75th Annual Tony Nominations — Page 6

I'm honestly just flummoxed that MJ and Paradise Square, two shows that got such middling reviews, could be leading the pack.

The more I think about these nominations... the happier I am honestly. I would've put Flying Over Sunset in over Paradise Square if we were going for 6 Best Musical slots... but hey, I'm happy that an original musical like Paradise Square will hopefully get a nomination bump, let her sing "Let it Burn" on the Tonys, and keep people working.

I'm upset over Katrina, but she's got her Tony. I can't deny that as of now it's a dream of a category. Any of them have given award winning performances.

Featured Actor in a Musical is just confusing. The Paradise Square men were not on anyone's radar... Doyle will walk away with it.

Couldn't be happier for L. Morgan Lee and Jennifer Simard. AND Jeanette Bayardelle. WHAT A CATEGORY!

Leading Actor in a play with 7 (!!!) that's crazy.

This is such an exciting Tonys year. I can not wait.

ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure said: "That One Man Two Guvnors snub was quite odd. It got seven nominations including director and won lead actor, yet it didn’t make it in for play.

Can’t say how good of a farce it is without seeing it yet, but I’m happy for POTUS breaking through that bias a bit."

One Man, Two Guvnors snub for a Best Play nomination had to do with awards season politics. One Man, Two Guvnors opened in a season with 14 original plays, one had won the previous year's Pulitzer, Clybourne Park, another was the current year's runner up, Other Desert Cities. Add to that there were numerous other well received and commercially successful plays, so the producers tried to better their odds by having it considered as a for Best Revival since it is an new adaption of the Carlo Goldoni's 1746 classic Il Servitore di due padroni (A Servant to Two Masters). This did not go over well an the committee rightfully denied their request as while it does use Goldoni's play as the basis for the plot, it would be like arguing Rent should've been considered a revival since its an adaptation of La Bohème. Arguably if One Man, Two Guvnors hadn't tried to game the system they might of gotten nominated over Peter and the Starcatcher, but it was just such a competitive year for plays.

Kad said: "Reminder that number of nominations does not necessarily translate into wins. The nominations are the decision of just a few dozen folks- the voting body is hundreds and hundreds."

Great Comet anyone…

Luminaire2 said: "OH MY GOD SHOSHANA!!



I am so proud of her!"

SAME SAME SAME. So well deserved. I think either her or Simard will walk away with it.

i didn’t keep up with eligibility discourse, were none of the Six ladies eligible or submitted? thought Andrea or Abby might squeeze in a nomination

bdn223 said: “I am guessing they couldn't or were having trouble trademarking Six, so they went with Six: The Musical. It's broadway production has always that "the musical" tagline on all of their promotional and marketing materials though.”

huh it’s on the original studio recording too i must have just never noticed. Six: The Musical makes me think “wait what is that based on? do you mean Nine?”

Interesting how things shook out for Best Musical. A lot of choices but I wouldn't have picked those exact six. Best Original Score also feels generous. What are the rules again for how many nominations can be in category?

Funny Girl getting rejected from Best Revival...

I know people like GFTNC but with those other choices, it feels like the door is wide open for A Strange Loop to take Best Book of a Musical.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play is an interesting spread recognizing people from throughout the season. The play nominations are nicely distributed among shows in general. It helps that a lot of notable performances could be deemed Featured.

With these nominees, Leading Role in a Musical could go any which way in both categories. I can't predict Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical either.

gypsy101 said: "that’s one of the dumbest things i’ve ever heard lmao"

What's dumb? That the six ladies were rightly submitted as Lead actresses? Or that certain performers –– all uniformly good with similar moments to shine –– did not rise above others?

Tony awards for acting are for individual achievements, not ensembles. You can take issue with there not being an ensemble category, but that's a totally different topic of conversation. The situations for Billy Elliot and Side Show were idiotic and the Tonys were right to do away with those old rules.

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bdn223 said: "Do we know what went on behind the scenes with this?

I thought Producers submitted and petitioned the Queens to be considered for a joint best featured actress nomination, and the nominating committee decided they should individually considered for Leading Actress. What producer in their right mind would petition to have 6 roles in an ensemble show be considered for leading actress in a season that that they already knew would includea female ledCompany,The Music Man, Funny Girl,andCaroline or Change?!?!?Let alone the notices Mare Winningham had already received. It also goes against the entire message ofSixto have individual performances singled out for leading recognition. I find it hard to believe the producers would be naïve enough to purposely submit their actresses for a category they know they don't stand a chance in."



It's unclear whether the producers even bothered to request a joint nomination, considering joint nominations are now explicitly prohibited in the current Tony rules. Whether they asked for it or not is irrelevant, though you're right that they probably would've wanted a joint nomination if it had been allowed.

As for the leading vs. featured: I don't know for sure, but I highly doubt that the Tony committee put them in the Leading category of their own accord. While it's not against the rules, it completely goes against established precedent when it comes to ensemble shows of this size (even some 3-person ensembles have gone entirely Featured). It seems highly likely that it was a request from the producers.

I'm guessing it was a symbolic gesture. They probably figured (correctly) that they had a good shot at a nice bundle of nominations even without any acting noms, and I'm guessing they felt it went against the spirit of the show and its messaging to campaign for any one of them to get nominated. They probably figured it would be too crowded either way, so they asked to be in leading as a symbolic gesture.

Again, I'm just speculating based on the circumstantial evidence.

Updated On: 5/9/22 at 01:25 PM