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
67.	Meridith Wilson's The Music Man	22 (Big Loser)
66.	Kiss Me, Kate	20
65.	The Wild Party (NYSF)	18
64.	The Wild Party (MTC)	17
63.	James Joyce's The Dead	15
62.	Contact	14
61.	Swing!	13
58. (3-way)	Amadeus, Dirty Blonde, Marie Christine	12
57.	True West	11
55. (2-way)	The Real Thing, Uncle Vanya	10
54.	Aida	9
53.	A Moon for the Misbegotten	8
51. (2-way)	Kat and the Kings, Waiting in the Wings	6
47. (4-way)	Dinner with Friends, An Experiment with an Air Pump, The Price, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan	5
43. (4-way)	The Green Bird, Jesus Christ Superstar, Saturday Night, The Tale of the Allergist's Wife	4
40. (3-way)	Copenhagen, The Iceman Cometh, Saturday Night Fever	3
25. (15-way)	The Big Bang, The Bomb-itty of Errors, The Cider House Rules, Coyote on a Fence, Jar the Floor, Jitney, Jolson & Co., Putting It Together, Ring Round the Moon, Shockheaded Peter, Space, The Time of the Cuckoo, Waste, Wrong Mountain	2
4. (21-way)	American Buffalo, The Author's Voice/Imagining Brad, Chesapeake, Contact with the Enemy, East is East, An Empty Plate at the Cafe du Grand Boeuf, Epic Proportions, Fuddy Meers, Give Me Your Answer, Do!, In the Blood, It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, Last Train to Nibroc, The Moment When, Our Lady of Sligo, Rainmaker, Rose, Squonk, Tango Argentino, Voices in the Dark, The Water Engine, Y2K	1
1. (3-way tie)	After the Fair, Charlie Victor Romeo, The Waverly Gallery	0 (Big Winners!)

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 out.)

Berry Berry Good

Of course, that makes little sense, does it? Much more sensical, although equally pointless, is to look at the win-to-loss percentage ratio. If we divide the number of awards won by the total nominations for each winner, we come up with something like baseball batting averages. So here then, is the list of winners. (Shows with no hits have been dropped from the chart.)

Ranking	Show	Batting Avg.
1.	After the Fair (MVP)	1.000
1.	Charlie Victor Romeo (MVP)	1.000
1.	The Waverly Gallery (MVP)	1.000
2.	Copenhagen	.727
3.	Contact	.563
4.	Fuddy Meers	.500
4.	Jitney	.500
4.	Voices in the Dark	.500
5.	Kiss Me, Kate	.487
6.	A Moon for the Misbegotten	.385
7.	The Real Thing	.333
8.	Aida	.308
9.	Dinner with Friends	.286
9.	The Ride Down Mt. Morgan	.286
10.	The Dead	.250
10.	The Iceman Cometh	.250
10.	Waiting in the Wings	.250
11.	The Green Bird	.200
11.	Waiting in the Wings	.200
12.	The Price	.167
13.	The Wild Party (NYSF)	.143
14.	The Wild Party (MTC)	.105
15.	Uncle Vanya	.091
16.	The Music Man	.083
17.	Amadeus	.077
18.	Marie Christine	.077

Bear in mind that, despite their relatively respectable performance at the plate, many of these players have been sent to farm teams and/or dropped to the minors.

Our congratulations are extended to all the players. Win or lose, remember it's only a game!

Click here for Part I - The Acting Categories.
Click here for Part II - The Creative, Show and Technical Categories.
Click here for Part III - Everything Else That Didn't Fit.
Click here for Part IV - Out-of Town.
Click here for Part V.

Click here for the Big Chart.
Click here for Jumping to Conclusions - Pt. 1
Click here for Jumping to Conclusions - Pt. 2

If masochism runs in your genes, you may also browse awards of years' past:
1997 Awards charts
1998 Awards charts
1999 Awards charts

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Originally published at Suite101.com Theatre, 4/18 - 8/15/00

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