Just seems weird, as we know a lot of tony voters are people associated with the theater tour industry, so did Godspell announce their tour so early to better their chances at getting the 4th nomination spot?
I don't think their announcement was "so" early. Tours for the 2012-2013 season have already been booked. It makes sense that they would want to get their name out there for the following season, especially with the Spring Road Conference coming up in May.
Also, I don't think anyone on the nominating committee as a vested interest in whether a show is touring or not. Here's a list of this year's members:
John Arnone - Scenic Designer Victoria Bailey - Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund David Caddick - Music Supervisor Kathleen Chalfant - Actor Hope Clarke - Stage Director/Choreographer/Actor Douglas J. Cohen - Composer/Lyricist/Playwright André de Shields - Actor Bert Fink - Senior Vice President/Communications, Imagem USA/R&H: An Imagem Co. Michael Greif - Director Kathryn Grody - Actor/Writer Paulette Haupt - Director of the Music Theatre Conference at The O'Neill Center Mark Hollmann - Composer/Lyricist Abe Jacob - Sound Designer Robert Kamlot - Retired General Manager Anne Kauffman - Director Moisés Kaufman - Director/Playwright/Artistic Director, Tectonic Theater Pia Lindström - Former Reporter/Theatre Critic Todd London - Artistic Director, New Dramatists Pam MacKinnon - Director Donna McKechnie - Actor/Choreographer Susan Rice - Playwright/Screenwriter Mervyn Rothstein - Retired Writer and Editor, The New York Times Susan H. Schulman - Director Tobie S. Stein - Director, Graduate Program in Performing Arts and Management, Brooklyn College Rosemarie Tichler - Theatre Educator/Author Robert Viagas - Playbill Program Director/Editor Carol Waaser - Retired Actors' Equity Association Official/Company & Stage Manager Chay Yew - Playwright/Director; Artistic Director, Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, IL