#schmigadoon!

New Shows:

Schmigadoon!: Obviously this was the big winner of the night, getting Best New Musical, Best Book and Best Original Score. This will only help a show that has yet to crack the $1M mark at the box office and get butts into seats. It's a crowd pleaser kind of show and I think the tourist crowd will start to fill the theater. The Tonys gave this show credibility and it will be seen as more than just the Apple TV musical.

The Lost Boys: While they missed out on Best Musical and Book, they picked up awards for Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, and most importantly both nominees for featured actor in a musical (Shoshana Bean and Ali Louis Bourzgui). The wins tell an audience that this is a big spectacle show with amazing acting, which will also help pull in an audience. This is a show that very much appeals to younger theater-goers and while the show has done relatively well since opening, it should benefit from its wins.

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York): This is a show that has not been doing great since opening and has been losing steam over the past few months. They very much needed a win at the Tonys and did not get it, so I do think that they are in danger of closing sooner rather than later. The one saving grace it has is that it's running costs are lower than many other shows, but it's not really making money. If that doesn't change, I expect to see a closing notice.

Titanique: This is another show that has been struggling at the box office, and leaving the Tonys with no wins isn't going to help matters. Maybe audiences are starting to tire of jukebox shows, but like Two Strangers, they very much needed a win to start putting butts in seats. They didn't get it and I do expect to see a closing notice shortly.

Revivals:

Ragtime: As the best selling show of the season (new & revival), they certainly didn't need to win but they won big. Best Revival and both acting awards (Joshua Henry & Cassie Levy). With the show selling out nearly every week, this hopefully will lead to an extension past the planned closing on August 2. The wins will make tickets even harder to get. This will certainly help sales for the tour set to start in 2027.

Cats: The Jellicle Ball: They didn't leave empty handed and picked up a big win for Direction, along with Costume Design and Choreography. I don't think that these awards will necessarily help at the box office, but they'll have some benefit of being able to advertise as a Tony winning production. They're doing relatively well at the box office, but not great and did need the boost. I don't think that they're in any immediate danger of closing anytime soon, but how much longevity the production has remains to be seen.

Chess: Totally shut out and closing. Nothing more to be said.

The Rocky Horror Show: They also went home empty handed, but I don't think it's going to hurt them (at least in the short term). They're selling very well currently (breaking the $1M mark every week since May) and they're in no danger of closing anytime soon. How much longevity the show has is an open question, but unless sales really dip, I expect them to remain open at least through the summer.