2018 Drama League Nominations & Awards- Page 3

[Impossible2]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 3:15pm

CoffeeBreak said: "Gough should have been nominated for PP&T regardless. The truest race would be between Gough (PP&T) and Piper (Yerma). The two best of the season with Jackson not far behind.

And McArdle shouldn't be hidden under Lane. His performancetrumped Lane's for the most part - despite Cohn being seen as a "better" role. McArdle shines brighter than Lane. Made more of a difficult and often unlikeablepart. TheOlivier's thought so too, as did we. We haven't seen Parker but McArdle's performance was stronger for us."

Agreed. They were all fantastic, but McArdle completely stole the show for me.

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 3:49pm

bdn223: I couldn't agree with you more about ''Newsies.'' If Disney petitioned for that, it was stupid. It costs Ben Fankhauser and Kara Lindsay their Tony nominations for Featured. Davey is clearly a supporting role; he doesn't even get his own song. As for Katherine, she gets one solo and half of a romantic duet. She's supporting, especially when you consider the size and scope of the roles for the women who WERE nominated for Best Actress: Audra McDonald in ''Porgy and Bess,'' Jan Maxwell in ''Follies,'' Laura Osnes in ''Bonnie & Clyde,'' etc. Lindsay should've got the slot that wound up going to Elizabeth A. Davis, who (to me) barely registers in ''Once.'' As far as I know, neither Ben nor Kara were consulted about their Tony placement, and both were baffled at being put up as leads. 

Updated On: 4/18/18 at 03:49 PM

[little_sally]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 5:07pm

Impossible2 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "Gough should have been nominated for PP&T regardless. The truest race would be between Gough (PP&T) and Piper (Yerma). The two best of the season with Jackson not far behind.

And McArdle shouldn't be hidden under Lane. His performancetrumped Lane's for the most part - despite Cohn being seen as a "better" role. McArdle shines brighter than Lane. Made more of a difficult and often unlikeablepart. TheOlivier's thought so too, as did we. We haven't seen Parker but McArdle's performance was stronger for us."

Agreed. They were all fantastic, but McArdle completely stole the show for me."

Absolutely 100% agreed.

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 5:29pm

east side story said: "I'd say this is a three person race between: Billie Piper, Glenda Jackson and Andrew Garfield."

This.

[Scarlet Leigh]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 6:02pm

Wayman_Wong said: "No Ethan Slater for ''SpongeBob SquarePants''? I'm betting he'll get a Tony nomination and a Theatre World. ... Other omissions are probably due to the limit of 2 performers per show."

The thing that is most shocking of the Ethan Slater not getting in is... NO ONE from Spongebob nominated. So they can't use the "limit of 2 performers per show" thing here because it's not like they recognized two others and he didn't make the cut. They somehow decided that NO ONE was worthy in the show at all. That.... that just seems like a plain old lap in the face! I know it's not a perfect show by any means but it's a decent show in an overall weak season and one of it's strong points is the performances, the highlight of which being him. Wow. I really hope this doesn't kill and of his momentum towards a Tony nomination.

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 8:01pm

Scarlet Leigh: I know that Slater's omission is the most surprising one, which is why I led with it. It had nothing to do with the limit of 2 performers per show. As I said, ''OTHER omissions are probably due to the limit of 2 performers per show.'' ... And yet the Drama League did nominate ''SpongeBob'' for Best Musical, so who knows why they didn't nominate anyone from the show? Just a matter of taste, based on the selection committee? ... I remember one year where a certain performer had gotten a Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics nomination, but was not singled out by the Drama League, even though this performer's co-star was. And I was told that the performer had missed a meet-and-greet with the League. 

At any rate, there are only 5 Tony contenders eligible for Best Actor in a Musical: Harry Haden-Patton in ''My Fair Lady''; Justin Henry in ''Carousel''; Paul Alexander Nolan in ''Escape From Margaritaville"; Tony Shalhoub in ''The Band's Visit,'' and Slater in ''SpongeBob.'' According to the Tony rules, if there are fewer than 7 candidates, there will be only 4 nominees. I'm guessing that Nolan will be the odd man out, since ''Escape'' was not so well-received. Time'll tell.

By the way, BroadwayWorld has a story that says 70% of last year's Drama League nominees (in Broadway shows) went on to get a Tony nomination. Often it's been lower than that; don't lose hope.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Drama-League-Awards-Nominees--What-It-All-Means-for-the-2018-Tony-Awards-20180418

 

Updated On: 4/18/18 at 08:01 PM

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 8:03pm

Do they HAVE to nominate four? 

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 8:18pm

The Tony eligibility rules seem to normally push for 4:

''There shall be no more than 4 nominees in each category; provided: That if there are at least 7 eligible candidates for nomination in any of the eight established “Best Performance” categories, then there shall be 5 nominees in that category.''

I suppose the Tonys also have the discretion to do whatever they want. There are categories that have had fewer than 4 nominees.

Updated On: 4/18/18 at 08:18 PM

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 8:20pm

Wayman_Wong said: "The Tony eligibility rules seem to normally push for 4:

''There shall be no more than 4 nominees in each category; provided: That if there are at least 7 eligible candidates for nomination in any of the eight established “Best Performance” categories, then there shall be 5 nominees in that category.''"

Thanks for providing the passage. In theory, they can nominate less than four if they felt inclined to do so.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 9:19pm

Maybe the nominating committee found Slater's voice too annoying.

Remember the year the TONYs only nominated 2 Actresses for Best Actress in a Musical? 

I think Slater will definitely get  TONY nom.

[Lindsay is a goddess]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 9:36pm

Everybody breathe. Ethan Slater has the nomination in the bag, just because the Drama League chose to overlook him doesn’t mean that the Tony committee will. The nominees would have to be piss-poor for the committee to only nominate three actors, and Slater got much better reviews than Joshua Henry. Take a breath, he’s perfectly safe.

[QueenAlice]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 9:41pm

Glenda Jackson will win this obviously.

Updated On: 4/18/18 at 09:41 PM

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 4/18/18 at 11:17pm

''Remember the year the TONYs only nominated 2 Actresses for Best Actress in a Musical? ''

Yes, but that was an especially skimpy season: only 2 shows were up for Best Musical: ''Smokey Joe's Cafe'' and ''Sunset Boulevard,'' and only 2 shows were up for Best Musical Revival: ''How to Succeed'' and ''Showboat.'' Only Glenn Close and Rebecca Luker were up for Best Actress (though I still think they could've fielded 4 nominees, with Megan Mullally and Elaine Stritch). After all, the Tonys did field 4 nominees for Best Actor in a Musical.

Updated On: 4/18/18 at 11:17 PM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 4/19/18 at 12:05am

Slater not getting nominated makes sense to me. The show is not good. And I think the more theater you see, the more you'll realize that. It's not a terrible show, but is that really a compliment? I urge all of you to see shows like People Places and Things at St. Ann's and Yerm at The Park Ave Amory (I haven't seen this one) because it will show you how powerful a performance and theater can be. 

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 4/19/18 at 12:31pm

RippedMan: Regardless of what you thought of ''SpongeBob SquarePants,'' the Drama League still nominated it for Best Musical, and usually they'll select someone (or two) from the cast. What's more, it got mostly wonderful reviews, and many of them singled out Ethan Slater for praise, including the N.Y. Times. ... Awards are so subjective. ''Children of a Lesser God'' got largely panned, but the League still nominated its star, Joshua Jackson. 

Updated On: 4/19/18 at 12:31 PM

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 4/19/18 at 12:32pm

Wayman_Wong said: "RippedMan: Regardless of what you thought of ''SpongeBob,'' the League still nominated it for Best Musical, and usually they'll select someone (or two) from the cast. What's more, it got mostly wonderful reviews, and many of them singled out Ethan Slater for praise, including the N.Y. Times. ... Awards are so subjective. ''Children of a Lesser God'' got largely panned, but the League still nominated its star, Joshua Jackson."

To be fair, Jackson got pretty stellar reviews from what I read, including the NY Times.

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 4/19/18 at 12:44pm

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2: RippedMan was blaming Slater's lack of a League nomination because he believes ''Spongebob'' is ''not good.'' I was pointing out that the League did nominate actors, like Jackson, from shows that weren't well-received. 

Updated On: 4/19/18 at 12:44 PM

[Andy51]

Posted: 4/19/18 at 1:34pm

In my view, the exclusion of David Greenspan from a group of 50 nominees for Distinguished Performance Award is a monumental oversight (or failure of judgment).  Greenspan brilliantly performed all eight characters in Strange Interlude over the course of a 6 hour evening.  Certainly among the most remarkable performances I saw this season -- easily in the top 10.  I would also put Lars Eidinger up there for his performance of Richard III at BAM (assuming that production was eligible).  

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 5/18/18 at 3:05pm

Glenda!!!