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Manville is winning. I truly can't imagine anyone else at this point, even though there are other brilliant contenders. She was just that good in Oedipus and clearly still has all the momentum.

For the other nominees: Coon and Flood I think are in (provided the Tonys do love Liberation as much as we're anticipating). Sight unseen, going to say Edebiri gets in. I believe Squibb will stay leading and either her or Brewer will take the last spot.

Yes, leaving off Me

quizking101 said: "The Psychiatrist Character - I know he comes from a good place, but some of his ethics are extremely questionable (no doubt for dramatization, but I was still bothered), and also his improper use of psychiatric terminology was painfully outdated even by the standards of when the play was written. Describing Namir’s character as “a delusional paranoid with schizophrenic tendencies” felt like nails on a chalkboard since it’s correctly ascribed

RippedMan said: "Broadway61004 said: "It absolutely has to get renovated given how decrepit it's become. With that said, after their disastrous remodel of the Pels, not sure I trust Roundabout to be in charge of renovating anything."

What makes the Pels so bad?"

It's built like a thrust space without having a thrust stage. The random seats on the aisle in the center section that turn inward are just insanely idiotic and incredibl

It was definitely a weird year with how many Hollywood folks won (and a bit ironic that two of the "stage" stars that won, Viola Davis and Eddie Redmayne, have subsequently become much more associated with film and TV than theatre). But looking at the nominees, who else was going to win? Maybe Alfred Molina over Denzel, but Denzel was also hugely acclaimed in that performance. There was no one else in Actress in a Musical that delivered anything Tony-worthy. Jan Maxwell was the only

Was there tonight.  Show ran about 2:15, but that was with a prolonged intermission.  No doubts it will be right around 2 hours by the time it opens.

Overall, was an excellent production.  With how much acting he's done lately, it's easy to forget just how brilliant of a playwright Tracy Letts is.  Carrie Coon is phenomenal as always, and in a world where Lesley Manville didn't exist, would be the frontrunner for the Tony.  Two minor complaints that

GirlFromOz68 said: "Judy Kuhn was nominated as leading actress for Chess as Florence in 1988 why would that change now?"

I agree Michele will be leading, but worth noting that in 1988 they were far less likely to deviate from opening night billing, so Kuhn being leading then doesn’t really affect what they'd say now.

I'm also guessing whoever plays Janet in Rocky will end up being considered leading, so that brings us 1 shy of the requirement for

The show is the selling point, not Jordan. Yes, I'm well aware that 90% of people are buying tickets to see him, not the show. But the point is, by not putting him above the title, they're saying the show is what they're selling. Therefore, they have zero obligation to advertise when an understudy will be on and from a marketing standpoint are smart not to. That's the tradeoff--they don't get to advertise him above the title, but they also don't have to say when he'

SteveSanders said: "BwayinVan said: "What are the chances this could extend?"

Manville opens in Les Liaisons Dangereuses on 21 March at the National Theatre, so any extension wouldn't be for very long I imagine.

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Plus, typically theatres need around 4-6 weeks at minimum between one show closing and the next starting performances. Rocky Horror is slated to start 6.5 weeks after the current closing date. So at most, this wo

Kad said: "Roundabout typically has some kind of anchor casting for their tentpole productions like this that gets announced either along with the production or soon after. It just helps solidify subscription sales and build excitement."

Yes, but I think if they were going to do that, they would have announced it with the others. They simultaneously announced Byrne and O'Hara in Fallen Angels, Strong and Manville in Oedipus and Patrick Page in Archduke, plus &quo

HogansHero said: "Broadway61004 said: "Clearly Ethan is modeled after Hunter himself"

Is that correct? It seems pretty inconsistent with someone who was a celebrated playwright (and MacArthur grantee) during the period at which Ethan is portrayed in the play. Maybe I'm missing something?"

Obviously Hunter was a celebrated playwright by the time covid happened, so in that sense, no. But he was at one point a young man growing up in Id