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jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 8/15/2005 at 10:32:47 PM ET
Broadway World has a new Tony Awards feature (more streamlined approach than the official site), and you can view winners (and nominees) by year. So-who were the big winners in your birth year?
In 1977, the big winner was, of course, Annie. Dorothy Loudon won Best Actress for her Miss Hannigan, Thomas Meehan won for his book, Peter Gennaro won for his choreography, Theoni V. Aldredge won (tied) for her costumes, David Mitchell for his scenic design, and the show won for Best Musical and Score.
Al Pacino was on the boards that year, and was rewarded with a Best Actor Tony for The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel (don't know the show), Barry Bostick's turn in The Robber Bridegroom also impressed the voters, Julie Harris's portrayal of Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst earned her the award, and The Shadow Box won for Best Play.
In the "it's an honor just to be nominated" corner-Raul Julia in The Threepenny Opera (Actor), Colleen Dewhurst in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Actress), Ellen Greene in The Threepenny Opera (Featured), and Julia McKenzie (Side by Side by Sondheim).
It was a busy season for Theoni V. Aldredge, Mike Nichols, and Santo Loguastro-they were double (and for Loguastro, triple!) nominees that year.
And receiving special Tony Awards that night were Lily Tomlin, Diana Ross, and Barry Manilow.
Very interesting. Here's the link:
Tony Awards by year
So how was your season? (Anyone born before 1949-sorry...)
Jenn
| Karen
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I'm "golden age" all the way: My Fair Lady, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Auntie Mame, Bells Are Ringing, etc.
|  Mandy
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"A Chorus Line" was the big winner my year....looks like beating out Chicago for all of the major awards.
"Let's admit one thing right upfront: With the possible exception of Bernadette Peters, not everyone stays young and cute forever." (NYPost 2/2/05)
|  Rose
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Fav. BP Song: No One Is Alone and Some People
Fav. BP Show: Gypsy
Fav. BP Character: Rose/The Witch
Fav. BP CD: Gypsy
| posted: 8/16/2005 at 12:54:06 AM ET
The closest to my year is 1986 and Bernadette won for Song and Dance.
"Oh no, you won't. No, not a chance. No arguements, shut up and dance." -You'll Never Get Away From Me
"And if it wasn't for me then where would you be Miss Gypsy Rose Lee?" -Rose's Turn
| jmslsu01
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Closest to your year? Is there a year missing?
Jenn
|  moljul
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Fav. BP CD: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Fav. BP Song: Dublin Lady
| posted: 8/16/2005 at 11:02:42 AM ET
Well its nice to see a Sondheim show sweep during my year.
|  SingOutAnnie
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Bradenton/Sarasota, FLA | posted: 8/16/2005 at 1:52:26 PM ET
Anyone know what happened in '54??
That's me. Only two awards listed.
| Karen
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How weird. The listing is incomplete for 1954. That was the year of Kismet, Teahouse of the August Moon, Can-Can, and Tea and Sympathy, all of which were multiple award winners. Gwen Verdon won her first Tony that year. Other notable winners were Alfred Lunt and Dolores Gray.
| jmslsu01
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northern VA | posted: 8/16/2005 at 8:41:13 PM ET
I think the database is a work in progress.
Jenn
| SingOutAnnie
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Glad to know they didn't cancel the Tonys that year on my account. 
| jmslsu01
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OK-check 1954 again. Oooh-Happy Hunting was that year. And apparently, it's the reason why Ethel Merman did not want Stephen Sondheim to compose the score for Gypsy.
Jenn
|  Sister Rose
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My year is pretty dull - "Hallelujah, Baby!" was the biggest winner - doesn't look like it had much competition either.
| SingOutAnnie
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Bradenton/Sarasota, FLA | posted: 8/18/2005 at 3:34:01 PM ET
Aaah, so '54 did have some awards.
Any year that Gwen Verdon won was a good year.
I'd love to have seen her on stage.
What's the Happy Hunting story with Merman?
Sondheim flop? Sorry if that's a terrible ignorant question. 
I wondered who would pick up the pigtail pix, Sister Rose.
| Sister Rose
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SingOutAnnie - I couldn't resist this pic - not just for the cuteness of Bernadette but for the look on her face - its like a look of "I know something you don't know". LOL.
This is what I found out about Happy Hunting and its not a Sondheim show. Merman was nominated for a Tony but didn't win. It ran for almost a year.
Happy Hunting
| SingOutAnnie
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Bradenton/Sarasota, FLA | posted: 8/18/2005 at 5:03:13 PM ET
Yep. It is a way too cute picture for those reasons. Just wondered who'd be first to use it.
That helps some, but what does it have to do with her not wanting Sondheim? (could it be that someone else was better than her that year???)
Love the juxtaposing of the pigtail and tattoo photos, both half-faces to left. Makes me smile. The older color photo is, like, 'See, I did know something -- a lot, in fact -- you didn't!!'
| jmslsu01
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SOA-the composer-lyricist for Happy Hunting, Harold Karr, was inexperienced (he wrote some songs for a revue called New Faces of 1956 before Happy Hunting, and never wrote another show after Happy Hunting, according to the Internet Broadway Database). The show was a flop, and Merman needed a hit. She was not happy with the idea of her next show being scored by another inexperienced composer-lyricist, so Sondheim did not compose the score.
And no-that wasn't an ignorant question. I think Ethan Mordden covers it briefly in his series on the Golden Age, if you want to know more (but that's pretty much the story. She said no way, and that was that.). Or maybe it was in Not Since Carrie (a great book, and it does cover Happy Hunting)?
Jenn
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