How Many Tony noms for Young F?

[devonian.t]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:03am

Surely best supporting actress and actor? Best Musical still possible?

Any others looking likely?

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:07am

Best Musical? Not a snowball's chance in hell.

Best Featured Actor (Chris Fitzgerald)
Best Featured Actress (Megan Mullally and Andrea Martin)
Best Set Design
Best Orchestrations

[Sleeper2]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:16am

I'm going for two: Featured Actress and Set (maybe).

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:24am

Don't be so sure about Featured Actress. Alongside LITTLE MERMAID, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN was the most panned show of the season, and Mel Brooks is currently not well-liked in the Broadway community.

For Featured Actress, this is a busy season. There's Olga Merediz, Karen Olivo, Laura Benanti, Leigh Ann Larkin, Loretta Ables Sayre, Mary Beth Peil, Mary Testa, Jackie Hoffman, Sherie Rene Scott, and Leslie Kritzer, all of whom -- with the possible exception of Scott -- would probably get a nomination over anyone in YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, and there are only five slots in the category.

I think the whole show may get snubbed. Other entire productions are worthy of any nomination slots over YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

Last season, THE PIRATE QUEEN had beautiful costume design, but the Nominating Committee snubbed the entire production because they didn't think it was worthwhile. That may be the case with YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (and LITTLE MERMAID, and CRY-BABY) this season.

Updated On: 4/1/08 at 08:24 AM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:25am

Laura Benanti
Leslie Kritzr
Olga Meridez
Megan Mullally
Sherie Rene Scott

[NDR]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:27am

YF - Tony's????

This is an April fool's joke right?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:28am

I'm thinking set and maybe Andrea, but It could get zilch.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:33am

I think Sherie Rene Scott's performance in LITTLE MERMAID is going to go down as the worst performance by a theatre veteran on Broadway this season. She is just awful.

This season is just too filled with breathtaking performances by Featured Actresses in musicals to throw away a nomination on her throwaway performance in MERMAID.

[HBBrock]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:50am

I bet a lot of you haven't even seen YF before talking crap about it on every single YF thread. If you are one of those people...you should be ashamed.

If YF, doesn't get atleast Featured Actor and Set nominations, I would be SHOCKED.
Updated On: 4/1/08 at 08:50 AM

[Steve2]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 8:56am

Best Set Design for sure.
MAYBE featured actor/actress (but a very strong year), that's it.
Updated On: 4/1/08 at 08:56 AM

[James885]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 9:23am

Maybe sets and orchestrations. That's about it. But I wouldn't be surprised if the whole production got snubbed like Pirate Queen last year. Like Wanna Be A Foster said, there are just too many outstanding productions and performances this year to include the mediocre Young Frankenstein and Little Mermaid.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 9:34am

No way it will get Orchestrations. There are four nomination slots, and it is easily going to go to SUNDAY, SOUTH PACIFIC, IN THE HEIGHTS, and PASSING STRANGE.

Featured Actor is a busy category this season as well. There's Harvey Fierstein, Matt Cavenaugh, Robin De Jesus, Christopher Jackson, Matthew Morrison, Danny Burstein, Boyd Gaines, Daniel Breaker, and Tony Roberts, on top of Christopher Fitzgerald, and only five slots.

The Nominating Committee certainly wouldn't have any trouble filling the nomination slots while ignoring YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.

And yes, HBBrock, I saw YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and mostly enjoyed it. But this isn't about my opinion or your opinion. It's about how the show was received by the industry, and the way the 24 people on the Nominating Committee are going to feel about giving it any sort of recognition over more worthy productions and performances this season.

[MelissaF]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 10:06am

I'm sure I wont be populor for saying this...but I enjoyed YF...Mullaly was out this weekend, and Heather Ayers stepped into the role...I thought she was fantastic....

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 10:14am

Best Set design... and that's about it. And that's coming from someone who really enjoyed the show.

[HBBrock]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 10:15am

WBaF, do Tony voters make the decisions for themselves, or do they read the reviews and go into the show with a bad taste in their mouth already? Honest question because I'm not sure.

[tazber]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 10:15am

I have to agree with foster, the orchestrations were big, but completely cliche. There wasn't any originality whatsoever in them.
(For the record I love them personally, but critics and voters tend to be more discerning).

I do think Mulally is a shoe in and Martin could sneak in as well.
Sherie Rene, bless here heart, will be sitting this one out.

Christopher Fitzgerald will score one, and the sets and lighting too. (IMO).

I actually do think it will get a Best Musical given the weak season.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 10:37am

HBBrock, there's a difference between the Tony voters and the Nominating Committee.

There are 750 Tony voters across the U.S.

They can't vote for a show unless it's been given the all clear by the Nominating Committee, a group of 24 New York theatre snobs, very close to the opinions and goings on of the industry.

[MusicAndPassion]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 10:38am

We're talking about nominations here, not wins.

I believe it will get a lot of nominations. I believe it will get at least 8. But as far as wins go? Maybe a few here or there. Young Frankenstein isn't the best show of the season, but it definitely isn't the worst. Susan Stroman knows how to put on a helluva produciton number.

I bet its nominated for:
Best Musical
Best Leading Actor (Roger Bart)
Best Featured Actress (Andrea Martin)
Best Featured Actor (Christopher Fitzgerald)
Best Book of a Musical
Best Scenic Design
Best Lighting
Best Choreography

I can't see it winning too many of those. It wasn't as bad as The Pirate Queen. Audiences still enjoy it. It's no Producers, but its still good, has a stellar cast with solid and impressive performances and a killer set. You can't argue with that.

We'll see what happens next month when the nominations come out.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 10:46am

"I think Sherie Rene Scott's performance in LITTLE MERMAID is going to go down as the worst performance by a theatre veteran on Broadway this season. She is just awful."

Foster, I am shocked and disappointed that you could call Sherie's performance awful. She had a new fresh take on Ursula and it was far from awful. Are you just saying this because the critics did not enjoy her? I know you enjoyed the show, but are you trying to give the members of BroadwayWorld the impression that you didn't enjoy it? Just say what you truly feel...not what you want others to hear. Thank you.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 10:49am

I enjoyed MERMAID for the most part. I think Sherie's performance was the worst part about it.

The critics hated MERMAID. It won't get nominations because the critics hated it. Sherie won't get a nomination because she gave an uneven, overblown performance and because the critics hated her and the show.

[MelissaF]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 10:51am

I find some individuals on here tend to be harsh, and forceful in their opinion. I enjoyed The Litte Mermaid and SRS's performance. I also enjoyed YF, and tend to want to see and form my own opinion, not just read posts and reviews. To each his own.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 11:12am

Re-watching the show, it occurred to me that Andrea Martin gave a very endearing old-school performance. Chris Fitgerald is also very charming in his role. Surely there must be some goodwill behind Roger Bart, too?

So how are the Best Musical noms lining up then: A Catered Affair, In the Heights, Passing Strange(?)- surely there will be at least one old-style musical comedy in the mix?

[MelissaF]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 11:13am

I thought Andrea and Chris stole the show, and I stage doored afterwards and Chris was a complete doll...

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 11:18am

I don't remember all of the critics hating Sherie, I remember people calling her "overqualified" for the role, which is a compliment to her.

[HBBrock]

Posted: 4/1/08 at 11:32am

WBaF, critics definitely did NOT hate SRS. They thought the show was only ok, and SRS was the best part about the show. Where did you get that they hated her performance?