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Feel free to put this in a spoiler tag, but is there a song sung by Holly in the show and/or on the cast recording? Asking for a friend who is still mourning the person who that character is perhaps vaguely based on. :)

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Winner - Primary Trust

Finalists
-Public Obscenities
-Here There Are Blueberries"

Wow! Nicely done!

While it's far from the prototypical musical, Illinoise is clearly a show that tells a story through music, so I think it fits. If a production of La Boheme can be nominated for Best Musical Revival, I don't think it's a stretch at all to consider Illinoise for Best Musical.

Of course Contact is an even closer parallel, but I know there's lots of controversy around that so I'll distance myself from that comparison. 

inception said: "Definitely feels likethe knives are out for Eva & Jeremy in GG.

It's like they’re being punished for being celebrities and in a hit show."

Hard to explain the nominations for Sarah Paulson and Daniel Radcliffe, then.

LuckyDipster said: "I guess you all think I'm nuts. Whatever."

This is what is known as a "straw man."

I'd definitely say 2005, but also 1976 (with A Chorus Line, Chicago, and Pacific Overtures). 

kdogg36 said: "I can't imagine many shows have won Best Musical without getting at least a nomination for its director."

For the record, it seems that Titanic (1997) is the only show to win Best Musical without a Best Director nomination since the latter category came into being in 1960. Hoping for another one this year. 

chrishuyen said: "fwiw, Michael Paulson in NYTsays "This season 36 Tony-eligible plays and musicals opened; nominators were required to see all of them." and I think he's generally pretty good about fact checking"

To be fair, the original post (and I assume the disappearing article) concerned the much larger pool of voters, and I wouldn't mind some clarification on that.

The Distinctive Baritone said: "This year, maybe the Tonys should do what the Pulitzer Prizes sometimes do for theDrama categoryand just not give a Best Musical award, lol."

I hardly think that's called for in a season with accomplished and unique musicals like Here Lies Love, Days of Wine and Roses, and Illinoise. 

yyys said: "look at the post above from HeyMrMusic."

You said there is no book, which is what I was responding to. That's a completely different proposition from its book is not eligible for a Tony.

yyys said: "there is no book."

It has characters; it has a story; that story is divided into scenes; it has stage directions. Of course it has a book.

Jordan Catalano said: "If this runs when “OTHELLO”, does it’ll be the first time in a long time (I think) two Shakespeare plays have been on Broadway at the same time?"

Perhaps the last time was in 2013, when Mark Rylance starred in Richard III and Twelfth Night in repertory at the Belasco.

Jay Lerner-Z said: "Thanks all, this is for sure a better reception than my last thread on this subject got. That’s a relief."

Welcome back, and I'm very relieved that this thread broke the way it did. 

dramamama611 said: "I'm not throwing out the books, she gets nothing from my rereading them. Not that I'm sure I will."

I respect that choice, but another rational option would be to offer them up for sale on eBay or Amazon, so that some prospective reader will buy a used copy rather than sending a buck or two to she-who-shall-not-be-named.