2018 Tony Eligibility Rulings, Round #4 (FINAL) — Page 2

LesWickedly said: "I counted 12 eligible Leading Actors in Play"

Ugh, yes you're right. I forgot about Michael Moore and John Lithgow again, as well as Jeremy Shamos and Tom Sturridge. Damn, I'm getting sloppy! Sorry folks!

I actually believe that HP is NOT eligible for Best Score since Imogen Heap is not credited with Original Music. Her credit in the HP Playbill is "Composer and Arranger" so I believe they would have had to rule it as an original score written for theater.



When Fences was nominated a few years back, Brandford Marsails was credited as "Original Music by" deeming him eligible.

So is she "technically" eligible for Orchestrations?

No mention of THREE TALL WOMEN. Does this mean that Jackson, Metcalf, and Pill (all above-title) are all in the Best Actress category? (Or did I miss something?)

pointilismlight said: "I actually believe that HP is NOT eligible for Best Score since Imogen Heap is not credited with Original Music. Her credit in the HP Playbill is "Composer and Arranger" so I believe they would have had to rule it as an original score written for theater.



When Fences was nominated a few years back, Brandford Marsails was credited as "Original Music by" deeming him eligible.

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She does hav the nom for the OCC...and it's billed as Outstanding New Score so that's interesting if that's the case.

I think Louderman gets in. I'll be interested to see if they go for LaChanze.

I'm happy with the new 5 nominee rule with 9 eligible. Sure there will be times when the nominated work is not the best, but a packed season will come along (like last year) that it will be nice to reward.

For the past few examples in recent history of plays getting best score nominations, their eligibility was made clear in a committee ruling for Fences, One Man Two Guvnors, and Peter and the Starcatcher.

2010 Rulings for Fences Best Score Eligibility

2012 Rulings for One Man, Two Guvnors and Peter and the Starcatcher Best Score Eligibility

That's what makes me curious to know the HP score consideration. In the case of One Man Two Guvnors for example, a search in the Playbill Vault shows that the billing did not specifically say "original music by" as was brought up earlier in this thread, but that was the case for Fences. However both were specifically ruled as eligible in their respective years. If they both had to have rulings because they are plays, what does this mean for HP since no ruling was made in this meeting?

I know other people have brought up this same question, just wanted to bring up some trends based on past evidence.

I assumed these trends would be based on consistent logic, but we all know what happens when we assume.

At least the ineligibility of Cursed Child for best score does confirm my suspicion of there needing to be a ruling for a play's best score eligibility despite playbill billing. That is a sign of some consistent logic.

That is unfortunate that HP won't be eligible though. I was hoping for them to win score honestly as a slap in the face to the weak season it is for new scores in musicals.]

Now the nominees for score will most definitely be The Bands Visit, Frozen, Mean Girls, and Spongebob. I think Bands Visit is a lock with Frozen and Mean Girls behind it. I did not care for the Spongebob Score at all and will be shocked if it wins.

The only award Spongebob deserves to win is Sound Design and possibly Set Design, the rest of the show was embarrassing. If Spongebob actually wins anything else on Tony night it will be the biggest upset since the election of 2016.

I guess. It wouldn't make sense to leave someone out since they technically all contributed the same percentage of the score. And Tom Kitt can't be the only nominee since he only did additional music and orchestrations. Anyway, there's precedent for this; Urban Cowboy had 30 composers and lyricists nominated for Best Original Song.