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 out).

All Stars

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.	Fortune's Fool, Metamorphoses (MVP 2-way tie)	.667
3.	The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?	.556
4.	The Dazzle, The Women	.500
6.	Private Lives	.429
7.	Urinetown	.412
8.	Noises Off, Thoroughly Modern Millie	.375
10.	Elaine Stritch: At Liberty	.333
11.	Oklahoma!	.308
12.	The Last 5 Years	.250
13.	Into the Woods	.208
14.	Sweet Smell of Success	.130
15.	tick, tick... BOOM!	.125
16.	The Crucible	.071
17.	Morning's at Seven	.053

Bear in mind that despite their relatively respectable performance at the plate, many of these players have been sent to farm teams, dropped to the minors, and/or retired to the old ballplayers home. And regardless of their poor performances at the plate, a number of these "hitless" wonders continue to play in the majors.

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 - Beginning of the End

Big Chart
Jumping to Conclusions - Pt. 1
Jumping to Conclusions - Pt. 2

If masochism runs in your genes, you may also browse awards of years' past:

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Originally published at Suite101.com Theatre, 4/16 - 8/27/02

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