Posted: 10/18/18 at 3:02pm
Posted: 10/18/18 at 3:04pm
A little surprised they left everyone in HEAD OVER HEELS featured. I just hope we don't end up with 4 Best Actress in a Musical nominees this year.
Posted: 10/18/18 at 3:15pm
IdinaBellFoster said: "A little surprised they left everyone in HEAD OVER HEELS featured. I just hope we don't end up with 4 Best Actress in a Musical nominees this year."
I was perplexed by that too, but after reconsideration, there isn't really anyone in the show I would call "leading", since it's truly an ensemble piece. Plus, featured actor/actress have expanded to 6 nominees in the past, so I could definitely see Rachel York and Bonnie Milligan entering that field, moreso the latter.
Posted: 10/18/18 at 3:16pm
IdinaBellFoster said: "A little surprised they left everyone in HEAD OVER HEELS featured. I just hope we don't end up with 4 Best Actress in a Musical nominees this year."
We might! There's not a ton of eligibility...
Kelli O'Hara
Samantha Barks
Christiani Pitts
Probably Sophia Ann Caruso for Beetlejuice, unless they consider her Featured
The Chers, depending on how they rule
The Prom actress/es depending on how they rule
Mare Winningham, if GFTNC transfers
...anyone I'm missing? I feel like everyone else would be Featured.
Posted: 10/18/18 at 4:20pm
Posted: 10/18/18 at 4:36pm
Posted: 10/18/18 at 4:54pm
Angelica_loves_musicals said: "Would Lilli Cooper be considered featured in Tootsie?"
Unless they add a lot to her role between the Chicago run and Broadway, I cannot imagine that she will be considered lead.
Posted: 10/18/18 at 4:57pm
Posted: 10/18/18 at 5:39pm
JudyDenmark said: "IdinaBellFoster said: "A little surprised they left everyone in HEAD OVER HEELS featured. I just hope we don't end up with 4 Best Actress in a Musical nominees this year."
We might! There's not a ton of eligibility...
Kelli O'Hara
Samantha Barks
Christiani Pitts
Probably Sophia Ann Caruso for Beetlejuice, unless they consider her Featured
The Chers, depending on how they rule
The Prom actress/es depending on how they rule
Mare Winningham, if GFTNC transfers
...anyone I'm missing? I feel like everyone else would be Featured."
If Company ends up coming in, you could add Rosalie Craig/Anne Hathaway/ whatever star they have lined up to this list. Stritch was nominated as a lead for Joanne, but I’d bet money they’d move Patti to featured where she’d not only easily win, but also not have to compete against her costar.
Posted: 10/19/18 at 11:06am
So is Straight White Men new or a revival?
Posted: 10/19/18 at 11:16am
Not sure if anyone knows, but do we think that all 3 Chers will be eligible for leading? Not sure about time on stage time for the three, but Stephanie J Block seems like the best contender out of the three?
Posted: 10/19/18 at 11:23am
If Hadestown still transfers as planning, whoever ends up playing Eurydice will end up leading. Not a big enough role to be nominated, in most seasons, but eligible.
Posted: 10/19/18 at 11:28am
SomethingPeculiar said: "So is Straight White Men new or a revival?"
It’s on Broadway for the first time, and they didn’t say anything about it being put into the Revival category via the “Classics Rule,” so it will be considered new.
Which I think makes sense, even though this production is not a transfer of the original Off-Broadway production. Compared to the shows that fall under the “Classics Rule,” SWM is much newer, and hasn’t had much time to become part of the cannon.
Posted: 10/19/18 at 12:09pm
kelsey1389 said: "Not sure if anyone knows, but do we think that all 3 Chers will be eligible for leading? Not sure about time on stage time for the three, but Stephanie J Block seems like the best contender out of the three?"
I am sure they would try to split it the same way that 'Summer' did last season. They put the "eldest" one into leading and the others into featured and that worked out very well for them. So it will likely see SJB into leading and the other two into featured. A lock for SJB at this point and a pretty good chance for one of the others as well, but likely not both.
Posted: 10/19/18 at 1:14pm
Sophia Anne Caruso plays Lydia in Beetlejuice and it is definitely a leading role.
Posted: 10/19/18 at 3:03pm
kelsey1389 said: "Not sure if anyone knows, but do we think that all 3 Chers will be eligible for leading? Not sure about time on stage time for the three, but Stephanie J Block seems like the best contender out of the three?"
How are they billed? Above or below the title? That is the default. As I understand it, any change is subject to producer petition. I don't think the Committee can change actors between "leading" and "featured" on the Committee's own whim.
Posted: 10/19/18 at 3:06pm
ggersten said: "kelsey1389 said: "Not sure if anyone knows, but do we think that all 3 Chers will be eligible for leading? Not sure about time on stage time for the three, but Stephanie J Block seems like the best contender out of the three?"
How are they billed? Above or below the title? That is the default. As I understand it, any change is subject to producer petition. I don't think the Committee can change actors between "leading" and "featured" on the Committee's own whim.
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Correct. This is why Joel Grey does not have a Tony for Chicago.
Posted: 10/19/18 at 3:27pm
Posted: 10/20/18 at 2:52pm
“Correct. This is why Joel Grey does not have a Tony for Chicago."
It’s been twenty years, and I still can’t believe he didn’t get nominated for the Tony Award he would have won because (allegedly) some assistant failed to file the petition paperwork.
The Tony committee is not as crazy anymore though, and now frequently makes its own decisions regarding Leading or Featured regardless of whether or not a petition was filed.
Posted: 10/20/18 at 4:22pm
The committee does not need a petition to make a change.
