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UWS10023 said: "briansb said: "bwayphreak234 said: "If Colton Ryan slips in over Andrew Burnap, I will be so disappointed."

My sole Tony-wishlist item for this year is an Andrew Burnap nomination. I did love Camelot despite many detractors, and I'm pretty sure 95% of that was because of his performance."

Me too!"

I agree.  This is the biggest disappointment of the morning (thus far) for me.

If it makes the cut, it would be Sorkin's first Tony nomination.  (Which would make for a great trivia question in about decade.)

I think he'd be very good.  If the movie goes forward, I expect either him or Andrew Garfield will end up getting cast as Tevye.

I obviously have no clue what they're doing, but I have wondered if they tried to get Liza Minnelli for a cameo/small role.

For those who have seen Camelot, do you think it will be eligible for Best Book?

EAPEAPMO said: " If they take down Leading Actress, Score, Orchestratoins, Choreography, Scenic Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design, and Sound Design, all of which I think they're going to be at least nominated for (and probably in the lead for Actress, Orchestrations, Scenic Design and Costume Design), ?"

I 100% believe that Anna's great, but I'd be shocked if she's in the lead for a very competitive actress field.

JasonC3 said: "In today's New York Times, "Camelot, Beloved but Befuddled, Gets the Aaron Sorkin Treatment" (gift link so no paywall).

from the article:

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Really interesting article, especially this bit:

"Sorkin quickly realized that two songs, in particular, posed problems: the sexist-sounding “How to Handle a Woman” and the classist-sounding “What Do the Simple Folk Do?”

Will Camelot/Sorkin be eligible for Best Book?

Add me to the list that thinks Colton comes off as a charisma void in the trailer.  It's really bad.  I only hope it's less noticeable on stage.

Luminaire2 said: "

I think musicals could be okay.  (I like the idea of splitting into comedies and dramas.)  But plays are heavily slanted to male roles. Plus, some people are just misogynistic. I think we could see a lot of years with 80-100% of the nominees are male.  And that helps nobody.  Furthermore, having the separate genders encourages the best playwrites to write roles for women.

An example this year in music: https://www.varsity.co.uk/music/24846

This is a problem with no good solutions, and for that reason, I'm not completely opposed to going to gender-less categories.  But let's not pretend there isn't a serious drawback to that.

BETTY22 said: "I'm surprised this isn't selling better.

The show never exploded with commercial success - but I thought Ben's fan base would sell this out."

I'm not sure any actor could sell out a six month run of Parade at normal Broadway prices.

If anybody was actually worried that they wouldn't be able to get tickets because a musical about lynching would sell out a 6 month run in 1 day, there were still hundreds of seats left for all the dates I was looking at in May.

Add me to the list of people who doesn't think this can fill a Broadway theater for 6 months.  For this to work, they would need to be able to recoup in a much shorter time or have a much bigger star.  And even that might not be enough.

Broadway is a really hard sell right now, even when the show isn't about a lynching.

I think Merrily is a more likely possibility for going the flop -> hit route.

an article from March on the lack of magic: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/camelot-broadway-aaron-sorkin-bart-sher-1235121384/

I had heard the info third hand, and never bothered to confirm it until now.


“The story takes place in a real place at a real time,” detailed the Oscar-winning scribe who most recently wrote and directed Being the Ricardos, which snagged Oscar noms for Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem. “Arthur can’t change himself into a hawk and there’s no magic forest. Even the origin story of the sword in the stone gets questioned. I like writing about heroes who don’t wear capes and I told Bart that I thought there was a powerful version of this story to be told that could give us a glimpse — ‘for one brief shining moment’ — of who we could be at our best, but the story had to take place in the real world. Bart looked frightened but he told me to go to work.”

 

ErmengardeStopSniveling said:
Where on earth are you reading no magic?

Merlyn wasn't described as a wizard.  Plus, that matches with what was said in March when it was announced.  But I could be wrong.

Based on the casting call, this looks to be a completely new book with no magic.  Is Sorkin rewriting the song lyrics too?  The title song is all about magic.

I can't decided if I'm intrigued or put off.

https://www.playbill.com/job/camelot-equity-video-submissions-principal-deadline-10-28-22/692aecf1-16bc-4b58-8846-08841a607a6b