Heh, I've been up all night and just remembered the awards were being announced 2 minutes ago when I saw the notice on the BWW homepage.
I'm not too familiar with the way the Tony noms work, is there a max limit to how many can be in each catgory? And does it depend on what the category is?
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never
knowing how
5 for the acting categories, 4 for everything else
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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It's 5 in the acting categories and 4 in the other categories.
I am really not surprised by any of the nominations, except that especially in the play categories really deserving work actually got nominated over some bigger names. Brooklyn, ASU, etc were not going to get noms. And apparently Little Women gave the voters a severe distaste as well.
The category I'm totally excited about is Best Orchestrations. I thought Piazza had it in the bag, but I totally forgot Pacific Overtures! You can't go wrong with Jonathan Tunick. And Sondheim. So it'll be interesting to see who wins...
Given its steadily declining box office and its now total shutout of every award possible, I really wouldn't be surprised if Glass Menagerie announced early closing now.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
Little Women deserved so much more! They should have gotton nominations for Maureen McGovern, orchestrations, scenery, and best musical-- at least. At least Sutton got her well-deserved nomination, but the show really deserved a lot more. I found it to be the most enjoyable of the new musicals this season!
Very happy for DRS, but would have liked to see Greg Jbara get a nom. Also think Jessie Tyler F. from Spellin Bee should have gotten a nom. Tough field. Yay for Matt Morrison, though.
Not at all surprised about Lithgow, not only deserving but wasn't nominated for "Retreat from Moscow" and I think people remember that.
Biggest surprise: Gary Beach, everyone said he is just "wrong" in that role. As much as I loved him in The Producers, I have not heard anything about his performance that would merit a nom.
2ND biggest surprise: No Christian Borle, everyone I know who saw "SPAM" said he was the best thing in the show, after Sara.
I still think Piazza has orchestrations in the bag. Tunick merely did a reduction of his earlier 1976 orchestration of the show and -- through no fault of his -- while it was beautiful, it sounded VERY thin with only 6 musicians. Unfortunately, Roundabout's cost cutting demands compromised a brilliant score.
On the other hand, Guettel, Sperling and Coughlin's lush, rich orchestration for its 14 piece orchestra is simply dazzling and should take the award in a walk.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney