Shuffle along casting

Actriz2
#25Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/9/15 at 9:38pm

With the Hamilton men and now Stokes, Porter, Henry and Dixon, could the Featured Actor in a Musical category potentially be 100% black?

Broadwaystar2
#26Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/9/15 at 10:09pm

Well it's been all white many times. So I guess I would and wouldn't be surprised at the same time.

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jnb9872
#27Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/9/15 at 10:43pm

One of those HAMILTON men could be Jonathan Groff, so...


Plus, surely there will be other men in other Musicals this season. I would normally expect a category dominated by one or two shows exclusively to occur in a very top-heavy season with few stand-out shows.


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Jeffrey Karasarides
#28Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/9/15 at 11:24pm

^Like this past year where Featured Actor in a Musical had two people from An American in Paris (Brandon Uranowitz and Max von Essen) along with two people from Something Rotten! (Christian Borle and Brad Oscar).

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gypsy101
#29Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/9/15 at 11:43pm

This casting is phenomenal. 3 have Tony's (8 between them) and I think Joshua should have won for Violet. I don't know anything about the show, but it sounds like if they'll be doing the original show plus some documentarian bits on the side, it would be classified as a revival.


As to an all-black Featured Actor Tony category, I think Gavin Creel may sneak in (and possibly Jonathan Groff although he's only in 8 minutes of Hamilton) but it seems like it definitely could happen; Hamilton and Shuffle Along and maybe The Color Purple? I don't like the show so I can't even recall if any of the men are big enough parts for nominations.


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ScottK
#30Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/9/15 at 11:50pm

What audience do you think wants either color purple or sprng awakening?

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Phillypinto
#31Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/10/15 at 1:26am

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Broadwaystar2
#32Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/10/15 at 2:58am

Shuffle Along is NOT  a revival. I can garauntee that. It's the MAKING of Shuffle Along.

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Jeffrey Karasarides
#33Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/10/15 at 7:30am

Hamilton and Shuffle Along and maybe The Color Purple? I don't like the show so I can't even recall if any of the men are big enough parts for nominations.


Brandon Victor Dixon was nominated for his role as Harpo.

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HogansHero
#34Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/10/15 at 10:12am

Broadwaystar2, you cannot guarantee anything and it is silly for you to suggest otherwise. If Scott Rudin is strategizing and shaping his production to be a revival, there is at least a reasonable chance he knows more than you do and will get what he wants. People who become the president of major studios while still in the twenties have a habit of getting what they want.

Broadwaystar2
#35Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/10/15 at 2:12pm

Hogan I can without a DOUBT garauntee it won't be a RevivalShuffle along casting

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Phillypinto
#36Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/10/15 at 2:28pm

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HogansHero
#37Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/10/15 at 3:17pm

@Broadwaystar2-garauntee all you want. I was talking about guaranteeing.


@pinto-let's focus first on getting you out of school while you are still in your twenties.

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loliveve
#38Shuffle along casting
Posted: 8/10/15 at 5:14pm

I am so very thrilled with the casting news! Can't wait to see the show Shuffle along casting


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