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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 17:20:07 GMT
Kevin Spacey can sing. So I don't see the issue. He can but I doubt he will. Why wouldn't he? It's the Tonys... |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 17:21:35 GMT
He's a boring choice. You want to have some fun with your Tonys host, I don't think that's something that Spacey will naturally bring. I don't see why Spacey couldn't be fun. He's a great singer, he does fantastic impressions and he doesn't take himself too seriously. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 17:39:51 GMT
He can but I doubt he will. Why wouldn't he? It's the Tonys... We'll see, I'm happy to be proven wrong! |
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Post by Hamilton Addict on May 14, 2017 19:15:11 GMT
Kevin Spacey can sing. So I don't see the issue. He can but I doubt he will.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2017 4:14:06 GMT
Just got back from seeing Great Comet. Lucas Steele NEEDS that Tony. And not just because he kissed me on the cheek, I promise.
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Post by Mark on May 25, 2017 13:15:17 GMT
Just got back from seeing Great Comet. Lucas Steele NEEDS that Tony. And not just because he kissed me on the cheek, I promise. He's great. Hard one to call between him and Creel |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 12:08:25 GMT
So I see a few articles popping up today saying Bette won't be performing at the Tonys.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 13:20:46 GMT
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Post by ali973 on May 31, 2017 4:08:13 GMT
Lame. Honestly, I thought that his Act II opening was the most boring part of the evening. It serves well to get people back in their seats.
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Post by michalnowicki on May 31, 2017 10:07:08 GMT
Any idea if we can place bets on William Hill and such for Tonys?
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Post by 49thand8th on May 31, 2017 16:21:41 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 17:59:39 GMT
Scott Rudin, producer of Dolly, is a nasty piece of work (already aired on the Groundhog Day thread), he knows full well that Midler could perform one of her big numbers, Merrick even got them into a much smaller space for the Ed Sullivan show. The real reasons are Rudin's ego and that he couldn't control how such thin material would look. He's right, in a way, that it wouldn't come across well, but he's disingenuous about why.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2017 13:29:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2017 11:54:32 GMT
So I've now seen Great Comet, Come From Away, Groundhog Day, Dear Evan Hansen, Miss Saigon and Anastasia. I wont get around to seeing any of the others before the Tonys.
My choices from those I've seen are as follows:
BEST MUSICAL
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
BEST LEADING ACTOR
Andy Karl, Groundhog Day
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon
BEST FEATURED ACTOR
Lucas Steele, The Great Comet
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS
Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia
BEST SCORE
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
BEST BOOK
Come From Away
BEST DIRECTION
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anastasia
BEST SCENIC DESIGN
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Leading actor I'd be happy with Karl, Platt or Groban as I think their performances are all pretty much equally excellent. Leading actress I suspect I've missed out on the main performances there. Featured actor I'm heavily rooting for Steele, whilst acknowledging I haven't seen his main competitors. Faist shouldn't even be in there, would happily see John Bolton or Derek Klena take his place. With featured actress, I was a fan of Peil's strong yet emotional performance. Colella's role is a solo and nothing else and unfortunately I find Jones' character so irritating that I struggle to focus on the positives, I can't tell whether she makes the best out of an irritating character or if its her mannerisms/voice that make it worse for me.
Great Comet should and will dominate the techs, although I admit I was slightly more enamoured with Anastasia's costumes, but they're both gorgeous. Really think Comet deserves musical and score, with book I'll be happy as long as it isn't DEH.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2017 12:30:41 GMT
I still have a weird feeling Andy Karl is gonna win. I don't know why, but I just do.
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Post by Mark on Jun 2, 2017 15:00:24 GMT
I think Evan will take musical, book, score, actor and featured actress
Natasha will take most of the technical awards and featured actor for Steele (unless that goes to Creel)
Bette for best actress and Dolly for revival.
I could see CFA taking book maybe, but I think both it and GHD will be shut out. I'd love for Jenn Colella to win Featured actress but can't see that happening.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2017 3:36:41 GMT
Drama Desk results. I'll include the nominees, as it's super confusing what was eligble and not:
OUTSTANDING PLAY
If I Forget
Indecent
A Life
Oslo
Sweat
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL
Anastasia
The Band's Visit
Come From Away
Hadestown
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
The Front Page
The Hairy Ape
Jitney
The Little Foxes
"Master Harold"...and the Boys
Picnic
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Falsettos
Hello, Dolly!
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweet Charity
Tick, Tick...BOOM!
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Bobby Cannavale, The Hairy Ape
Daniel Craig, Othello
Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
David Hyde Pierce, A Life
John Douglas Thompson, Jitney
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Cate Blanchett, The Present
Laura Linney, The Little Foxes
Laurie Metcalf, A Doll's House, Part 2
Amy Ryan, Love, Love, Love
Harriet Walter, The Tempest
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Nick Blaemire, Tick, Tick...BOOM!
Jon Jon Briones, Miss Saigon
Nick Cordero, A Bronx Tale
Andy Karl, Groundhog Day
Jeremy Secomb, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Christy Altomare, Anastasia
Christine Ebersole, War Paint
Sutton Foster, Sweet Charity
Patti LuPone, War Paint
Bette Midler, Hello, Dolly!
Laura Osnes, Bandstand
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Michael Aronov, Oslo
Danny DeVito, The Price
Nathan Lane, The Front Page
Jeremy Shamos, If I Forget
Justice Smith, Yen
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jayne Houdyshell, A Doll's House, Part 2
Randy Graff, The Babylon Line
Marie Mullen, The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes
Emily Skinner, Public
Kate Walsh, If I Forget
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Gavin Creel, Hello, Dolly!
Jeffry Denman, Kid Victory
George Salazar, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Ari'el Stachel, The Band's Visit
Brandon Uranowitz, Falsettos
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kate Baldwin, Hello, Dolly!
Stephanie J. Block, Falsettos
Jen Colella, Come From Away
Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia
Nora Schell, Spamilton
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Richard Jones, The Hairy Ape
Anne Kauffman, A Life
Richard Nelson, What Did You Expect?/Women of a Certain Age
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jitney
Daniel Sullivan, The Little Foxes
Daniel Sullivan, If I Forget
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL (TIE)
Christopher Ashley, Come From Away
Bill Buckhurst, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Rachel Chavkin, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
David Cromer, The Band's Visit
Jerry Zaks, Hello, Dolly!
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY
Bandstand
Come From Away
The Hairy Ape
Hello, Dolly!
Holiday Inn
OUTSTANDING MUSIC
Anastasia
The Band's Visit
Bandstand
Beardo
Come From Away
OUTSTANDING LYRICS
The Band's Visit
Come From Away
Othello: The Remix
Spamilton
War Paint
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Anastasia
The Band's Visit
Bandstand
Come From Away
The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Anastasia
The Band's Visit
Bandstand
Come From Away
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
War Paint
OUTSTANDING MUSIC IN A PLAY
Alligator
Jitney
Notes From the Field
OUTSTANDING REVUE
Hello Dillie!
Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN FOR A PLAY
The Front Page
The Hairy Ape
Jitney
A Life
The Play That Goes Wrong
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN FOR A MUSICAL
946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Hello, Dolly!
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The View UpStairs
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN FOR A PLAY
The Front Page
Jitney
The Liar
The Little Foxes
Present Laughter
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN FOR A MUSICAL
Anastasia
Bandstand
Come From Away
Hello, Dolly!
The View UpStairs
War Paint
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN FOR A PLAY
The Hairy Ape
Indecent
The Judas Kiss
The Little Foxes
"Master Harold"...and the Boys
The Tempest
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN FOR A MUSICAL
946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Bandstand
Hadestown
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Sunset Boulevard
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN
Anastasia
CasablancaBox
Gorey: The Secret Lives of Edward Gorey
Notes From the Field
Vietgone
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN IN A PLAY
The Encounter
A Life
Men on Boats
Notes From the Field
Where Did We Sit on the Bus?
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN IN A MUSICAL
946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Anastasia
Cats
Hello, Dolly!
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
War Paint
OUTSTANDING WIG AND HAIR
Hello, Dolly!
The Little Foxes
Present Laughter
The View UpStairs
War Paint
Yours Unfaithfully
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Nancy Anderson, The Pen
Ed Dixon, Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose
Martin Ireland, On the Exhale
Sarah Jones, Sell/Buy/Date
Brian Quijada, Where Did We Sit on the Bus?
Anna Deavere Smith, Notes From the Field
UNIQUE THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE
CasablancaBox
The Ephemera Trilogy
The Paper Hate Game
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
OUTSTANDING FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY
The Hairy Ape
Quietly
Othello
Sweat
Troilus and Cressida
Yen
OUTSTANDING ADAPTATION
The Liar
The Trojan Woman
OUTSTANDING PUPPET DESIGN
946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
The Wolves
SPECIAL AWARD
Phil DaLuca
SAM NORKIN AWARD
Lila Neugebauer
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 - 4
The Band's Visit - 3
Come From Away - 3
Hello, Dolly! - 3
Jitney - 3
The Little Foxes - 3
Bandstand - 2
War Paint - 2
Anastasia - 1
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 1
The Encounter - 1
Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose - 1
Groundhog Day - 1
Indecent - 1
The Liar - 1
Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward - 1
Oslo - 1
The Play That Goes Wrong - 1
Present Laughter - 1
The Price - 1
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart - 1
Sweat - 1
The Wolves - 1
For reference, Dear Evan Hansen was eligible last year. It was nominated for three awards (Rachel Bay Jones for featured actress, outstanding lyrics which it won and outstanding projections). Natasha, Pierre was eligible in 2013 and only its new elements were considered this year. In 2013 it was nominated for outstanding musical, music, lyrics, director and costume design.
In terms of interesting results here, Natasha, Pierre is on track to do very well at next week's Tonys. It won the most awards of the night, despite not being eligible in many categories. Hello, Dolly! does not seem to be the strong competition in the tech categories that some people thought it may be, although it does look to be Creel vs. Steele for that featured actor Tony, with Bette and revival being likely locks. The closure of Falsettos appears to mean that it doesn't have the momentum for any wins on Tonys night, leaving Jen Colella as the dark horse behind Rachel Bay Jones for featured actress. Likewise, Andy Karl has firmly planted himself as the dark horse behind Ben Platt and looks to be the only potential Groundhog Day win. Bandstand won both of the awards it is Tony nominated for, but I suspect they will likely lose both to Natasha, Pierre when it is eligible, although War Paint could contend with the latter for best costume design. Come From Away did well and I am viewing it currently as the frontrunner for Best Book, as a way to award the show. I don't know much about plays but very interesting that Laura Linney has won both tonight and at the Outer Critics Circle awards over perceived frontrunner Laurie Metcalf, perhaps a Tonys upset next week too. Finally, The Band's Visit seems to have earned itself early frontrunner status for next season as it is transferring to Broadway and has done exceedingly well tonight for an off-Broadway show which are often overlooked at the Drama Desks for their Broadway counterparts.
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Post by madsonmelo on Jun 6, 2017 7:02:37 GMT
I think Great Comet will win basically all the tech awards - scenic, light, orchestrations, costume and choreography.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 10:32:47 GMT
If anything is gonna take those catagories from Comet, it will be War Paint for Costumes and Bandstand for Choreography.
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Post by madsonmelo on Jun 7, 2017 2:02:51 GMT
War Paint winning is a real shot, but I'd be shocked if Bandstand wins, I don't even remember the last non-Best Musical nominee to win Choreography, but it's my runner up lol
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 14:09:16 GMT
It seems that everyone is saying the locks for acting catagories are: Bette, Ben, Gavin and Rachel.
But, there are two potential upsets in Andy Karl and Jen Cohella, who have both swept the Actor and Featured Actress catagories at every awards ceremony this year. Now bearing in mind Ben and Rachel weren't eligable at other awards this year as they were considered last year, I do wonder if there will be at least one upset. If it does happen, it seems more likely Cohella wins, but I could see Andy being a spoiler too!
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Post by Mark on Jun 7, 2017 14:23:19 GMT
It seems that everyone is saying the locks for acting catagories are: Bette, Ben, Gavin and Rachel. But, there are two potential upsets in Andy Karl and Jen Cohella, who have both swept the Actor and Featured Actress catagories at every awards ceremony this year. Now bearing in mind Ben and Rachel weren't eligable at other awards this year as they were considered last year, I do wonder if there will be at least one upset. If it does happen, it seems more likely Cohella wins, but I could see Andy being a spoiler too! Don't forget Stephanie J Block in Featured. Lucas Steele is real competition for Creel also (I don't believe he was eligible for the other awards). I can't see Ben not winning |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 14:24:10 GMT
I think it'll be a real shame if Andy Karl wins over Ben Platt. It's a good performance but it's nowhere near as terrific as Ben's. I think if it goes to Andy it'll be because of his previous work and not because of his performance in this show and also because they'll want to give 'Groundhog Day' something because it probably won't win in any of the other categories.
It'll be a big fat boo to the Tonys if Jennifer Ehle loses out to sneaky Laura Linney in Lead Actress in a Play too.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 14:53:52 GMT
I agree ultimately Ben will win and rightly so, both are deserving.
I think Featured Actress is the questionable one, I think its gonna be a three way race. But I imagine ultimately it will be Rachel or Jenn. Poor Stephanie, I would love to see her win!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 14:56:26 GMT
Its a weird one, because Ben won no major awards last year, and wasn't even nominated for the Drama Desk. His only major win was the Drama League. Whereas Andy hs won all the major awards this year bar the Drama League. Its a weird one.
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