This week we'll manipulate the data from the Great-Big Summary Chart to achieve some pointless results.
The Big Losers
"We won a Tony!"
Ah, shaddup! How many did you lose?
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 54. | Sweet Smell of Success, Thoroughly Modern Millie | 20 |
| 53. | Into the Woods | 19 |
| 51. (2-way tie) | Morning's at Seven, Oklahoma! | 18 |
| 50. | The Crucible | 13 |
| 49. | Mamma Mia! | 11 |
| 48. | Urinetown | 10 |
| 47. | Private Lives | 8 |
| 45. (2-way tie) | tick, tick... BOOM!, Topdog/Underdog | 7 |
| 44. | The Last 5 Years | 6 |
| 41. (3-way tie) | 36 Views, The Elephant Man, Noises Off | 5 |
| 36. (5-way tie) | Dance of Death, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Major Barbara, The Spitfire Grill, Thou Shalt Not | 4 |
| 31. (5-way tie) | Fortune's Fool, Franny's Way, Franz Kafka's The Castle, Metamorphoses, The Shape of Things | 3 |
| 21. (10-way tie) | Cymbeline (Theater for a New Audience), Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, The Glory of Living, Hedda Gabler, The Man Who Had All the Luck, Nocturne, Reefer Madness, The Seagull, The Women, Wonder of the World | 2 |
| 1. (20-way tie) | Cressida Among the Greeks, The Dazzle, Dragapella, Everett Beekin, Four, The Golem, Homebody/Kabul, Kilt, The Matchmaker, Monster, The Phantom Lady, Psych, QED, Streets of New York, Summer of '42, Swimming with Watermelons, Thief River, To You, The Birdie!, The Voice of the Turtle, World of Mirth | 1 |
Note that if we take this completely at face value, the smallest number of losses, wins! Of course, tickets for most of these "big winners" are mighty scarce (and not because they're sold
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