Harvey Weinstein Reveals Regret Over Last Year's 'NEVERLAND' Tony Performance: 'Maybe I Wouldn't Have Done It'

In a new interview with Billboard.com, producer Harvey Weinstein reveals that he has regrets over last year's FINDING NEVERLAND performance by Jennifer Hudson on the 2014 Tony Awards. Many in the theater community took offense to a performance from a show which was not yet on Broadway by a singer who was not even a member of the cast.

Weinstein admits that the push to get his new show exposure on national TV may have cost his stars, Matthew Morrison, Kelsey Grammer and Laura Michelle Kelly the opportunity to receive Tony nods for their performances at this year's awards ceremony. "The Tony committee spanked us by being unorthodox," explains Weinstein. "The Broadway community likes to do things a certain way, and I think we paid the price for it. If I had to do it all over again, maybe I wouldn't have done it."

The producer goes on to lament, "Tony love is very nice for a show, especially our cast. But this has nothing to do with Matthew or Kelsey or Laura Michelle or [director] Diane [Paulus.] This was Broadway saying, 'Hey, Hollywood boy, you and Denzel [Washington] and your buddy Jake [Gyllenhaal], this is our turf. Play by the rules or don't.'"

Weinstein shares that he may go about things a little differently for his next theatrical project, a musical adaptation of Around The World In 80 Days. "We'll try to find the happy medium," he offers.

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Watch Jennifer Hudson's performance on last year's TONY AWARDS below:

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