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I stand corrected about John Malkovich in the 1980's revival of 'Death Of A Salesman'. Indeed, like Dustin Hoffman', he was not even nominated, though both would go on to win Emmy's for the TV adaptation, and Hoffman did win the Drama Desk Award for Best Actor. Most shocking, though, is that the now iconic performance by Lee J. Cobb in the original Broadway production was not nominated either! But, hell, awards are often insane. After all, NO Pulitzer Prize for Best Play was awarded the year ...

If memory serves, the actual reason Dustin Hoffman didn't receive a Tony nomination for his highly acclaimed (and eventually Emmy-winning) Willy Loman in 'Death Of A Salesman' had nothing to do with any prejudice against film actors on Broadway but was instead purely political. The fact that he refused to do eight performances a week, because of the taxing nature of the role, and only agreed to six per week, pissed off the various unions (who lost work due to those two missed performances per...