Michael R. Jackson issued a correction on Twitter, pointing out he should not be the sole nominee for Outstanding Book for Teeth and should share the nomination with Anna K. Jacobs.
I hope this is a slam dunk for Jaja's African Hair Braiding in the Wig and Hair category. Wish they could share in a costume nomination at the Tonys since the hair was integral to the storytelling and also quite magical to have pulled off in full view of the audience.
Given only Suffs' new elements were eligible, I take their slate of nominations as a huge accomplishment. It would seem they pretty much got in everywhere they could. I'm curious what the ruling was for text eligibility since music was nominated. Wonder if it was also eligible in book and lyrics.
Happy to see The Outsiders nominations - especially direction and choreography.
MemorableUserName said: I noticed in TimeOut's (fake) "TONY" nominations they cited Esper in Featured Actor in a Play instead of Stoll. Now the Drama Desk nominations have done the same. Stoll still seems more likely for the Tony nod...or maybe not?
yyys said: "Esper is the better actor in that play so it makes sense.
The Distinctive Baritone said: "Corey Stoll is a great actor, but IMO he has one of the least interesting role inAppropriate.Esper has much more of an awards-bait kind of part I think.
I haven't seen Appropriate yet. I just found it interesting because most of the predictors have been saying Stoll and almost no one mentioned Esper. (kurtal was the only one in the predictions thread who did.) I also checked GoldDerby's predictions and none of the Editors or users have Esper predicted, while most have Stoll. One of the Experts has Esper; none of the others do. Will be interesting to see how it turns out.
Kad said: "FLarnhill said: "The Other One said: "I am surprised by the lack of nominations for Jeremy Strong and An Enemy of the People."
Shameful but it doesn't matter. That Tony nom is still more than guaranteed."
"Shameful" is a little melodramatic. The Drama Desks are idiosyncratic and cast a much, much wider net in the productions they honor. A blockbuster revival and its celebrity star may not have gotten in, but a host of much smaller, less widely seen, and less heralded artists did instead."
In what world is Jeremy Strong considered a "celebrity"? Do paps follow him? Do his movies end up #1 on the box office? Does he have a million views on some platform?
And "much smaller, less widely seen, and less heralded artists" like Leslie Odom Jr and Brian D'Arcy James?
I can't make heads or tails of these, but Suffs seems to have done wildly well if it wasn't even eligible in some categories (though the whys or wherefores of that are beyond me). I'm a big fan of it, but the suggestion it has one of the best three scenic designs of new Broadway musicals (along with Outsiders & Gatsby) seems a bit generous. I'm glad the sound design got a nod, though; I feel like that aspect has been underpraised.
Otherwise, the continued praise for The Connector confuses me, but I love that Dead Outlaw is getting its time to shine. Not sure Broadway makes sense but it should have a longer life somewhere.
kidmanboy said: "Given only Suffs' new elements were eligible, I take their slate of nominations as a huge accomplishment. It would seem they pretty much got in everywhere they could. I'm curious what the ruling was for text eligibility since music was nominated. Wonder if it was also eligible in book and lyrics."
I looked up last year's Drama Desk nominations, and Suffs wasn't nominated for anything. So it really was shut out of most of the major categories.
This year, maybe the Tonys should do what the Pulitzer Prizes sometimes do for the Drama category and just not give a Best Musical award, lol.
FLarnhill said: "Kad said: "FLarnhill said: "The Other One said: "I am surprised by the lack of nominations for Jeremy Strong and An Enemy of the People."
Shameful but it doesn't matter. That Tony nom is still more than guaranteed."
"Shameful" is a little melodramatic. The Drama Desks are idiosyncratic and cast a much, much wider net in the productions they honor. A blockbuster revival and its celebrity star may not have gotten in, but a host of much smaller, less widely seen, and less heralded artists did instead."
In what world is Jeremy Strong considered a "celebrity?"
In the real world where he was a star of one of the most popular TV dramas in recent memory and was nominated and won multiple major awards for it?
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
The Distinctive Baritone said: "kidmanboy said: "Given only Suffs' new elements were eligible, I take their slate of nominations as a huge accomplishment. It would seem they pretty much got in everywhere they could. I'm curious what the ruling was for text eligibility since music was nominated. Wonder if it was also eligible in book and lyrics."
I looked up last year's Drama Desk nominations, andSuffswasn't nominated for anything. So it really was shut out of most of the major categories.
This year, maybe the Tonys should do what the Pulitzer Prizes sometimes do for theDrama categoryand just not give a Best Musical award, lol.
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Suffs was eligible in 2022 and only received a Lyrics nomination. However, the press release from this year clearly states that only new elements of Suffs were eligible this year - therefore it would not have been eligible for Best Musical.
I find the doom and gloom over this year’s musical crop rather funny and think it may be because it’s such a huge crop that no one obviously stands out. But a handful of these shows are certainly as good or better than prior Best Musical nominees - and even winners (Memphis anyone!?)
Kad said: "FLarnhill said: "Kad said: "FLarnhill said: "The Other One said: "I am surprised by the lack of nominations for Jeremy Strong and An Enemy of the People."
Shameful but it doesn't matter. That Tony nom is still more than guaranteed."
"Shameful" is a little melodramatic. The Drama Desks are idiosyncratic and cast a much, much wider net in the productions they honor. A blockbuster revival and its celebrity star may not have gotten in, but a host of much smaller, less widely seen, and less heralded artists did instead."
In what world is Jeremy Strong considered a "celebrity?"
In the real world where he was a star of one of the most popular TV dramas in recent memory and was nominated and won multiple major awards for it?
"
Succession was an awards darling but was unfortunately never a ratings hit like Game of Thrones or The Sopranos were. And being an actor who's that good at his job doesn't mean he's a celebrity. Daniel Day Lewis won a lot of awards, too. Is he a "celebrity"?
The Distinctive Baritone said: "This year, maybe the Tonys should do what the Pulitzer Prizes sometimes do for theDrama categoryand just not give a Best Musical award, lol."
They've tried this in the past for categories like Book of a Musical, and public outcry pressured them into including the category after the initial nominations.
I know the Drama Desks do their own thing (and shows like Suffs, Merrily, and Here Lies Love were eligible for categories in other years), but for reference, here is the overlap of who is eligible tomorrow:
Musical Illinoise The Outsiders
Play Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Mother Play Stereophonic
Revival of a Musical Cabaret Gutenberg! The Musical!
Revival of a Play Appropriate Doubt Purlie Victorious Uncle Vanya (although, I assume this nomination is for the other Vanya)
Lead Performance in a Play Jessica Lange, Mother Play Rachel McAdams, Mary Jane Sarah Paulson, Appropriate
Leslie Odom, Jr., Purlie Victorious Michael Stuhlbarg, Patriots
Lead Performance in a Musical Maleah Joi Moon, Hell’s Kitchen Kelli O’Hara, Days of Wine and Roses Gayle Rankin, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Brody Grant, The Outsiders Brian d’Arcy James, Days of Wine and Roses Liam Pearce, How to Dance in Ohio (eligible in Featured) Ricky Ubeda, Illinoise (eligible in Featured)
Featured Performance in a Play Brittany Adebumola, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mother Play Kara Young, Purlie Victorious
Michael Esper, Appropriate Will Keen, Patriots
Featured Performance in a Musical Shoshana Bean, Hell’s Kitchen Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, Monty Python’s Spamalot Kecia Lewis, Hell’s Kitchen Bebe Neuwirth, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Maryann Plunkett, The Notebook (eligible in Leading) Emily Skinner, Suffs
Dorian Harewood, The Notebook (eligible in Leading)
Direction of a Play Daniel Aukin, Stereophonic Kenny Leon, Purlie Victorious Lila Neugebauer, Appropriate
Direction of a Musical Rebecca Frecknall, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Jessica Stone, Water for Elephants Danya Taymor, The Outsiders
Choreography Camille A. Brown, Hell’s Kitchen Rick Kuperman and Jeff Kuperman, The Outsiders Lorin Latarro, The Heart of Rock and Roll Justin Peck, Illinoise Jesse Robb and Shana Carroll, Water for Elephants
Music Jamestown Revival and Justin Levine, The Outsiders Shaina Taub, Suffs
Lyrics Jamestown Revival and Justin Levine, The Outsiders
Book of a Musical Rebekah Greer Melocik, How to Dance in Ohio
Orchestrations Timo Andres, Illinoise Will Butler and Justin Craig, Stereophonic Michael Starobin, Suffs
Music in a Play Will Butler, Stereophonic
Scenic Design of a Play dots, Appropriate Derek McLane, Purlie Victorious Scott Pask, Grey House David Zinn, Stereophonic
Scenic Design of a Musical AMP featuring Tatiana Kahvegian, The Outsiders Paul Tate dePoo III, The Great Gatsby Riccardo Hernández, Suffs
Costume Design of a Play Enver Chakartash, Stereophonic
Costume Design of a Musical Loren Elstein, Once Upon a One More Time David Israel Reynoso, Water for Elephants Paul Tazewell, Suffs
Lighting Design of a Play Jane Cox, Appropriate Natasha Katz, Grey House
Lighting Design of a Musical Lap Chi Chu, Suffs Bradley King, Water for Elephants Brian MacDevitt and Hana S. Kim, The Outsiders
Projection and Video Design Peter Nigrini, Hell’s Kitchen (eligible in Scenic Design of a Musical)
Sound Design of a Play Tom Gibbons, Grey House Bray Poor and Will Pickens, Appropriate Ryan Rumery, Stereophonic
Sound Design of a Musical Jason Crystal, Suffs Nick Lidster for Autograph, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Cody Spencer, The Outsiders Walter Trarbach, Water for Elephants
Adaptation An Enemy of the People, by Amy Herzog (eligible in Revival of a Play)
Ensemble Award The Cast of Stereophonic (eligible in Featured categories)
FLarnhill said: "Kad said: "FLarnhill said: In what world is Jeremy Strong considered a "celebrity?"
In the real world where he was a star of one of the most popular TV dramas in recent memory and was nominated and won multiple major awards for it?
"Succession was an awards darling but was unfortunately never a ratings hit like Game of Thrones or The Sopranos were. And being an actor who's that good at his job doesn't mean he's a celebrity. Daniel Day Lewis won a lot of awards, too. Is he a "celebrity"?"
If you don't think Jeremy Strong is a celebrity, you're simply not paying attention. The show is pulling in over a million a week and playing to standing room crowds. Do you think that's because of the public's love of Ibsen? Sam Gold? Amy Herzog? Victoria Pedretti? They're there to see Strong.
FLarnhill said: "Kad said: "FLarnhill said: "Kad said: "FLarnhill said: "The Other One said: "I am surprised by the lack of nominations for Jeremy Strong and An Enemy of the People."
Shameful but it doesn't matter. That Tony nom is still more than guaranteed."
"Shameful" is a little melodramatic. The Drama Desks are idiosyncratic and cast a much, much wider net in the productions they honor. A blockbuster revival and its celebrity star may not have gotten in, but a host of much smaller, less widely seen, and less heralded artists did instead."
In what world is Jeremy Strong considered a "celebrity?"
In the real world where he was a star of one of the most popular TV dramas in recent memory and was nominated and won multiple major awards for it?
"
Succession was an awards darling but was unfortunately never a ratings hit like Game of Thrones or The Sopranos were. And being an actor who's that good at his job doesn't mean he's a celebrity. Daniel Day Lewis won a lot of awards, too. Is he a "celebrity"?"
Unless you're trying to redefine "celebrity" to mean something more specific than "a famous and celebrated person," yes he is.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
The Tonys being co-administered by a trade organization of producers means that sensible things like reducing the number of nominees in a category –– or eliminating the category altogether –– when there aren't enough worthy candidates (such as the Covid year) will never, ever happen.
Jeremy Strong, Daniel Day Lewis... both celebrities. Just because someone's not, like, Tom Hanks or Meryl Streep-level A+ list celebrities does not mean they're not celebrities. I definitely (admittedly) went to Enemy of the People for the starry cast, it wasn't because of a love of Ibsen.
Unrelated, what a strange year for awards this is!
HeyMrMusic said: "I hope this is a slam dunk forJaja's African Hair Braidingin the Wig and Hair category. Wish they could share in a costume nomination at the Tonys since the hair was integral to the storytelling and also quite magical to have pulled off in full view of the audience."
I totally agree, the first thing I looked for in my Playbill after the show was who did the wig and hair design. Nikiya Mathis did incredible work.
quizking101 said: "This is a weird collection of nominations but honestly the off-Broadway productions really showed out this year and put Broadway to shame."
To be fair, this does seem to be the trend in recent years.
Nice to see the How To Dance In Ohio access team being acknowledge, there is some kind of irony that it will likely be the only major award that show ends up winning.
The Distinctive Baritone said: "This year, maybe the Tonys should do what the Pulitzer Prizes sometimes do for theDrama categoryand just not give a Best Musical award, lol."
I hardly think that's called for in a season with accomplished and unique musicals like Here Lies Love, Days of Wine and Roses, and Illinoise.
Seeing the book nominations for HTDIO rankled me a bit mostly because I felt like the book was a weak point since it seemed like it was written by committee and never fully cohered beyond some cheap sentiment.
I actually got into an argument with someone who feels like the show is not fair game for criticism and to do so is ableist. I told them I understand the intentions were good, but whatever steps they took to make it as authentically correct as possible didn’t necessarily amount to compelling theatre.
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