Tony Awards 2016

Alex doesn't have a chance, imho, it's either Danny or Leslie.

He's the only one I'm rooting for. Hamilton will pretty much sweep the board, but this one should go to the underdog. And Alex is fantastic in School of Rock.
Of course, I'd also love to see School of Rock win Best Musical and Score, but I know that won't happen.

Me too. I loved him in Fiddler.

But Alex Brightman missed SOOOOOO many unannounced performances before finally getting an alternate.. that kind of stuff doesn't sit well with voters... not to mention- this is all politics, it's usually about who campaigns the most- look at Daveed- he has a really good publicist probably- he was everywhere this last month. Lin is already everywhere.. Odom used to go on quite a few interviews but stopped recently for some reason... it's a shame- but it seems to be the way things work..

And the voters are also suckers for giving awards to those who have been snubbed/ long time veterans (see Kelli O'hara last year- I LOVE her and she should have won for Bridges, but last year's was Chenoweth's/ Beth Malone's in my opinion)..

Not to mention the Tony committee seems to be in favor of Hamilton breaking ALL records (which I also think is a shame, because some shows are more deserving in some categories.

You can't be robbed of something you don't have!

I know Hamilton is a big drawing point this year for ratings (and I know you love the show, so I apologize in advance) but this is so uncool and kind of gross in my eyes. I like Hamilton as much as the next guy- but they could have mentioned the other shows, even in passing. Or a quick clip montage to go along with Hamilton.. I feel so bad for the other creators this year. Especially the Shuffle along team/ Sara/Steve Martin...

I don't recall an Oscars promo going "this is Leo Decaprio's year yo- will he finally get the oscar tune in to check his reaction and maybe he'll go on stage".. you know what I mean- this isn't the Hamilton show...

I understand your point ShoesForRent but they only have 30 seconds and the Tonys usually do dire in ratings. I guess I can't blame them too much for wanting to get what they can out of this exceptional year for New York theatre.

Thing is, theatre's still pretty niche, so if you want to advertise your theatre awards show, then showing Bright Star or She Loves Me isn't going to attract anyone who isn't already interested. Using Hamilton's astounding popularity to lure people into watching the Tony awards who don't know who Tony was (Antoinette Perry, actor, director, co-founder of the American Theatre Wing) but have heard the other kids at school get all hype about this Hamilton thing... it might be a bit gross, but you can't really blame them.

I understand that but these types of year only come around once a decade or so. I think it's nice to have a year like this every once in a while, it certainly brings a lot of excitement.

As for the other new shows - Shuffle Along, Waitress and School of Rock are all doing really well at the box office so I doubt they're complaining too much.

I admit I would be disheartened if this was the same year as Fun Home and that was getting no attention, but personally I don't think any of the new musicals this year come close to what Hamilton is bringing and so I'm okay with that demanding most of the attention for now.

No need to apologise, I completely agree! It seemed really insulting to the other nominees and I'm sure Lin doesn't want it this way.

As far as I know, the one linked in this thread isn't the only Tonys commercial that's been airing -- I have seen at least one other which does mention other shows but still features Hamilton most prominently of all.