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| Posted by: ablankpage 02:46 pm EDT 05/23/23 | |
| In reply to: Shortest post- Tony run for major winners - jugenjury 02:14 pm EDT 05/23/23 | |
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| In recent years, many winners for Best Revival of a Play had already closed by the time they won the award. Take Me Out in 2022, A Soldier's Play in 2020, Jitney in 2017, A View From The Bridge in 2016, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 2013, Death of a Salesman in 2012. Recent winners for Best Play that had already closed were The Lehman Trilogy in 2022 and The Inheritance in 2021. Musical revivals in recent history have always been awarded to still-running shows (I think 1977's Porgy and Bess was the last time it was awarded to a musical that had closed). If Into The Woods wins next month, it would be a rare break from tradition. For Best Musicals, I think Hallelujah, Baby! in 1968 was the last time it was awarded to a closed musical. As for productions that were still open, many revivals—play and musical—already had a closing date set for June, just days or weeks after the Tonys. For Best Play/Musical, most productions have gotten a nice boost from the win and enjoyed a significant run after the award. I'll be interested to hear from the historians/mathematicians among us who came up short! |
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| re: Shortest post- Tony run for major winners | |
| Posted by: FrenchDip 03:38 pm EDT 05/23/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Shortest post- Tony run for major winners - ablankpage 02:46 pm EDT 05/23/23 | |
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| For new musicals: The shortest-running Best Musical is Passion at 280 performances. It's post-Tony run was 30 weeks. Just ahead is last year's winner A Strange Loop with 293 performances. 31 weeks of which were after the Tonys. Hallelujah, Baby! also played 293 performances but, as ablankpage noted, those were all pre-Tonys. I haven't gone through all the winners but there are undoubtedly several from the 50s, 60s and 70s when shows would regularly open almost a full year before the Tonys. One example would be Bye Bye Birdie which opened in April 1960, won the Tony in April 1961 and then closed in October of that year. Fewer post-Tony performances than Passion or Strange Loop but more overall. For musical revivals (not including limited runs): 2005 - La Cage aux Folles closed 3 weeks after the Tonys 2007 - Company closed 3 weeks after |
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| re: Shortest post- Tony run for major winners | |
| Posted by: ruff24 09:26 pm EDT 05/24/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Shortest post- Tony run for major winners - FrenchDip 03:38 pm EDT 05/23/23 | |
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| You nailed Bye Bye Birdie as the shortest (discounting Hallelujah Baby). It won the Tony 2 days before it's one year anniversary (when the Tonys were in April!), and closed in October, 25 weeks after it won. Passion & A Strange Loop had 5 & 6 weeks more, and then Company, The Band's Visit, Red Head & Edwin Drood are the others that closed in under a year. | |
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| re: Shortest post- Tony run for major winners | |
| Posted by: mikem 04:57 pm EDT 05/23/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Shortest post- Tony run for major winners - FrenchDip 03:38 pm EDT 05/23/23 | |
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| To build on the earlier messages, it has recently become pretty common for Best Play to close fairly soon after the Tonys. Before that, I think many Best Plays tried to have replacement casts, although The Coast of Utopia closed about a month before the Tonys in 2007. Now, there's a mixture of replacement casts in some cases, and the show closing when the original cast is done in some cases. Red closed two weeks after the Tonys in 2010. It did not extend after it won, although I seem to recall that it recouped during that last week of performances. All the Way in 2014 also closed in June, 3 weeks after the Tonys. Oslo in 2015 and The Ferryman in 2019 closed in July. Vanya and Sonia got to the end of August. The rest since 2010 (War Horse, Clybourne Park, Curious Incident, The Humans, and Harry Potter) all made it to at least the fall. So half of the winners since 2010 were already closed at the time of the Tony Awards or within about a month of the ceremony. That seems likely to occur this year as well. Leopoldstadt and Fat Ham are the only nominees still running. I don't think Leopoldstadt will extend past its current closing date of July 2 even if it wins as expected. Fat Ham is currently scheduled to close on June 25. It may extend by a week or two if it won, but probably not more than that. |
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