Customer Reviews

The Tony Award: A Complete Listing of Winners and Nominees with a History of the American Theatre Wing

It is wonderful to have an updated version (up to and including the 1999-2000 season--CONTACT/COPENHAGEN). I find great pleasure reading and referencing, so this data compiled in a gorgeous book is very exciting and well worth the purchase.

A few drawbacks.

This book is FILLED with mistakes. For example, 1994 Featured Actor in a Play nominee GREGORY Itzin is listed as Gary. Not too big a deal but... 1998 Featured Actress in a Musical labelled as "Featured Actor." (Poor Audra.) Worse than all this however is that the 1995 Director (Play) is listed WRONG. If you buy this, please note that Joe Mantello did NOT in fact win for LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! While his work may have been wonderful, the award went to Gerald Guittierez for THE HEIRESS.

Now, it is one thing to make a simple mistake. However, when I first noticed this regretful misrepresentation on the tonys.org website, I wrote an email to the server to point it out. No change and no response. I wrote again and still received no response.

Conclusion.

This book is WELL worth owning. But it should NOT be taken as the be-all end-all source. Try getting video recordings or asking a knowledgeable friend.