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I plugged the promo in for Cats and although the calendar shows promo applied to every date, I'm not actually seeing any discounted seats on any date I click on. 

Edit: Nevermind- Cats is not included, even though it takes the promo. 

Viola is not an easy stunt cast, either. She has a lot of demanding singing as well. 

 Ragtime and Jellicle are both acclaimed and have devoted fans. One winning does not diminish the other. 

suicidalmickeymouse said: "Can someone describe the level of damage?"

The room was absolutely destroyed beyond recognition as anything, let alone technical space of a theater. There looked to be nothing salvageable. 

theatrekid3302 said: "
The amount of people that think theCats Revival is anything close to the brilliance of Ragtime amazes me. If Cats wins over ragtime it would be an utter disgrace. Very Happy The Lost Boys got 12 Nominations the hate for that also amazes me it was clearly the best musical of the season and should 100% win the Best Musical Tony."

Didn't you say a couple weeks ago that you hadn't seen Cats and have no plans to? 

ACL2006 said: "Cape Twirl of Doom said: "Photo of the damaged light booth. Yeah that's not reopening any time soon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Broadway/comments/1t4nsuo/the_light_booth_at_the_eugene_oneill/"

That'll take awhile to repair. So now we have to ask, do they attempt to reopen in a few months? Or is the show done? Or do they hope another theater becomes available and they can relocate?"

You keep asking and the answer remains: nobody knows yet. 

I'm surprised to see DBH with such a big drop in grosses this week, even considering its very steady decline that started right after the holidays. Unfortunate, particularly for a show that had been in a strong place for a while. 

Theatrefanboy1 said: "Man the Tony awards committee really has some hate for Lea Michele, so disappointing. Looks like Caissie will be practicing her acceptance speech."

Even if Michele got nominated, she wasn't going to win this year. 

People need to stop asking performers about the status of potentially upcoming shows at public appearances. They will never be able to give a full or totally honest answer. 

I think the real snub- meaning a deliberate shutting-out rather than exclusion due to lack of consensus- was reserved for Queen of Versailles and to a lesser extent Beaches. 

Doesn't seem to have had as much presence from Broadway this year as in the past few.  

EDSOSLO858 said: "B

Originality has beenfavored in this category for decades now, so TWO STRANGERS it is."

10 of the last 15 Best Musical winners have been adaptations. Just two years ago a middling-reviewed Outsiders bested Suffs. 

Two Strangers has felt like the presumptive favorite or even the inevitable winner in a weak season and voters do not like inevitable winners unless they are truly undeniable. And I'm not sure it is. 

I think Lost Boys takes home Sound/Light/Set, Jellicle gets Costumes, Choreo, Direction, Revival, Ragtime collects Leading Actress, Actor, and a featured performance, Two Strangers gets Score, Schmigadoon gets Book and Musical. 

 

I don't know that Jellicle underperformed, per se. It hit the minimum of its expected nomination range- it got in absolutely everywhere it was expected to. It didn't rack up performing nominations, but that was always going to be harder with it and it's worth noting that the only performer to be nominated for this production in any major award, off or on Broadway, has been de Shields. 

ColdClimateDude said: "Jordan Catalano said: "For me, just some really strange nominations. Dratch getting in will maybe be one of the bigger “WTF” nominations I’ve ever seen.

I think “Chess” was praying for a f*ck ton of nominations this morning to help them out. Crazy for a show that started so strong."

Not just Chess, but, like, who is on the Tony Nominating committee? I'd love to find out more about who nominates, because when all the love goes to one or two shows, it feels like we are getting into the same issues the film industry had, where the nominating body gets too siloed into its own perspectives. That's why a lot of those CATS nominations didn't happen, either."

The committee list is public and it’s a pretty sizable, diverse group. 

Have to wonder if Ragtime can pull off a hat trick of wins in all four performance categories this year. Certainly seems very possible.