75th Annual Tony Nominations — Page 7

BWayBabe said: "[Sharon D Clarke] is a black brit. Her accent was off for a southern black woman."

As a person born and raised in the south, I thought Ms. Clarke's accent was just fine.

ATerrifyingAndImposingFigure said: "VintageSnarker said: "I can't predict Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical either."

That's pretty easy, Matt Doyle is the clear frontrunner and in the chance of an upset, it would be John-Andrew Morrison."

That assumes we live in a logical world and after these nominations, I don't know anymore. For what it's worth, I was not impressed by his past performances, but I think A.J. Shively finally found a way to shine in the kind of juvenile (i.e. ingenue counterpart) role we don't really see much of anymore. The nomination was a surprise but I thought he was really good. Now, if Chilina had been nominated, that would have been insane.

forfivemoreminutes said: "Very disappointed that none of the Caroline, or Change featured actresses got nominated - each of them gave outstanding performances."

Well, now I'm sad. Hopefully they'll all get other opportunities but they did great work, especially considering the weaker nominations in that category.

Broadway61004 said: "Historically speaking, they tend to reward performances in new musicals in this category (only 3 of the last 16 winners have been from revivals)."



That's an interesting stat/pattern, though I tend to be kind of wary/suspicious of any award stats that are only true of one gender over another (the stats are much more even distributed in Featured Actress). After all, the breakdown of actor vs. actress is effectively random and arbitrary based on what roles happen to crop up that season - what could possibly be the causality that makes male actors in revivals more awards-friendly vs. female actors in revivals? Unless it just happens to be that older shows tend not to have as many awards-friendly supporting roles for men as they do for women, which might be true, but would require its own analysis.

But the irony of that, of course, is that this year's projected winner for Featured Actor is playing a role written for a woman. So if the stat you're referencing is only caused by the way older shows were written, then Doyle is all the less likely to be hindered by the stat you're referencing.

EDIT: Re-worded my last sentence

Updated On: 5/9/22 at 02:13 PM

JBroadway said: "Broadway61004 said: "Historically speaking, they tend to reward performances in new musicals in this category (only 3 of the last 16 winners have been from revivals)."



That's an interesting stat/pattern, though I tend to be kind of wary/suspicious of any award stats that are only true of one gender over another (the stats are much more even distributed in Featured Actress). After all, the breakdown of actor vs. actress is effectively random and arbitrary based on what roles happen to crop up that season - what could possibly be the causality that makes male actors in revivals more awards-friendly vs. female actors in revivals? Unless it just happens to be that older shows tend not to have as many awards-friendly supporting roles for men as they do for women, which might be true, but would require its own analysis.

But the irony of that, of course, is that this year's projected winner for Featured Actor is playing a role written for a woman. So if the stat you're referencing is only caused by the way older shows were written, then Doyle is all the more likely to win."

Definitely, I still agree this will likely go to Doyle. Just saying based on recent history, I think it's a little less of a sure thing than some folks are predicting (will also be interesting to see if Spivey ends up not winning Actor, would this be the category to reward the Strange Loop performers by giving it to Morrison? Could be interesting.)

I thought people were raving about Jane Lynch and thought she was a shoe-in. Wonder what happened there.

That featured actor in a musical category is a tough one. I think Doyle is the favorite, but the more I think about it, the more I want JAM to win. He has worked on this show so hard and for so long and does such incredible work in this show.

i'm really taken aback by lenk's and fisburne's omissions.

binau said: "RememberTheDay said: "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."

There is no way this award is going to anyone except Patti LuPone!"


100%, but I am just so happy Shoshana is among them. To have essentially given up on Broadway only until recently, and to come back and get a nom on your first original show back….


Amazing. Get her in a big new musical, she can win in the future.

ashley0139 said: "I thought people were raving about Jane Lynch and thought she was a shoe-in. Wonder what happened there."

I, for one, was bummed she didn't make the cut. I thought she was wonderful.

With all the unexpected Paradise Square love, I think Kalukango has a real chance at winning this thing. She's easily the highlight of the show and it would be the best way to recognize the show. It's definitely between her and Clarke.

Deedee23 said: "BJR said: "ashley0139 said: "I thought people were raving about Jane Lynch and thought she was a shoe-in. Wonder what happened there."

I, for one, was bummed she didn't make the cut. I thought she was wonderful."

While I admit Jane has fantastic stage presence, I felt like she wasn't acting, rather, just playing as herself."

Do you know her personally? If not, there's no way to know if she's "playing as herself."

12 hours later, I just realized that SKIN OF OUR TEETH and DANA H did not get nominated for Best Revival and Best Play respectively. All day I thought they were because each got Directing, Acting, and Design noms and I can never keep all the nominees straight on day 1.

And to that I say: WTF!!!

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