Posted: 4/24/18 at 12:08pm
Posted: 4/24/18 at 12:20pm
I'm really surprised that Frozen got shut out for the design categories. I though that Natasha Katz's lighting would be a lock for nomination and also kinda surprised that it didn't get nominated for set design, sound design or costumes either
Posted: 4/24/18 at 12:28pm
I am happy for Tony Yazbeck's nominated but where is James McArdle!?
It's also very weird that Michael Urie was nominated for Government Inspector and not Torch Song. I mean, he was great in both but I figured Torch Song had more attention.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 12:29pm
Nicole 10 said: "I'm really surprised that Frozen got shut out for the design categories. I though that Natasha Katz's lighting would be a lock for nomination and also kinda surprised that it didn't get nominated for set design, sound designor costumes either"
Not all that surprised at set or sound but I did think it would at least get lights and costumes.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 12:35pm
These nominations are almost always off-kilter with what's to come. Last year, ANASTASIA had something like 9 nominations, and then got bitch-slapped at the Tonys. It's almost always because the Off-Broadway transfers aren't eligible a second time, and when THE BAND'S VISIT gets thrown into the mix, a lot of the higher nominated shows here will get bumped a few pegs down.
Thrilled for Yazbeck as he was the best parts of PRINCE OF BROADWAY, bar none.
I'm very mad at the glaring omission of anything TORCH SONG, especially Urie. Maybe it'll come through next season?
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:10pm
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:12pm
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:27pm
There are a lot of weird nominations here (as always with the OCC), but Butler and Park getting nominated above Kate Rockwell for Mean Girls is bizarre to me.
James McArdle's absence is also confusing.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:27pm
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Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:29pm
Broadway_Boy said: "I’m appalled Noma wasn’t nominated for Harry Potter. I figured she was a shoe-in for everything!"
Over Denise Gough? no way.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:31pm
There are things I'm happy about (yay, Spongebob!) and things I'm not. But can we talk about how utterly baffling THIS category is?
Outstanding Featured Actor In A Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, My Fair Lady
Alexander Gemignani, Carousel
Gavin Lee, Spongebob Squarepants
Nick Wyman, Desperate Measures
Tony Yazbeck, Prince Of Broadway
I'll give you Lee and Butz. I adore Tony Yazbeck, but....for Prince of Broadway? I barely even remember Gemignani in Carousel (and I'm a fan!). I haven't seen Nick Wyman so can't comment. But...Grey Henson? Alex Newell? Philip Boykin? There were REMARKABLE performances in this category, and they gave two nominations to actors whose work I have so admired...elsewhere. Hopefully Henson and Newell especially will get noticed by the Tony's.
And just because other people are commenting on it: I think Urie is a tremendous stage actor but was terribly miscast and not wonderful in Torch Song. Fully excited for his Government Inspector nod, though.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:34pm
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:45pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "There are a lot of weird nominations here (as always with the OCC), but Butler and Park getting nominated above Kate Rockwell forMean Girlsis bizarre to me.
James McArdle's absence is also confusing."
I don’t disagree with this choice at all. I thought they both were the two complete stand outs in the show.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:47pm
little_sally said: "Broadway_Boy said: "I’m appalled Noma wasn’t nominated for Harry Potter. I figured she was a shoe-in for everything!"
Over Denise Gough? no way.
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I thought Noma was lead and Denise was supporting. I don’t have a problem with Gough winning over her, but she should have been nominated. I also agree Gemignani was not deserving for this performance over Hansen or Newell.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:56pm
weird and somewhat oblivious, the former by virtue of tradition and the latter by virtue, dare I say, of the painfully skewed demographic of the nominators. Am I right that they are all white males of an average age approaching social security territory?
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:56pm
I trust YERMA was not eligible. The alternative would be damning to the Outer Critics Circle.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 1:59pm
Posted: 4/24/18 at 2:30pm
So glad that Hack O'Brien was left off the list.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 2:43pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Wonder if it will be possible to see Gattelli nominated twice for the tony awards as well."
It's certainly possible in this year full of lackluster dances. Even if he is nominated for one or both, my guess is Justin Peck will take it for the sheer volume of work in CAROUSEL. Though I wouldn't dismiss Camille A. Brown who gave ONCE ON THIS ISLAND its distinctive swag.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 3:01pm
henrikegerman said: "I trust YERMA was not eligible. The alternative would bedamning tothe Outer Critics Circle."
I think it was eligible, but they refused to give all the voters tickets so it would have made it not possible for every voter to vote in each category it had been nominated in.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 3:26pm
Where the heck is Billie Piper? And why no Denise G. in People, Places and Things?
Posted: 4/24/18 at 3:33pm
The biggest shook for me is the fact that almost half of the Mean Girls cast got a nom with inner competition, but Henson who had no inner competition was left-out.
And how funny that we debate for so long between Weed or Rockwell, or maybe both, but they went with Park AND Butler LOL
Almost half of the nominees (15 to be true) are not Tony-eligible, but I really hope that the cast of Harry Potter, Once on this Island and Angels in America gets more love than the obvious players.
Margaritaville getting a Best Musical nom wtf
Posted: 4/24/18 at 3:58pm
ACL2006 said: "At least MARGARITAVILLE got a best Musical nom."
Maybe it was those Florida critics that decided to vote en masse.
Posted: 4/24/18 at 4:00pm
Anyone else think this bodes extremely well as far as Murin > Levy for the Tony nom?
Posted: 4/24/18 at 4:06pm
TFMH18 said: "Anyone else think this bodes extremely well as far as Murin >Levy for the Tony nom?"
I agree. At this rate, I’m predicting the Tony category will consist of Ambrose, Kilgore, Lenk, Louderman, and Murin.
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