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I like more than half the songs from Grey Gardens, which is a step in the good direction. My problem is that I've never found a musical that I have loved 100% of the songs. If I ever found that musical, it would probably be my all-time favorite...
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--Damien wrote:Where's Gray Gardens, the best muusical of the 21st century so far?
Any favorite song from Gray Gardens?
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--Damien wrote:Where's Gray Gardens, the best muusical of the 21st century so far?
You prefered it to Light in the Piazza? Interesting.
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In 2006.
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Where's Gray Gardens, the best muusical of the 21st century so far?
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2006-2007

Best Musical
In the Heights
LoveMusik
*Spring Awakening

Best Actor
*Michael Cerveris, LoveMusik
Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening
David Hyde Pierce, Curtains

Best Actress
Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade
Lea Michele, Spring Awakening
*Donna Murphy, LoveMusik

Best Featured Actor
Jason Danieley, Curtains
*John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening
David Pittu, LoveMusik

Best Featured Actress
Olga Merediz, In the Heights
*Debra Monk, Curtains
Karen Ziemba, Curtains

Best Song
“96,000”, In the Heights
“Show People”, Curtains
*“Those You’ve Known”, Spring Awakening

Best Score
Curtains (John Kander, Fred Ebb)
In the Heights (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
*Spring Awakening (Duncan Sheik, Steven Slater)

2007-2008

Best Musical
A Catered Affair
*Next to Normal
South Pacific (Revival)

Best Actor
Daniel Evans, Sunday in the Park with George
*Paulo Szot, South Pacific
Tom Wopat, A Catered Affair

Best Actress
Patti LuPone, Gypsy
Kelli O’Hara, South Pacific
*Alice Ripley, Next to Normal

Best Featured Actor
Shuler Hensley, Young Frankenstein
Matthew Morrison, South Pacific
*Aaron Tveit, Next to Normal

Best Featured Actress
Laura Benanti, Gypsy
Leslie Kritzer, A Catered Affair
*Laura Ables Sayre, South Pacific

Best Song
*“I Am the One”, Next to Normal
“I Stayed”, A Catered Affair
“Listen to Your Heart”, Young Frankenstein

Best Score
A Catered Affair (John Bucchino)
*Next to Normal (Tom Kitt, Brian Yorkey)
Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks)

2008-2009

Best Musical
*Billy Elliot
Hair (Revival)
9 to 5

Best Actor
*David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, Kiril Kulish, Billy Elliot
James Barbour, A Tale of Two Cities
Gavin Creel, Hair

Best Actress
Stephanie J. Block, 9 to 5
*Megan Hilty, 9 to 5
Allison Janney, 9 to 5

Best Featured Actor
*Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot
Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5
Will Swenson, Hair

Best Featured Actress
*Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliott
Karen Olivo, West Side Story
Natalie Toro, A Tale of Two Cities

Best Song
“Backwoods Barbie”, 9 to 5
*“Merry Christmas, Maggie Thatcher”, Billy Elliot
“The Way It Ought to Be”, A Tale of Two Cities

Best Score
*Billy Elliot (Elton John, Lee Hall)
9 to 5 (Dolly Parton)
A Tale of Two Cities (Jill Santoriello)

2009-2010

Best Musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
*Memphis
The Scottsboro Boys

Best Actor
*Douglas Hodge, La Cage aux Folles
Cheyenne Jackson, Finian’s Rainbow
Chad Kimball, Memphis

Best Actress
Kate Baldwin, Finian’s Rainbow
*Montego Glover, Memphis
Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music

Best Featured Actor
Kevin Chamberlain, The Addams Family
*John Cullum, The Scottsboro Boys
Christopher Fitzgerald, Finian’s Rainbow

Best Featured Actress
Barbara Cook, Sondheim on Sondheim
*Angela Lansbury, A Little Night Music
Vanessa Williams, Sondheim on Sondheim

Best Song
*“I’ll Be Here”, Ordinary Days
“The Music of My Soul”, Memphis
“Remem’bring You”, Yank!

Best Score
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Michael Friedman)
*Memphis (Joe DiPietro, David Bryan)
The Scottsboro Boys (John Kander, Fred Ebb)

2010-2011

Best Musical
*The Book of Mormon
Catch Me If You Can
Sister Act

Best Actor
Daniel Radcliffe, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
*Andrew Rannells, The Book of Mormon
Aaron Tveit, Catch Me If You Can

Best Actress
*Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Patina Miller, Sister Act
Sherie Rene Scott, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Best Featured Actor
*John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Tom Wopat, Catch Me If You Can

Best Featured Actress
Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
*Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon
Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Best Song
*“I Believe”, The Book of Mormon
“Little Boy, Be a Man”, Catch Me If You Can
“Take Me to Heaven”, Sister Act

Best Score
*The Book of Mormon (Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone)
Catch Me If You Can (Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman)
Sister Act (Alan Menken, Glenn Slater)

2011-2012

Best Musical
Death Takes a Holiday
*Newsies
Once

Best Actor
Danny Burstein, Follies
*Jeremy Jordan, Newsies
Steve Kazee, Once

Best Actress
Jan Maxwell, Follies
*Audra McDonald, Porgy and Bess
Bernadette Peters, Follies

Best Featured Actor
Matt Cavenaugh, Death Takes a Holiday
David Alan Grier, Porgy and Bess
*Michael McGrath, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Best Featured Actress
*Judy Kaye, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Rebecca Luker, Death Takes a Holiday
Elaine Page, Follies

Best Song
*“Losing Roberto”, Death Takes a Holiday
“Watch What Happens”, Newsies
"With You", Ghost

Best Score
Death Takes a Holiday (Maury Yeston)
Ghost (Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard, Bruce Joel Rubin)
Newsies (Alan Menken, Jack Feldman)

2012-2013

Best Musical
Cinderella (Revival)
*Kinky Boots
Pippin (Revival)

Best Actor
Santino Fontana, Cinderella
*Billy Porter, Kinky Boots
Stark Sands, Kinky Boots

Best Actress
Stephanie J. Block, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
*Patina Miller, Pippin
Laura Osnes, Cinderella

Best Featured Actor
*Bertie Carvel, Matilda
Will Chase, The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Bobby Steggert, Big Fish

Best Featured Actress
Victoria Clark, Cinderella
Erin Dilly, A Christmas Story
*Andrea Martin, Pippin

Best Song
“The Grand Himself”, Himself and Nora
*“Not My Father’s Son”, Kinky Boots
“What a Mother Does”, A Christmas Story

Best Score
Big Fish (Andrew Lippa)
*Kinky Boots (Cyndi Lauper)
Matilda (Tim Minchin)

2013-2014

Best Musical
The Bridges of Madison County
Fun Home
*A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Best Actor
Michael Cerveris, Fun Home
*Jefferson Mays, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder
Steven Pasquale, The Bridges of Madison County

Best Actress
*Beth Malone, Fun Home
Idina Menzel, If/Then
Kelli O’Hara, The Bridges of Madison County

Best Featured Actor
Nick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway
*James Monroe Iglehart, Aladdin
Bryce Pinkham, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Best Featured Actress
Judy Kuhn, Fun Home
Sydney Lucas, Fun Home
*Marin Mazzie, Bullets Over Broadway

Best Song
*“Days and Days”, Fun Home
“Falling into You”, The Bridges of Madison County
“The Last One You'd Suspect”, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder

Best Score
The Bridges of Madison County (Jason Robert Brown)
Fun Home (Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron)
*A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Robert L. Freedman, Steven Lutvak)

2014-2015

Best Musical
An American in Paris
*Hamilton
Something Rotten!

Best Actor
*Robert Fairchild, An American in Paris
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Tony Yazbeck, On the Town

Best Actress
Kristin Chenoweth, On the Twentieth Century
*Kelli O’Hara, The King and I
Chita Rivera, The Visit

Best Featured Actor
*Christian Borle, Something Rotten!
Leslie Odom, Jr., Hamilton
Max von Essen, An American in Paris

Best Featured Actress
*Ruthie Ann Miles, The King and I
Phillipa Soo, Hamilton
Alysha Umphress, On the Town

Best Song
“Love and Love Alone”, The Visit
*“The Room Where It Happens”, Hamilton
“To Thine Own Self”, Something Rotten!

Best Score
*Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda)
Something Rotten! (Wayne Kirkpatrick, Karcy Kirkpatrick)
The Visit (John Kander, Fred Ebb)

2015-2016

Best Musical
American Psycho
Bright Star
*Dear Evan Hansen

Best Actor
Danny Burstein, Fiddler on the Roof
*Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
Benjamin Walker, American Psycho

Best Actress
Laura Benanti, She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack, Bright Star
*Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple

Best Featured Actor
*Mike Faist, Dear Evan Hansen
Paul Alexander Nolan, Bright Star
A.J. Shively, Bright Star

Best Featured Actress
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
*Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
Jane Krakowski, She Loves Me

Best Song
“Bright Star”, Bright Star
"A Soft Place to Land", Waitress
*“You Will Be Found”, Dear Evan Hansen

Best Score
American Psycho (Duncan Sheik)
Bright Star (Steve Martin, Edie Brickell)
*Dear Evan Hansen (Benj Pasek, Justin Paul)
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