At first glance, I love most of these nominations. Only a little less love for ROCKY and BRIDGES than I would have liked, but on the whole nothing leapt out at me as undeserved. Sad for Ian McKellen, but if Samuel Barnett took his place I'm more than thrilled.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder - 10 Hedwig and the Angry Inch - 8 After Midnight - 7 Beautiful - The Carole King Musical - 7 The Glass Menagerie - 7 Twelfth Night - 7 Bullets Over Broadway - 6 The Cripple of Inishmaan - 6 Act One - 5 Aladdin - 5 A Raisin in the Sun - 5 The Bridges of Madison County - 4 Casa Valentina - 4 Machinal - 4 Rocky - 4 Violet - 4 Les Misérables - 3 All The Way - 2 Cabaret - 2 If/Then - 2 Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill - 2 Mothers and Sons - 2 Of Mice and Men - 2 A Night with Janis Joplin - 1 Outside Mullingar - 1 Richard III - 1 The Velocity of Autumn - 1
How did Timbers not get a nod for his direction on Rocky, only 4 best musical noms, no Quinto, no Williams. Bridges is now done for. What a strange set of nominations.
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I didn't see "Bridges" so I can't speak to that snub, but I really am stunned by the "If/Then" snub. It's not the greatest musical I've ever seen, but I thought surely it was good enough for a Best Musical nomination!
(I'm also pretty surprised it didn't get a Best Set Design nomination, after all the creative things they did with that set.)
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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Honestly, I am pretty disgusted across the board. I can't believe they had the option of including a 5th show and didn't - especially considering there were many worthy shows.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
loliveve, The Producers had three Featured Actor nominations.
I'm happy Twelfth Night snagged three Featured Actor nominations as well. Those were the three I immediately thought would/should be nominated after I walked out of the show. (And Samuel Barnett.)
Well, JRB got his nomination. But, so did Mencken. When two of the four nominees for Best Musical do not have original scores - and a third barely qualifies for an original score...I guess the Committee had to look elsewhere.
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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Hope Gentleman's Guide has the dough to advertise all these nominations across awards, it's the only clear cut winner from a nomination perspective and a very impressive number of noms. Their previous nominations didn't help its box office last week. Let's see what this does. What are we thinking? Bridges closes this weekend or next?
So happy that Paul Chahidi was nominated! And Samuel Barnett! Lots of well-deserved love for Twelfth Night. I don't know if the Brits even care about the Tonys though.