Well, it did get better over the past five weeks. That, or I at least liked it more the second time around. Probably the latter.
SPRING AWAKENING still remains the best musical of the year. But, without doubt, LEGALLY BLONDE is a better show than MARY POPPINS - and probably a better show than LOVEMUSIK and CURTAINS too.
Per Michael Riedel in the Post, the BLONDE snub was due to politics, as an attempt to prevent BLONDE from taking the Best Musical Tony from SPRING. If BLONDE had been nominated, it very easily could have taken the Tony, though SPRING is the better musical. Still, that remains no excuse to take away a nomination from BLONDE. Regardless of whether one feels it deserves the Best Musical Tony, BLONDE DESERVED A TONY NOMINATION FOR BEST MUSICAL. And again, I'm not saying it's a great musical. It's not. But in comparison with POPPINS and CURTAINS, it deserved a nomination over them.