2018 Tony Eligibility Rulings, Round #3

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Awards-Decide-Eligibility-for-FROZEN-ANGELS-IN-AMERICA-1984-THREE-TALL-WOMEN-More-20180412

Biggest takeaways:

Both Levy and Murin are considered for Lead Actress in a Musical.

Both Metcalf and Pill are considered Featured Actress in a Play.

Nathan Lane will be considered for Featured Actor in a Play.

They're no longer excluding 1984 from the Tonys.

Updated On: 4/12/18 at 05:19 PM

Metcalf being considered Featured just made things very interesting. But I still think Gough will take it.

GeorgeandDot said: "Do we think 1984 might get a best play nomination?="

I would think it would get nominated over Meteor Shower. (If the other nominees are Potter, Junk, and The Children.)

Wonder if Disney even tried petitioning Caissie to featured. Now that she’s officially lead I wonder if she will even be nominated.

Updated On: 4/12/18 at 05:37 PM

Notreallysilent 2 said: "So I’ve never followed these committee decisions so I’m just a bit confused. I didn’t see anything about Nathan Lane? How do you know that he is being considered for featured."

Lane is below the title in the Angels playbill, and everybody under the title is considered for Featured performances. These rulings announcements designate the exceptions (or, who's considered for Leading instead).

I feel like if any of the Frozen ladies can get into Leading Actress it's Patti. Patti got better reviews overall and was called out by several publications including the Times.

Like the second announcement, the third one does not mention The Parisian Woman. I guess it did not invite anybody.

Also worth noting that none of the actors in Lobby Hero are above the title, which means Michael Cera is considered featured - which is very surprising to me. Definitely seemed like a leading role to me.

So we're still waiting on Harry Potter, Mean Girls, Carousel, Summer, My Fair Lady, Iceman Cometh, Children of a Lesser God, and Saint Joan? Am I missing any?

EDIT: Fixed, thanks Smaxie. Personally, though, I think "My Fairy Lady" sounds like a more fun show.

Updated On: 4/12/18 at 05:46 PM

James2 said: "Like the second announcement, the third one does not mention The Parisian Woman. I guess it did not invite anybody."

Or there was no reason to petition it. It’ll be considered a new play, and Uma will be considered for Leading Actress as she was above the title.

I think Metcalf would be a stronger contender if she hadn’t just won. It could still happen, but my money is on Gough.

What I mean is each announcement lists at the beginning which productions were discussed at the meeting. Neither this announcement nor the previous one included The Parisian Woman in the list, which suggests the committee never even discussed it.

Cfried said: "So1984is now eligible...I wonder what had happened."

Maybe the nominator who missed it during its Broadway run was able to catch it through the New York Public Library.

AntV said: "James2 said: "What I mean is each announcement lists at the beginning which productions were discussed at the meeting. Neither this announcement nor the previous one includedThe Parisian Womanin the list, which suggests the committee never even discussed it."

The omission of The Parisian Woman in the original release was an error that has since been corrected. You can see the updated version here:

http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/news/articles/2018-01-25/2018-01-25_tony_awards_eligibility_for_2018_part_2.html

But Springsteen still wasn't made eligibile."

Thanks for pointing that out.