get at the Tonys? For Kander & Ebb, not very - andPeggy 01:46 pm EST 03/12/22 | |
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| What an unlucky timing for Kander, Ebb and Fosse, as well as Sondheim, Weidman and Prince... If ACL weren't competing this year, when these best of broadway artist had some of their best work opening that year... I think Chicago would have easily won Best Musical and Best Choreography and Best Actress (perhaps even a tie for Gwen and Chita). And probably Best Lighting Design. It's possible Pacific Overtures might have upset with one or all of: Best Score, Best Book and Best Direction (and still won Best Set Design, Best Costume Design, which it did that year) But Pacific Overtures was so out there and arty, it's very possible Chicago would have swept up all the major awards (except Set and Costume, of course) that ACL took from it... As we recently discussed, George Rose somehow managed to beat both Jerry Orbach and Mako for Lead Actor even though he is in an indisputably featured role, in a revival, but perhaps if there were no ACL that year and there were heat and buzz and momentum for Chicago with the voters, Orbach might have gotten the edge. And had ACL not opened that year, it's very possible Chicago's producers might have gotten Chita put in Featured, knowing they could easily walk award with Gwen winning Lead Actress and Chita winning Featured Actress (even if both are leads, it wouldn't be the first time, even in this year's awards, i.e George Rose) But truly, what could compete with A CHORUS LINE that year? But A Chorus Line was so powerful it was not only able to put McKechnie is what is definitely not a clear case as a leading role into Lead category and get her nominated and get 2 other female cast members nominated for Featured, it was able to get Donna the win over both Gwen and Chita, and also win Featured. If ACL hadn't been open... it's likely The Robber Bridegroom would have taken the 4th spot for Best Musical and Best Score and Book... and it would have had no good shot at winning any of them over Chicago or Pacific Overtures. I guess it's possible that first Broadway mounting of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha could have taken the slot... it was nominated for Best Score despite having been written in 1911, and Joplin was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer in 1976 for the score. Actually, I suppose Treemonisha, Very Good Eddie and Bubbling Brown Sugar might have taken any of those nominations they were eligible for, plus the acting and direction and choreo and design awards that ACL got. But I imagine all of those would have gone to Chicago or Overtures or both. It's hard to say since Treemonisha was only nominated for Score and nothing else, and Very Good Eddie got noms for Best Featured Actor, Featured Actress, and Best Direction, so it seemed well liked, and Robber Bridegroom got Best Featured Actress and Best Book... while Bubbling Brown Sugar got Best Musical and Best Actress but nothing else. Quite hard to know, but evidence points to Chicago and Overtures winning everything without ACL there. I also have to wonder if any eligible musicals that were shut out of the Tony noms entirely would have made the cut, rather than assuming only musicals that got some nom(s) that year would have gotten more without ACL. Perhaps if there was no ACL gaining steam off-broadway, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW would have waited to open a few months longer in 1975 and been nominated for Musical, Score, and Actor... (rather than only Best Lighting in the 1975 Tonys) |
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