2024-2025 Tony Awards thread (Eligibility Rulings, etc)- Page 2

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 10:24am

Considering Helen J. Shen is above the title, I don’t know why that was ever a question unless they attempted to petition her down to Featured (which would’ve been blatant category fraud) to avoid the clusterfunk of potential nominees.

JGJ getting designated for Lead Actor is absolutely the correct move and I’m glad that it happened since, as of right now, he is my strong favorite in that category.

Also, and perhaps most important, DeWitt Fleming Jr. getting the consideration for choreography alongside Rickey Tripp for AWW is absolutely deserved. That man put in WORK and I was surprised he didn’t have a co-choreographer credit (I don’t mean the small print “tap choreographer” one he does have), since they certainly had no problem listing 3 people for direction

[James2]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 10:37am

quizking101 said: "Considering Helen J. Shen is above the title, I don’t know why that was ever a question unless they attempted to petition her down to Featured (which would’ve been blatant category fraud)to avoid the clusterfunk of potential nominees.

JGJ getting designated for Lead Actor is absolutely the correct move and I’m glad that it happened since, as of right now, he is my strong favorite in that category.

Also, and perhaps most important, DeWitt Fleming Jr. getting the consideration for choreography alongside Rickey Tripp for AWW is absolutely deserved. That man put in WORK and I was surprised he didn’t have a co-choreographer credit (I don’t mean the small print “tap choreographer” one he does have), since they certainly had no problem listing 3 people for direction"

Helen was placed under the title for the week of opening night.

[quizking101]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 10:44am

So yeah, definitely tried category fraud here since the legacy playbills from October had her above the title.

[kurtal]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 10:44am

There was some scuttlebutt on a few Broadway podcasts (so ymmv), that the producers of DBH and MEH were petitioning Simard and Shen into featured, respectively.  Ultimately glad that didn't pan out.

[Kad]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 10:52am

Kind of hard to believe they’d try that with Simard when both women have been featured equally as co-leads in all the marketing and billing. 

Updated On: 1/17/25 at 10:52 AM

[Jeremiah]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 10:55am

I wish folks would stop trying to make these acting categories gender less. 

[kurtal]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 11:00am

Jeremiah said: "I wish folks would stop trying to make these acting categories gender less."

Ma'am, this is a Wendy's.

[ChiDoc]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 1:07pm

Chris Sieber in Featured is the only real surprise here for me.  I know he's less of a lead than Hilty and Simard, but he still feels like the third part of that main trio.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 1/17/25 at 1:27pm

Only surprise here for me is EUREKA DAY being billed as a revival.