2024 Tony Awards — Page 10

DramaTeach said: "I honestly don’t see a world where they can leave out The Wiz. It’s the only musical with a predominantly Black cast, and, whether the show deserves the nomination or not, it would be bad optics to leave it out. This is obviously between Cabaret and Merrily though."

Totally agree. The Wiz will be nominated. For all the reasons you state plus it’s still open. It’s so much fun and much improved since Tour.

Then why on earth has this person not been removed, because this kind of language should not be tolerated!

And somehow every time someone calls out "Broadway Flash" -- then THOSE posts are deleted. Hmmmm...

Here are my random guesses as of today:

BEST MUSICAL
Hell’s Kitchen
Here Lies Love
Illinoise
The Outsiders
Suffs

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
Cabaret
Gutenberg! The Musical!
Merrily We Roll Along
The Wiz

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Cabaret, Eddie Redmayne
Days of Wine and Roses, Brian d’Arcy James
Harmony, Chip Zien
Merrily We Roll Along, Jonathan Groff
The Outsiders, Brody Grant

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Cabaret, Gayle Rankin
Days of Wine and Roses, Kelli O’Hara
Hell’s Kitchen, Maleah Joi Moon
Lempicka, Eden Espinosa
Suffs, Shaina Taub

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Hell’s Kitchen, Brandon Victor Dixon
Here Lies Love, Conrad Ricamora
Merrily We Roll Along, Daniel Radcliffe
The Outsiders, Joshua Boone
The Outsiders, Brent Comer

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Cabaret, Bebe Neuwirth
Merrily We Roll Along, Lindsay Mendez
Monty Python’s Spamalot, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer
The Notebook, Maryann Plunkett
The Outsiders, Emma Pittman

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Cabaret, Rebecca Frecknall
Here Lies Love, Alex Timbers
Illinoise, Justin Peck
Merrily We Roll Along, Maria Friedman
Suffs, Leigh Silverman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Days of Wine and Roses
Here Lies Love
Lempicka
The Outsiders
Suffs

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Days of Wine and Roses
Hell’s Kitchen
Lempicka
The Outsiders
Suffs

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Cabaret
Hell’s Kitchen
Illinoise
The Outsiders
The Wiz

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Days of Wine and Roses
Hell’s Kitchen
Here Lies Love
Merrily We Roll Along
Suffs

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Cabaret
The Great Gatsby
Here Lies Love
Water for Elephants
The Wiz

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Cabaret
Lempicka
Merrily We Roll Along
Suffs
The Wiz

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Cabaret
Here Lies Love
Illinoise
The Outsiders
Water for Elephants

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Back to the Future
Here Lies Love
Lempicka
Merrily We Roll Along
The Outsiders



BEST PLAY
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
Mother Play
Patriots
Prayer for the French Republic
Stereophonic

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Appropriate
Doubt
An Enemy of the People
Purlie Victorious

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
Doubt, Liev Schreiber
An Enemy of the People, Jeremy Strong
Patriots, Michael Stuhlbarg
Purlie Victorious, Leslie Odom Jr.

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Appropriate, Sarah Paulson
Doubt, Amy Ryan
Mary Jane, Rachel McAdams
Mother Play, Jessica Lange

BEST FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Appropriate, Corey Stoll
An Enemy of the People, Michael Imperioli
Patriots, Will Keen
Stereophonic, Will Brill
Uncle Vanya, William Jackson Harper

BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Doubt, Zoe Kazan
Doubt, Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Mother Play, Celia Keenan-Bolger
Prayer for the French Republic, Francis Benhamou
Purlie Victorious, Kara Young

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Appropriate, Lila Neugebauer
An Enemy of the People, Sam Gold
Prayer for the French Republic, David Cromer
Purlie Victorious, Kenny Leon
Stereophonic, Daniel Aukin

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Doubt
Grey House
Patriots
Purlie Victorious
Stereophonic

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
The Cottage
An Enemy of the People
Mother Play
Purlie Victorious
Stereophonic

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Appropriate
An Enemy of the People
Patriots
Purlie Victorious
Stereophonic

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Appropriate
Patriots
Purlie Victorious
The Shark Is Broken
Stereophonic

DramaTeach said: "I honestly don’t see a world where they can leave out The Wiz. It’s the only musical with a predominantly Black cast, and, whether the show deserves the nomination or not, it would be bad optics to leave it out. This is obviously between Cabaret and Merrily though."

being the only musical with a predominantly (blank) cast isn't a reason something should be nominated if it's not actually a good production, the critics are going to slaughter it as the bus and truck tour stop cash grab that it is

dramamama611 said: "Isn't Hells Kitchen largely people of color? Obv I haven't seen it yet."

Yes, it’s mostly people of color (and not just Black, the ensemble is a good mix).

It’s interesting we don’t talk about Here Lies Love as the “diverse” option, even though it was historic in its all-Filipino casting. It got much better reviews than most other shows. (By the way, this won’t be eligible for Best Orchestrations since there really weren’t any due to the heavy use of prerecorded music. I don’t believe there’s even an orchestrator credited.)

I think since this season is all over the place, and since nominators and voters have to see everything in order to vote, I think we might see representation from closed shows and even some surprise winners. It might not be spring-heavy like we think. I personally would love to see Kelli and BDJ as eventual winners; they gave the performances of their careers.

If nominators love Illinoise, I expect at least one of the performers to be nominated, and it might be a frontrunner in the Orchestrations category (because you can see them!).

HeyMrMusic said: "It’s interestingwe don’t talk aboutHere Lies Loveas the “diverse” option, even though it was historic in its all-Filipino casting. It got much better reviews than most other shows. (By the way, this won’t be eligible for Best Orchestrations since there really weren’t any due to the heavy use of prerecorded music. I don’t believe there’s even an orchestrator credited.)"

Genuinely curious since I'm not well-versed in this area, but I wouldn't think that the prerecorded music negates there being an orchestrator for the show, since theoretically someone would still have to decide which instrument played which melodic line and everything even in the prerecorded music. On their website Matt Stine and Justin Levine are credited for "Music Production & Additional Arrangements" so could they also be put into the slot of orchestrators (I'm assuming David Byrne would be the "primary" arranger)? Though, I don't think HLL would necessarily be nominated for orchestrations regardless but I'm wondering what that category would look like on the ballot.

The prerecorded music in HLL was, of course, orchestrated. Older credits say that Tony Finno did the orchestral arrangements. But “Orchestrations,” in this sense of the word, is about what is played live in the theatre, or I would assume it does. Regardless, the mess with the musicians’ union is the only thing anyone remembers about the live music aspect of the show. It wouldn’t really be fair to other shows that have the score played live, in my opinion.

I’m surprised they didn’t petition Byrne (or Byrne and Timbers) as the bookwriter.

If we go by opening night credits, this isn’t eligible for Book or Orchestrations. This show is one of the only we have official rulings on. The next eligibility meeting will have about 700 shows considered.

(Conversely, Illinoise is now crediting Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury with the book of the show.)

yyys said: "there is no book."

It has characters; it has a story; that story is divided into scenes; it has stage directions. Of course it has a book.

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "The Tony Awards website has launched their "This Season" section which sorts all the eligible shows from the season into the production category they are competing in. Despite not making any announcement about it (so bizarre), Appropriate is listed under Revival of a Play. So it looks to be official!

https://www.tonyawards.com/this-season/best-revival-of-a-play/

Curiously, Spamalot, How to Dance in Ohio, Doubt, and Prayer for the French Republic have also been added to these pages even though no announcement on eligibility has been made for those shows. Are they about to send a press release....or did someone just straight up forget to make the announcement? It's truly so strange to have waited so long, especially since it seems they might have ruled on these in January."

I think the various category tabs on this site may be a work in progress. The only one I would trust is All Shows. Two quick example: Outsiders doesn't show up under Best Musical, and Tommy doesn't show under Best Revival of a Musical. Both are listed under All Shows though.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Awards-Administration-Committee-Determines-Eligibility-for-2023-2024-Season-20240419

Updated On: 4/19/24 at 03:46 PM