2011 Tony Award Nomination Discussion thread — Page 5

"It's not a snub if it isn't deserved"

"Isn't deserved" is completely subjective. I don't think anyone would cry "snub" if they didn't believe it was deserved.

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I was surprised that Sister Act didn't get nominated for sound design. I was really impressed that I was actually able to hear 98% of the lyrics to the songs. I was pretty impressed with that.

As far as Radcliffe, I haven't seen all of the nominated performances (I think his is the only one I saw actually) but when I walked out of the theater I thought he did a nice job but even without seeing the other performances I didn't think it was Tony worthy. He was cute and didn't flub the choreography but it was evident that he isn't a dancer. That's just my opinion.

Only based on what I have heard of the two shows, I am hoping there is a shocker and Scottsboro Boys takes the top prize. Mormon will run no matter what. It is kind of like a "Wicked". It doesn't really need the Tony to sell and I don't think it needs it to tour. Parker and Stone's names alone should sell it on the road. Again, just my opinion.

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I think it's so great that Patti LuPone has 2 chances to win Tony awards this season!

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My biggest disappointment is that Tate Donovan didn't get nominated. A tough role in a great play, and he was excellent.

The only one that really shocked me was the lack of nomination for Daniel Radcliffe. I thought he'd be on that list for sure.

Other than that, pretty pleased overall. Would have liked to see Esparza in for number five, but wasn't expecting it this year.

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Well Patti has a shot at Best Featured Actress for Women on the Verge.

And I just assumed that when Sutton wins for Anything Goes she'd donate her Tony to Patti since she was robbed of hers in 1988.

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I find the whole book of Mormon phenomenon absurd. Appalling subject matter aside I feel the show was just amateur. Camp has been done so much better than this crap. Shows the state of the world we live in. what happened to real art? And now they have validated itcwitj do many nominations. I thought spiderman was even better.

I'm thrilled for all the Mormon and Scottsboro love! Shocked about Radcliff but not surprised about Aaron Tveit. He's a pretty face with a decent voice, that's about it. Also shocked about the no score nom for catch me if you can.

@ Bjh2114

Im curious why you dont think SBB deserved its Set design nom. I always thought the sign of a good set is to be completely transported to the world of the play. SBB managed to do this effortlessly and with minimal materials.

Whatever the case i was in love with BBAJ's set!

Thoughts?

Some trivia from this year's nominations, just for fun:

Sutton Foster and Donna Murphy now join Gwen Verdon as the only women to have received 5 nominations for Best Actress in a Musical. The only women to be nominated more than 5 times are Bernadette Peters (6) and Chita Rivera (7, plus 2 nominations for Featured Actress).

Sutton Foster made it to 5 nominations in the shortest amount of time: 10 years. Chita Rivera did it in 11 years.

Laura Benanti has now tied Andrea Martin for most nominations in the Featured Actress in a Musical category, both having been nominated 4 times.

If War Horse wins Best Play, it will be the first winner in 40 years to receive no acting nominations. The last time it was Sleuth in 1971.

I feel like, even with a very crowded season, they got most things right this year. My one minor quibble would be Priscilla in Best Musical over Catch Me (by just a tiny hair), but, overall, I'm not mad like I usually am each year!

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I think Benjamin Walker should have been nominated and won. He gave a stellar performance, and brought so much natural charisma to that role. THAT was a leading performance.

Glad Verge got nominated for score. It really does have a great score.

I really want Gaad to win for Book of Mormon. I really thought he was giving one hell
of a comedic performance!

Weird that "Catch Me" beat "Priscella." Priscella got better reviews, and is doing better at the box office. Hm.

Joshua Henry did not deserve to be nominated. His performance was so bland and unmemorable, as compared to Brandon Victor Dixon, who made the same role the heart and soul of the Vineyard Theatre production. Henry was amateur and forgettable. Radcliffe has star quality AND genuine stage presence, which I found lacking in Henry's performance. I think Domingo deserved his nomination, but Henry and the other guy (who was so unmemorable that I can't even remember his name) were just lucky.

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