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I think Samantha Barks and Andy Karl's stand a decent chance of getting nominated, as the Tony's love Andy and Samantha is apparently great in the show.

To be fair though, the Hadestown stans have been declaring Hadestown to be the favourite for the Tony before it’s even opened on Broadway, and before Tootsie and Bettlejuice etc. I don’t think that will necessarily reflect what the critics and Tony voters think. I’m with you - whilst I haven’t seen the NYC Hadestown production, the West End one wasn’t particularly for me, and I’d much prefer for The Prom to win which I found much more enjoyable. It really is a weak year though generally for the Tonys so I think any show stands a chance.

Next year, however, will be super strong and competitive I think, with potentially Moulin Rouge, Tina, Company, Music Man all in the mix for starters. 

3.08/10

Who will join me on the streets if Queen Stephanie J. Block loses best actress???

I felt she was okay on the view. I am hoping Karen will win next season. It would be great. But this season it would have to be one of the people from hadestown. What was the best broadway season?

I think the best Broadway season was 2012/13 of recent memory. Pippin, Matilda, Kinky Boots, Mystery of Edwin Drood etc. And we got the best Tony's Opening Number ever with Neil Patrick-Harris!

Also 03-04 season was pretty good with Wicked, Avenue Q, Caroline or Change, and The Boy from Oz with Hugh Jackman and Stephanie J. Block.

Probably one of the biggest Tony upsets in history with Avenue Q taking home Best Musical, Score, and Book. But, I kind of agree with the tony voters in this case.

Avenue Q campaigned on the slogan, "Vote with Your Heart" which pretty much question whether or not the most financially successful show (Wicked) of that season was really the best musical. They also pushed the idea on the voters that their vote will be confidential and nobody would know who they voted for so, vote with your heart. Did they have the most fun at the hot show (Boy from Oz), the rich show (Wicked) or the small show (Caroline or Change). I guess this swayed voters into the idea of, "Wicked is going to win but, I'm going to vote for Avenue Q." As you can tell, enough voters had that same idea. Fun fact, since Avenue Q campaigned so hard that the Tony Committee had to change the rules over campaigning.



Another strike against Wicked was the whispers of Idina and Kristin not getting along were getting louder. A long told rumor is once the two got into such an argument before the show that Kristin went on with no makeup and Idina went on with only one layer of green. Stirring the pot even more Kristin announced she was leaving Wicked the before voting started. Some voters might have been turned off Wicked because of the rumored backstage drama.



The Boy From Oz never stood a chance except for Best Actor. Hugh Jackman was the show, in fact when he went on vacation the producers decided to keep the show dark for the week instead of putting the understudy on. Quite frankly, the show was not good even with Jackman and Queen Stephanie J. Block.



Finally Caroline or Change came along in a time where dramatic musicals weren't the rage. The show was always in third place after Avenue Q and Wicked. The only real chance it had was for best actress for Tonya Pinkins but, as we all know Idina won best actress by a very slim margin.



I suggest watching the video of Avenue Q winning best musical and see the surprise on Nathan Lane's face when he read the winner and the overt excitement the producers had when they were giving their thank you speeches and they thank the tony voters for voting with their heart.


Avenue Q Winning Best Musical

The Idina/Kristin thing is interesting. I remember watching a video on YouTube where Kristin said they both had different processes but they never hated eachother, and ended by saying only those two know what they went through together with that show. So I guess we will never really know what happened behind the scenes with those two.

Kristin hurt her neck early in previews and she never got it fixed. The injury had a nasty flair up in the spring of 2004 causing her to miss a lot of performances. At the same time Idina was being interviewed for a puff piece and she made a comment that could be taken as Kristin has a bad attendance record and Kristin took that comment the wrong way. I think that’s when their relationship broke down.

Bebe Neuwirth and Brandon Victor Dixon are going to announce the nominees on April 30th.