2018 Tony Eligibility Rulings, Round #4 (FINAL)
As of the writing of the 2017-2018 rules, that was not a rule like that. It says each category should have four nominees except there can be between 5-8 for performance categories if there are 7+ candidates, director & choreographer will have 5 if there are 7 candidates in each, and for show categories, if there are more than 9, there could be a 5th nominee if "the difference in votes between the fourth highest ranked show and the fifth highest ranked show is three votes or less". The rules s...