Fun With Math, 1999
This week we'll manipulate the data from the Great-Big Summary Chart to achieve some pointless results.
The Big Losers
None of the shows in this chart went 1 for 1, winning an award for every nomination. So to level the field we can subtract the number of wins from the total nominations in order to reflect only the awards lost. This reveals the big losers. Here they are in order of losses.
| Ranking | Show | No. of losses |
|---|---|---|
| 59. | Parade | 21 (Big Loser!) |
| 58. | Civil War | 18 |
| 57. | Not About Nightingales | 15 |
| 56. | Fosse | 14 |
| 55. | Little Me | 13 |
| 54. | Iceman Cometh | 12 |
| 53. | Twelfth Night | 11 |
| 52. | Electra, Footloose | 10 |
| 49. (3-way tie) | A New Brain, Death of a Salesman, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | 9 |
| 48. | It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues | 8 |
| 45. (3-way tie) | Amy's View, Annie Get Your Gun, Closer | 7 |
| 42. (3-way tie) | Lion in Winter, Night Must Fall, Swan Lake | 6 |
| 38. (4-way tie) | Lonesome West, Mineola Twins, Mystery of Irma Vep, Ring Round the Moon | 5 |
| 35. (3-way tie) | Betty's Summer Vacation, Peter Pan, Side Man | 4 |
| 31. (4-way) | Beauty Queen of Leenane, Captains Courageous, Marlene, Stop/Kiss | 3 |
| 19. (12-way) | Blue Room, Bob, Bosoms and Neglect, Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act!, Judas Kiss, Killer Joe, On the Town, Ride Down Mt. Morgan, Snakebit, Weir, Wit, Woody Guthrie's American Song | 2 |
| 1. (18-way) | Ashes to Ashes, Bright Lights Big City, Brittanicus/
Phedre, Cider House Rules Part I, Dream True, Everybody's Ruby,
Exactly Like You, Far East, Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm, House/Lights,
I'm Still Here...Damn It!, Majority of One, Most Fabulous Story
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