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Post by raider80 on Apr 15, 2019 16:17:55 GMT
Oklahoma! Not even a a competition.
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 17, 2019 15:32:03 GMT
The Drama League Award nominations have been announced, with their endless list of performers. It doesn't really help narrowing down potential Tony nominees but still. Who is notably absent?
DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AWARD
Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom
Annette Bening, All My Sons
Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Our Lady of 121st Street
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
Eboni Booth, Dance Nation
Alex Brightman, Beetlejuice
Josh Charles, Straight White Men
Paddy Considine, The Ferryman
Jordan E. Cooper, Ain't No Mo'
Bryan Cranston, Network
Jeff Daniels, To Kill A Mockingbird
Jessica Frances Dukes, Meet Vera Stark
André De Shields, Hadestown
Adam Driver, Burn This
Edie Falco, The True
Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Harriett D. Foy, House That Will Not Stand
Lynda Gravatt, The House That Will Not Stand and The Revolving Cycles Truly and Steadily Roll'd
Amber Gray, Hadestown
Jake Gyllenhaal, Sea Wall/A Life
Ammar Haj Ahmad, The Jungle
Ethan Hawke, True West
Marin Ireland, Blue Ridge and Summer and Smoke
Zainab Jah, Boesman and Lena
Nikki M. James, Twelfth Night
Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill A Mockingbird
Leslie Kritzer, Beetlejuice
Beth Leavel, The Prom
Tracy Letts, All My Sons
Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery
Janet McTeer, Bernhardt/Hamlet
Laurie Metcalf, Hillary and Clinton
Bonnie Milligan, Head Over Heels
Gregg Mozgala, Teenage Dick
Kelli O’Hara, Kiss Me, Kate
Jeremy Pope, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations and Choir Boy
Carey Mulligan, Girls and Boys
Anika Noni Rose, Carmen Jones
Debra Jo Rupp, The Cake
Stacey Sargeant, Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future
Heidi Schreck, What The Constitution Means To Me
Steven Skybell, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
Keith Randolph Smith, Paradise Blue
Ali Stroker, Oklahoma!
Michael Stuhlbarg, Socrates
Ephraim Sykes, Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
Ben Turner, The Jungle
Ana Villafañe, Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag
Kerry Washington, American Son
Julie White, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Ruth Wilson, King Lear
BD Wong, The Great Leap
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Ain't Too Proud
Beetlejuice
Be More Chill
The Cher Show
Hadestown
Head Over Heels
The Hello Girls
King Kong
The Prom
Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future
Tootsie
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
Carmen Jones
Fidler on the Roof in Yiddish
Kiss Me, Kate
Oklahoma!
Ordinary Days
Smokey Joe's Café
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties
Dance Nation
Fairview
The Ferryman
Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
The House That Will Not Stand
The Jungle
The Lehman Trilogy
Network
Paradise Blue
Teenage Dick
To Kill a Mockingbird
What the Constitution Means to Me
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY PLAY*
All My Sons
Boesman and Lena
Burn This
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Choir Boy
King Lear
Torch Song
Twelfth Night
The Waverly Gallery
*The Broadway revival of The Boys in the Band was deemed ineligible for the Outstanding Revival of a Play category as the production did not accommodate nominators due to the limited run and availability.
As the Distinguished Performance Award can only be awarded to an individual once in an artist's lifetime, the League gave special recognition to six former recipients who appeared in productions this year but were deemed ineligible: the previously mentioned Jackson (King Lear), Stockard Channing (Apologia), Glenn Close (Mother of the Maid), Cherry Jones (The Lifespan of a Fact), Nathan Lane (Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus), John Lithgow (Hillary and Clinton), Stephen Rea (Cyprus Avenue).
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Post by raider80 on Apr 17, 2019 17:13:10 GMT
Big three names are missing:
Mary Testa for Oklahoma!
Bertie Carvel for Ink
Johnny Lee Miller for Ink
In fact, Ink really didn't get a lot of love here,
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 17, 2019 18:25:48 GMT
I'm surprised Ink didn't get a Play nomination either.
Also, no Laura Donnelly for The Ferryman is a real surprise.
I'm sad Andy Karl and Samantha Barks didn't get on there either, I don't think Pretty Woman will do well with Tony nominations but I'd love to see either or both nominated.
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Post by missthelma on Apr 17, 2019 18:55:02 GMT
I was expecting Torch Song to get some attention in individual performers, it seemed to get a lot of praise for the acting when it opened. Didn't notice Ink being ignored till it was mentioned here, that is quite surprising too. Given that they seem to nominate virtually anybody who has brushed up against a stage in the last 12 months, it must really sting to be left out, you can rationalise missing out on one of four/five slots but in this case my insecurity would be running rampant. WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME!!!!
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 17, 2019 19:08:15 GMT
It should be noted, there is apparently a rule where only two performances at most can be nominated per production. So if there is a third performer you think is missing, that's why. Because, with Hamilton for example, Lin and Daveed were nominated twice (which is a stupid rule, but that's another issue), but if it was open to more than two, you know most of the cast would of been nominated because of the hype Hamilton had.
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Post by Fleance on Apr 20, 2019 1:01:31 GMT
Well, I think one thing is clear this year. Elaine May will win all the awards for her amazing performance in The Waverly Gallery.
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 20, 2019 7:43:50 GMT
Well, I think one thing is clear this year. Elaine May will win all the awards for her amazing performance in The Waverly Gallery.
I assumed Glenda Jackson would win everything for King Lear? Though she did win last year so maybe it's not in the cards for her, though not unusual as we saw with Laurie Metcalf winning consecutively. |
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Post by Fleance on Apr 20, 2019 13:54:52 GMT
Well, I think one thing is clear this year. Elaine May will win all the awards for her amazing performance in The Waverly Gallery.
I assumed Glenda Jackson would win everything for King Lear? Though she did win last year so maybe it's not in the cards for her, though not unusual as we saw with Laurie Metcalf winning consecutively. I saw Ms. Jackson as King Lear at the Old Vic a few years ago. She was great, and the production, directed by Deborah Warner, was good. I don't know why they didn't bring Warner over to recreate that production, because Sam Gold's New York production has been almost universally panned, which has tainted almost everything about the show. Jackson did get good reviews for her performance, but the fact that the whole production is a mess will probably affect the voters. But the bottom line is that Elaine May's performance was hailed as a really brilliant performance of a lifetime, so I think she will win. |
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Post by raider80 on Apr 20, 2019 16:32:06 GMT
I just got back from my America trip and I saw most of the shows that will probably be nominated for the Tonys.
Best Musical:
It is going to be a tossup between Hadestown, Tootsie, and The Prom. Honestly, I can see all three of them winning, but it will probably be between Tootsie and Hadestown. Tootsie is on the same level as Groundhog Day as it is a true adaptation of a movie by keeping the same plot of the movie but it is not the movie on stage. It is a real feel good time with great performances by Santino Fontana and Sarah Stiles and David Yazbek's music and lyrics are a complete 180 from The Bands Visit. Hadestown has the momentum right now and most of the critics seemed to like it. I thought Hadestown was a good night out but it is not a great masterpiece of theatre that the stans claim it to be.
Another strike for Hadestown is that it came from the NT. Tony voters, especially the older ones, don't usually give a lot of love to British musicals following the mega-musicals of the 1980s. The Will Rogers Follies won over Miss Siagon and Kinky Boots sweep over Matilda are the two biggest examples. Even though Hadestown is an American Musical, the production transfer from the National Theatre might rub some Tony Voters the wrong way.
But, a positive for Hadestown is the last four best musicals have all started either off-broadway or a non-profit theatre company.
I would give Ain't Too Proud the four slot for Best Musical but, the nomination is the win for them. If I was a tony voter, I would vote for Tootsie because it was just such a fun show.
Best Actress:
Queen Stephanie J. Block for The Cher Show. It's not going to be a competition. Beth Level, Eva Noblezada, and Rebecca Naomi Jones will round out the category.
Best Actor:
I think it's going to Santino Fontana. He gives a great performance in Tootsie and how he is able to change from a woman to a man in such a short time period is amazing. The two Oklahoma leads will probably cancel each other out. (Is Jud a lead role? I think it is.) The fourth slot will most likely be Brooks Ashmanskas of The Prom, but I can see Reeve Carney getting the last slot as well.
Best Supporting Actress:
This one is a hard one. Sarah Stiles, Ali Stroker, and Amber Gray all give steller performances. The award is out for grabs on this one. I'm going to give the slightest edge to Ali Stroker for her number, "I Cain't Say No" but I can see the other two woman winning and I don't have a problem with that.
Best Supporting Actor:
I hope Christopher Sieber finally gets some Tony love, he is a true journey man. The Hadestown men will cancel each other out and Rob McClure's nomination is a win for Beetlejuice.
Best Music and Lyrics:
Either Hadestown or Tootsie.
Best Book:
Tootsie or The Prom
Best Director:
Rachel Chavkin
Best Sets and Lighting:
The Beetlejuice house will win. King Kong is impressive but only win the puppet is on stage, the rest of the show is projection scenes.
*I'm going off the National Theatre production of Hadestown, I didn't see it on Broadway.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 17:10:59 GMT
Hadestown didn't exactly *come* from the NT, it was just one of many stops on its way to Broadway.
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Post by raider80 on Apr 20, 2019 17:23:47 GMT
I know but it was the last stop. Tony voters might not know the whole production history.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2019 4:25:04 GMT
I know but it was the last stop. Tony voters might not know the whole production history. Hadestown will win there is no competition I am going to leave theatreboard.co.uk next week |
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 21, 2019 10:30:26 GMT
Beetlejuice has to win Set Design, there is absolutely no competition.
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Post by Mark on Apr 21, 2019 11:09:41 GMT
Beetlejuice has to win Set Design, there is absolutely no competition. I think you're right. It will be interesting with Kong too, as there isn't really a category they can award the puppet in. I wonder if it will get a special award? |
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 21, 2019 11:18:18 GMT
Beetlejuice has to win Set Design, there is absolutely no competition. I think you're right. It will be interesting with Kong too, as there isn't really a category they can award the puppet in. I wonder if it will get a special award? see I'd argue that the puppet isn't Set and shouldn't be considered as such. But it is amazing so you're right, maybe a special award in that instance would be worth considering. |
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Post by musicalmarge on Apr 22, 2019 12:02:31 GMT
I hope The Prom wins best new musical. I adored it!
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 22, 2019 13:36:07 GMT
I've had The Prom working it's way up my list slowly as the one to win. It seems so fun and heartfelt, and I think alot of people appear to be loving it. I could well see it being the eventual winner if it can get past Hadestown.
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Post by Mark on Apr 22, 2019 13:39:39 GMT
I've had The Prom working it's way up my list slowly as the one to win. It seems so fun and heartfelt, and I think alot of people appear to be loving it. I could well see it being the eventual winner if it can get past Hadestown. Much like last year though, I can see voters going for the more “artsy” show in Hadestown like with The Bands Visit (which I found truly awful), than the “fun” show in The Prom (haven’t seen Tootsie). Hadestown I found very mediocre, wheras Prom was just pure joy from beginning to end. |
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Post by musicalmarge on Apr 22, 2019 14:00:11 GMT
I've had The Prom working it's way up my list slowly as the one to win. It seems so fun and heartfelt, and I think alot of people appear to be loving it. I could well see it being the eventual winner if it can get past Hadestown. Much like last year though, I can see voters going for the more “artsy” show in Hadestown like with The Bands Visit (which I found truly awful), than the “fun” show in The Prom (haven’t seen Tootsie). Hadestown I found very mediocre, wheras Prom was just pure joy from beginning to end. Agreed. I could see The Prom every week for the rest of my life! Ha |
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 23, 2019 15:22:01 GMT
First real awards just announced, the Outer Critics. Hadestown (12 noms) and Tootsie (10 noms) lead the pack. Nice to see those in charge of the King Kong puppet get special recognition.
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
The Ferryman
Ink
Network
To Kill a Mockingbird
What the Constitution Means to Me
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
Be More Chill
Hadestown
Head Over Heels
The Prom
Tootsie
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY
Fairview
The House That Will Not Stand
Lewiston / Clarkston
The Light
White Noise
OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL
The Beast in the Jungle
Black Light
Girl From the North Country
The Hello Girls
Midnight at the Never Get
OUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Robert Horn, Tootsie
Conor McPherson, Girl From the North Country
Peter Mills and Cara Reichel, The Hello Girls
Anaïs Mitchell, Hadestown
Jeff Whitty and James Magruder, Head Over Heels
OUTSTANDING NEW SCORE
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. The Prom
Joe Iconis. Be More Chill
Peter Mills. The Hello Girls
Anaïs Mitchell. Hadestown
David Yazbeck, Tootsie
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
All My Sons
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
Juno and the Paycock
Our Lady of 121st Street
The Waverly Gallery
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
(Broadway or Off-Broadway)
Carmen Jones
Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish (A Fidler Afn Dakh)
Kiss Me, Kate
Oklahoma!
Smokey Joe's Cafe
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Rupert Goold, Ink
Sam Mendes, The Ferryman
Jack O'Brien , All My Sons
Bartlett Sher , To Kill a Mockingbird
Logan Vaughn, The Light
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown
Scott Ellis, Tootsie
Daniel Fish, Oklahoma!
Joel Grey, Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish)
Cara Reichel, The Hello Girls
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER
Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me, Kate
Christopher Gattelli, The Cher Show
Denis Jones, Tootsie
David Neumann, Hadestown
Sergio Trujillo, Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Beowulf Boritt, Bernhardt/Hamlet
Bunny Christie, Ink
Rachel Hauck, Hadestown
Rob Howell, The Ferryman
David Korins, Beetlejuice
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Rob Howell, The Ferryman
Bob Mackie, The Cher Show
William Ivey Long, Beetlejuice
William Ivey Long, Tootsie
Arianne Phillips, Head Over Heels
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Neil Austin, Ink
Stacey Derosier, Lewiston / Clarkston
Bradley King, Hadestown
Jason Lyons, Sugar in Our Wounds
Peter Mumford, King Kong
OUTSTANDING PROJECTION DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
Peter England, King Kong
Alex Basco Koch, Be More Chill
Peter Nigrini, Beetlejuice
Jeff Sugg, All My Sons
Tal Yarden, Network
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN
(Play or Musical)
John Gromada, All My Sons
Peter Hylenski, King Kong
Drew Levy, Oklahoma!
Eric Sleichim, Network
Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, Hadestown
OUTSTANDING ORCHESTRATIONS
Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose, Hadestown
Simon Hale, Girl From the North Country
Joseph Joubert, Carmen Jones
Daniel Kluger, Oklahoma!
Harold Wheeler, Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAY
McKinley Belcher III, The Light
Bryan Cranston, Network
Daveed Diggs, White Noise
Bill Irwin, On Beckett
Jeremy Pope, Choir Boy
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Glenn Close, Mother of the Maid
Edie Falco, The True
Glenda Jackson, King Lear
Mandi Masden, The Light
Elaine May, The Waverly Gallery
OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Brooks Ashmanskas, The Prom
Reeve Carney, Hadestown
Damon Daunno, Oklahoma!
Santino Fontana, Tootsie
Steven Skybell, Fiddler on the Roof (in Yiddish)
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Stephanie J. Block, The Cher Show
Kelli O'Hara, Kiss Me, Kate
Beth Leavel, The Prom
Anika Noni Rose, Carmen Jones
Mare Winningham, Girl From the North Country
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Bertie Carvel, Ink
John Clay III, Choir Boy
Hugh Dancy, Apologia
John Procaccino, Downstairs
Benjamin Walker, All My Sons
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Joan Allen, The Waverly Gallery
Stephanie Berry, Sugar in Our Wounds
Fionnula Flanagan, The Ferryman
Harriett D. Foy, The House That Will Not Stand
Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill a Mockingbird
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
John Behlmann, Tootsie
André De Shields, Hadestown
Reg Rogers, Tootsie
George Salazar, Be More Chill
Ephraim Sykes, Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
OUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Amber Gray, Hadestown
Leslie Kritzer, Beetlejuice
Bonnie Milligan, Head Over Heels
Sarah Stiles, Tootsie
Ali Stroker, Oklahoma!
OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
Mike Birbiglia, The New One
Maddie Corman, Accidentally Brave
Jake Gyllenhaal, A Life
Carey Mulligan, Girls & Boys
Renée Taylor, My Life on a Diet
JOHN GASSNER AWARD
(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)
Jeremy O. Harris, Slave Play
Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell, and Gordon Farrell, The Lifespan of a Fact
Donja R. Love, Sugar in Our Wounds
Ming Peiffer, Usual Girls
Charly Evon Simpson, Behind the Sheet
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
The Executive Committee voted and decided upon the presentation of Special Achievement Awards to:
The Puppetry Team That Created and Operates King Kong, recognizing the artistry and technical achievement that brings a 2,000-pound gorilla to life:
• Puppet designer and builder Sonny Tilders and the Creature Technology Company
• Scenic designer Peter England, who collaborated on the aesthetics of the puppet
• Aerial and movement director Gavin Robbins
• The members of the King's Company, who move Kong on stage: Mike Baerga, Rhaamell Burke-Missouri, Jōvan Dansberry, Casey Garvin, Gabriel Hyman, Marty Lawson, Roberto Olvera, Khadija Tariyan, Lauren Yalango-Grant, and David Yijae
• Kong's Voodoo Operators, who control his facial expressions: Jon Hoche, Danny Miller and Jacob Williams.
The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Evans Haile, Executive Director), in recognition of 50 years of producing new musicals, as well as classics from the past
PLEASE NOTE:
This season's early production of The Boys in the Band was not eligible for Outer Critics Circle Awards because the production did not accommodate the nominators, due to the limited ticket availability and limited run of the show.
Only new elements of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song were considered for its Broadway transfer.
Per the petitioning of its producers, the Broadway production of Hadestown was considered in all musical-related categories due to substantial changes in its book, score, and production.
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Post by raider80 on Apr 23, 2019 16:23:14 GMT
Surprised Head Over Heels got two nominations including Best Musical!
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 23, 2019 17:09:33 GMT
Surprised Head Over Heels got two nominations including Best Musical! it got four nominations!  I've read several predicting that with the Musical performance catagories, three of them are a bit interchangable in terms of performers, but Featured Actress is pretty much what to expect come nominations announcement. |
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Post by missthelma on Apr 23, 2019 17:51:48 GMT
Best actor in a play leaves out some of the favourites again, Jeff Daniels, Michael Urie, Tracy Letts Paddy Considine.
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 23, 2019 17:56:49 GMT
Best actor in a play leaves out some of the favourites again, Jeff Daniels, Michael Urie, Tracy Letts Paddy Considine. Michael Urie wasn't eligible as that production was eligible for its Off-Broadway run so only new elements were considered, which unfortunately meant that backfired on Urie as he wasn't nominated last time around either. |
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