Tony Awards 2017

Oooo what an interesting? choice. I will be intrigued to see what he does!

Looks like the Best Musical nominees are pretty locked in to be Groundhog Day, Dear Evan Hansen, Great Comet and Come From Away right?

Not really here for this choice. If they have to have another white man can it at least be one that will sing and dance for my entertainment?

Still excited for the night though.

snutte, first of all, loved the earlier comment. You're my new favorite.

From what I've seen/heard of War Paint so far, I feel that it really missed the mark with what it has to say and what it should say for a show written in 2017. It could have been truly progressive, but a show put together by three men about two women resulted in an older gay man's fantasy. Having said that, I'm booked to see it in May. So..I really don't know if it will get a Tony nod, but not impossible.

Anastasia, forget about it. Commercially it seems to be doing just fine, and I think it has some good merits in terms of design and costumes (purists will disagree because of its exclusive use of an LED screen to provide the scenery). The book also seems to be rudimentary, and overall, I don't see anything cutting edge about it in this competitive season. Its title character and Mary Beth Peil could get a nomination though. I doubt Christy would win, but Mary is a possibility.

I think Groundhog Day might be one of those shows that would get a total snub this year. Every now and then there seems to be a major show that is totally left out, and I feel that Groundhog Day might be the victim this year. Andy Karl will certainly get a nomination, because he's up for it just about every year and never gets it, and I think the committee will try hard to champion for him after showing relentless dedication and fortitude during the preview periods. I think it'll either be him or Ben Platt. Groban will get nominated, but under no circumstances should he win. He was just fine, but I would think he's got a better chance of winning if his character would be in the supporting actor than lead. I felt that there was no male lead in Comet, TBH.

Revivals: Glenn Close aside, is Sunset Boulevard eligible for anything? If so, they might throw in Michael Xavier but there's no way he'd win nor should he, and Fred, who is excellent, but not as good as George Hearn's Max who got the Tony in '95. Miss Saigon won't get a lick of attention, including Jon Jon. Dolly WILL win best revival, and likely that Midler wins best actress. Supporting actor could possibly be nabbed by Gavin Creel.

I'm sure he will, but I feel this is the only nomination the show will get. POSSIBLY best musical, but I doubt it. The rest I think will be completely overlooked.

It virtually had no competition in London. Dreamgirls is one of my favorite shows before it even opened in London, but let's face it, the book is dire and at times really really basic. School of Rock? Get real. The Girls? Girl, please.

When you compare it to shows like Comet, Dear Evan Hansen, most of the critical theatre going audiences and committee members would roll their eyes at the fact that its yet another movie-to-musical written by a group of foreign men. Don't get me wrong, I like the show a LOT, but things need to be taken into context.

I think the four will be Groundhog Day, Comet, DEH and Come Fly Away. I do not think Bandstand will be nominated. But will see

Mr. Riedel of the New York Post is predicting Andy Karl, Ben Platt, Corey Cott and David Hyde Pierce to be the Lead Actor in a Musical nominees, with Andy and Ben being the ones battling it out. But ultimately I think it will be Ben.

Yea I'm sure it will be Ben because it's the "worthier" part and those tend to win awards all the time.

Since I haven't seen Groundhog Day, I can't comment on Andy Karl's performance, but personally I think it's more difficult to pull off a character who's initially rather unlikeable and who needs to win the audience's affection than someone who's got the audience on his side from the first minute because who can't to some extent identify with the awkward outsider wanting to be loved?

I agree with you fully- I think it's more of a supporting role..but it's a high profile show with a famous singer. So perhaps they'll do it anyway.

Falsettos was boring as far as I'm concerned and wouldn't be disappointed if no one gets any accolade because I kind of hated being there seeing the tuneless show (I have friends who would kill me for this)..But it seems like it has some of those meaty-Tony type characters. What about Xavier and Johansen from Sunset? Is Sunset eligbable for any awards at all?

Yes.
(Link if anyone wants it: dramaleague.org/awards/nominees)

^ Quite. What is the criteria for the Drama League awards? "You opened"? In fact I think I actually might be nominated too!