Snubbed at Tonys: 5 all-time musicals that got robbed
Bertie Carvel, right, as Miss Trunchbull in “Matilda” Credit: Bertie Carvel, right, as Miss Trunchbull in “Matilda”
Now that “Matilda” has been robbed of the Tony Award for Best Musical by the far less worthy “Kinky Boots” (due mainly to an extensive PR campaign by “Kinky Boots” and industry politics), it joins the likes of many other great musicals that were unfairly deprived of the prize.
As it happens, Peter Filichia, one of my favorite theater journalists, just released “Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks,” an enjoyable look at the musicals that failed to win the Tony Award. (Perhaps “Matilda” can be discussed in a future edition of the book.)
Below is my own opinionated list of the five biggest upsets in Tony history over the award for best musical:
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