2014 Musical Tonys Thoughts?

[ThatDirectorGuy]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 10:20am

All of the musicals for the 2013-2014 season have now at least began previews, and most have opened. So with at least word of mouth thoughts available on all performances, what are your thoughts on the musical related Tony categories? Who will get nominated, who do you think will be the favorites, any sleepers, etc.? I'm also curious about discussions beyond Best Musical and Best Leading Actress, because there have been a few threads already established about these topics.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 10:22am

If you look, there are several threads about this already. Mainly the one titled 2014 Best Musical race, which is on the first page.

[ThatDirectorGuy]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 10:42am

The threads I mostly noticed were on specific categories within the musical awards, whereas my intent was to have thoughts related to all the categories.

That being said, if people feel that this thread is unnecessary or redundant, I have no problem with it either being deleted or have it just go down to the bottom of the board. Up to if people feel this thread serves a purpose or not.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 11:05am

Best Musical:
Aladdin
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
The Bridges of Madison County
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Rocky

Honorable Mention: After Midnight

Best Revival of a Musical:
Cabaret
Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Les Miserables
Violet

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical:
Neil Patrick Harris-Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Ramin Karimloo-Les Miserables
Andy Karl-Rocky
Jefferson Mays-A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder
Steven Pasquale-The Bridges of Madison County

Honorable Mention: Norbert Leo Butz-Big Fish

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical:
Sutton Foster-Violet
Idina Menzel-If/Then
Jessie Mueller-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Kelli O'Hara-The Bridges of Madison County
Michelle Williams-Cabaret

Honorable Mention: Mary Bridget Davies-A Night With Janis Joplin

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:
Terrence Archie-Rocky
Danny Burstein-Cabaret
Hunter Foster-The Bridges of Madison County
Joshua Henry-Violet
James Monroe Iglehart-Aladdin

Honorable Mention: Any of the guys from Bullets Over Broadway

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:
Nikki M. James-Les Miserables
Anika Larsen-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Caissie Levy-Les Miserables
Margo Seibert-Rocky
Helene Yorke-Bullets Over Broadway

Honorable Mention: Lena Hall-Hedwig & the Angry Inch

Best Direction of a Musical:
Laurence Connor & James Powell-Les Miserables
Michael Mayer-Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Bartlett Sher-The Bridges of Madison County
Alex Timbers-Rocky

Honorable Mention: Casey Nicholaw-Aladdin

Best Original Score:
The Bridges of Madison County-Music & Lyrics By Jason Robert Brown
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder-Music By Steven Lutvak, Lyrics By Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak
If/Then-Music By Tom Kitt, Lyrics By Brian Yorky
Rocky-Music By Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics By Lynn Ahrens

Honorable Mention: Big Fish-Music & Lyrics By Andrew Lippa

Best Book of a Musical:
Aladdin-Chad Beguelin
The Bridges of Madison County-Marsha Norman
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder-Robert L. Freedman
Rocky-Thomas Meehan & Sylvester Stallone

Honorable Mention: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical-Douglas McGrath

Best Choreography:
Warren Carlyle-After Midnight
Kelly Devine & Steven Hoggett-Rocky
Casey Nicholaw-Aladdin
Susan Stroman-Bullets Over Broadway

Honorable Mention: Josh Prince-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Best Orchestrations:
Doug Besterman & Stephen Trask-Rocky
Jason Robert Brown-The Bridges of Madison County
Christopher Jahnke, Stephen Metcalfe, & Stephen Brooker-Les Miserables
Steve Sidwell-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Honorable Mention: Danny Troob-Aladdin

Best Sound of a Musical:
Peter Hylenski-Rocky
Timothy O'Heir-Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Mick Potter-Les Miserables
Dan Moses Schreier-A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Honorable Mention: Brian Ronan-If/Then

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Kevin Adams-Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Paule Constable-Les Miserables
Donald Holder-The Bridges of Madison County
Natasha Katz-Aladdin

Honorable Mention: Peter Kaczorowski-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Christopher Barreca-Rocky
Santo Loquasto-Bullets Over Broadway
Mark Wendland-If/Then
Michael Yeargen-The Bridges of Madison County

Honorable Mention: Bob Crowley-Aladdin

Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Gregg Barnes-Aladdin
William Ivey Long-Bullets Over Broadway
Arianne Phillips-Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Alejo Vietti-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Honorable Mention: Linda Cho-A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder

Updated On: 3/31/14 at 11:05 AM

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 11:39am

Dear Jeffrey: If you truly believe that Beautiful, Aladdin and Rocky are more likely to garner a Tony nomination than Bullets Over a Broadway, I'd be very interested in placing a nice bet on that proposition. I might even give you odds. PM me if you're interested (or when you arrive back on planet earth.) All in good fun, not personal. :)

[jbroadway4]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 12:02pm

Best Musical:
If/Then
Beautiful
Bullets Over Broadway
Rocky OR Aladdin

Best Revival of a Musical:
Les Miserables
Violet
Hedwig & The Angry Inch
Cabaret

Best Leading Actress in a Musical:
Idina Menzel, "If/Then"
Jessie Mueller, "Beautiful"
Sutton Foster, "Violet"
Kelli O'Hara, "The Bridges of Madison County"

Best Leading Actor in a Musical:
Andy Karl, "Rocky"
Ramin Karimloo, "Les Miserables"
Neil Patrick Harris, "Hedwig & The Angry Inch"
Jefferson Mays, "A Gentleman's Guide To Love & Murder"

Best Featured Actress in a Musical:
Helen Yorke, "Bullets Over Broadway"
Margo Seibert, "Rocky"
LaChanze, "If/Then"
Lena Hall, "Hedwig & The Angry Inch"

Best Featured Actor in a Musical:
James Monroe Iglehart, "Aladdin"
Danny Burstein, "Cabaret"
Nick Cordero, "Bullets Over Broadway"
Joshua Henry, "Violet"

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 12:08pm

"Dear Jeffrey: If you truly believe that Beautiful, Aladdin and Rocky are more likely to garner a Tony nomination than Bullets Over a Broadway, I'd be very interested in placing a nice bet on that proposition. I might even give you odds. PM me if you're interested (or when you arrive back on planet earth.) All in good fun, not personal. :)"

I'm just going to hold off on Bullets for now at least until the show opens and the reviews are in.

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 4:15pm

Well, Jeffrey, you had me fooled since you did include folks from Bullets in your list of likely nominees before there have been any reviews. So, my bet offer still stands. :)

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 4:33pm

"Well, Jeffrey, you had me fooled since you did include folks from Bullets in your list of likely nominees before there have been any reviews. So, my bet offer still stands. :)"

The reason for the nominations for Bullets so far is actually based off the reviews from the Previews Thread, the critics will be the ones that might just change my mind.

[Simon Damon]

Posted: 3/31/14 at 7:38pm

Bullets, Aladdin After Midnight, Gentleman's Guide. I am not sure why people are not putting After Midnight in the lists its one the best reviewed on this board and by critics shows.

[Blackbird3]

Posted: 4/1/14 at 2:22pm

Looking at the list of shows that opened this season, I'm curious as to how the Tony committee would recognize these shows. I'm not saying that they deserve to be nominated or win anything, but would they be eligible for any awards, and if so, which ones? I'm really just curious how the Tony committee would treat them.

Let It Be
Forever Tango
Il Divo In Concert

Updated On: 4/1/14 at 02:22 PM

[ThatDirectorGuy]

Posted: 4/1/14 at 3:43pm

Classified and eligible as? I'm not sure.

If the past is any indication? In the past shows such as Rain, The Rascals, Barry Manilow at the Broadway Theatre and others have typically not been nominated for anything. I will pretty safely assume that none of these shows will get nominations based on said past history.

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 4/1/14 at 3:47pm

It varies from show to show, usually based on how long the show runs and whether or not they invited Tony voters (i.e. gave tickets to Tony voters). I believe in this case, none of these shows invited Tony voters (although I'm not sure about "Let It Be"), so likely none of them will be eligible.

[Blackbird3]

Posted: 4/1/14 at 3:49pm

I agree that none of those will be nominated, but I was just curious about the eligibility. I suppose if the Best Special Theatrical Event category still existed, then maybe they could sneak in there.

[Blackbird3]

Posted: 4/1/14 at 3:50pm

Thank you for the reply, Broadway61004. That makes sense!

[MaddieBB12]

Posted: 4/14/14 at 2:39pm

I came across this article:
http://www.broadway.com/buzz/174689/tony-nominations-for-everyone-award-honchos-look-to-expand-number-of-hopefuls-in-show-categories/

"The Tony Awards administration committee quietly voted last month to allow the number of nominees in the Best Musical, Best Play, Best Musical Revival and Best Play Revival categories to five rather than the traditional four nominees if there are nine or more eligible shows to choose between. On the flip side, if less than nine possible shows exist in a category, the number of nominees could be reduced to three."

With just Violet, Hedwig, Les Mis and Caberat in the revival catergory (if Caberat IS eligible), does that mean only three will be nominated?
If Caberat is eligible, my guess it that Caberat or Les Mis will be shut out of the category.

[theatreguy]

Posted: 4/14/14 at 3:12pm

There will be 3, unless the 4th gets within 3 votes of the other shows. Here are the rules:

http://www.tonyawards.com/pdf/Rules_Addendum_2014_-_Best_Show_Categories.pdf

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/14/14 at 3:44pm

Oh so it's not so cut and dry. For a 5th show to be added the margin between the show in 4th place and the show in 5th place has to be 3 or less votes.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/14/14 at 3:44pm

Oh so it's not so cut and dry. For a 5th show to be added the margin between the show in 4th place and the show in 5th place has to be 3 or less votes.

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 4/14/14 at 6:26pm

I took out Sound Design, since I know no knowledge about it. And I did copy and paste some people's guesses since they matched up to mine

Bold=Possible Winner

Best Musical:
If/Then
After Midnight
Bullets Over Broadway
Rocky or Aladdin
Gentleman's Guide to Murder

Best Revival of a Musical:
Les Miserables
Violet
Hedwig & The Angry Inch
Cabaret

Best Leading Actress in a Musical:
Idina Menzel, "If/Then"
Jessie Mueller, "Beautiful"
Sutton Foster, "Violet"
Kelli O'Hara, "The Bridges of Madison County"
Michelle Williams, "Cabaret"

It's going to be tough!

Best Leading Actor in a Musical:
Andy Karl, "Rocky"
Ramin Karimloo, "Les Miserables"
Neil Patrick Harris, "Hedwig & The Angry Inch"
Jefferson Mays, "A Gentleman's Guide To Love & Murder"
Zachary Braff, "Bullets over Broadway"

Best Featured Actress in a Musical:
Helen Yorke, "Bullets Over Broadway"
Margo Seibert, "Rocky"
LaChanze, "If/Then"
Lena Hall, "Hedwig & The Angry Inch"
Linda Emen, "Cabaret"

Best Featured Actor in a Musical:
James Monroe Iglehart, "Aladdin"
Danny Burstein-"Cabaret"
Nick Cordero-"Bullets Over Broadway"
Joshua Henry-"Violet" (Could win)
Colin Donnell-"Violet"

Best Direction of a Musical:
Darko Tresnjak-A Gentleman's Guide...
Michael Mayer-Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Sarah Stromsn-Bullets Over Broadway
Alex Timbers-Rocky

Possibility: Micheal Grief-If/Then

Best Original Score:
The Bridges of Madison County-Music & Lyrics By Jason Robert Brown
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder-Music By Steven Lutvak, Lyrics By Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak
If/Then-Music By Tom Kitt, Lyrics By Brian Yorky
Aladdin-Music By Alan Menken, Lyrics By Howard Ashman and Chad Beguelin

Best Book of a Musical:
If/Then-Brian Yorkey
The Bridges of Madison County-Marsha Norman
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder-Robert L. Freedman
Rocky-Thomas Meehan & Sylvester Stallone

Best Choreography:
Warren Carlyle-After Midnight
Kelly Devine & Steven Hoggett-Rocky
Casey Nicholaw-Aladdin
Susan Stroman-Bullets Over Broadway

Best Orchestrations:
Doug Besterman & Stephen Trask-Rocky
Jason Robert Brown-The Bridges of Madison County
Christopher Jahnke, Stephen Metcalfe, & Stephen Brooker-Les Miserables
Micheal Starobin-If/Then

Possible: Danny Troob-Aladdin

Best Lighting Design of a Musical:
Kevin Adams-Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Paule Constable-Les Miserables
Donald Holder-The Bridges of Madison County
Natasha Katz-Aladdin

Best Scenic Design of a Musical:
Christopher Barreca-Rocky
Santo Loquasto-Bullets Over Broadway
Mark Wendland-If/Then
Bob Crowley-Aladdin

Best Costume Design of a Musical:
Gregg Barnes-Aladdin
William Ivey Long-Bullets Over Broadway
Arianne Phillips-Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Andreane Neofitou and Christine Rowlands-Les Miserables







Updated On: 4/15/14 at 06:26 PM

[newintown]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 9:12am

I thought it was déjà vu, but then I realized that this thread already existed.
Over and over and over...

[CapnHook]

Posted: 4/15/14 at 11:40pm

http://nypost.com/2014/04/15/mixed-reviews-for-bullets-leaves-best-musical-up-for-grabs/

Riedel has secretly met nominators inside parking garages and shares his findings. *eyeroll*

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 7:12am

"The Bridges of Madison County isn’t a hit (and Broadway loves hits), but the critics liked Kelli O’Hara’s performance and Jason Robert Brown’s score. The most theatrical, pulse-racing 20 minutes of the season are at the climax of Rocky, when the Winter Garden is transformed into a boxing ring. Unfortunately, you’ve spent nearly the last two hours waiting to hear “Eye of the Tiger.”

Dark horse: “Madison County.” Down-for-the-count: “Rocky.”

So, I guess Rocky and Madison County are out of the race.

[binau]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 7:16am

Well possibly but Dark Horse suggests he thinks it isn't impossible.

[dreaming]

Posted: 4/16/14 at 8:24am

Bridges got better reviews than a lot of other shows. It's got an original score (which is occasionally looked upon more favorably). I would only be slightly surprised if it gets in there.