Angels Taking the Simon for 18 Weeks! — Page 2

You see La Cage? Fabulous. Best thing on Broadway, maybe ever.

Any idea on who will take over Joe?

ColorTheHours048 said: "I'm curious to see if and how the staging/sets will be altered to accommodate a smaller stage. At least I think it's smaller? Or at least not as deep as the National, because that stage is DEEP. The seatpulling back in Part 1 was impressive but then when it retreated further in Part 2, my mind was blown. The only Broadway house I can think of off the top of my head that could fully allow that is the Beaumont."

I imagine there will be some adjustments to both the depth and possibly width of the production, as the original stage has a very wide and extremely deep stage. But if anyone can make it work, it's Elliot.

And what a thrill. An incredible production. Shame about Tovey. He was a highlight for me and one of the best Joes I've ever seen.

@Markie Are you talking about the plays or the actors in those roles? Angels would be a revival and Harry Potter is a new play, so they compete in different top categories at the Tonys.

Though I am interested to see what categories the Angels actors are eligible in. In the original runs, Spinella was featured for Millennium Approaches and Lead for Perestroika. The reverse eligibility was true for Ron Liebman as Roy Cohn. I'm assuming both parts may be lead for this production, unless they throw the entire cast into featured.

I am so excited for this announcement and will start planning a trip in May from Texas even though I have one for this month coming up. My question is about the scheduling of both parts. I read on here that someone said he wanted to see both in one day which would be perfect for me to do as well if that is possibility. Does anyone know this early in if it will be? thanks And I am sad I won't see Russell Tovey as I love him in everything he does.

TotallyEffed said: "Markie meant the actors. I wouldn't count out Prior Walter."

Yes I was talking about the actors but yeah I keep wondering how the committee would categorize Prior Walter since they would be shown simultaneously. If both Lane and Garfield get nominated for lead then they may split the vote and we will have a Parker win.

Oh god why am I wondering about their tony chances this early when I should be worrying about how I can afford to buy tickets for 2 2-part shows in the same month!?!??!

Updated On: 9/7/17 at 12:42 PM

Don't forget Denzel Washington in The Iceman Cometh in the role Nathan Lane was hoping to take to Broadway...

Thrilled!

Lane would be a slam dunk in Featured, but in leading he'd likely be up against his own co-star + Denzel Washington, Jamie Parker, Mark Rylance, maybe Chris Evans/Michael Cera, and Clive Owen. (And Michael Moore as himself.) I'll be excited to see how the production is reimagined for the new space.

GeorgeandDot said: "If Andrew Garfield's performance is always as great as it was in the broadcast, I see him definitely taking Best Lead Actor. Hopefully they'll put Lane in featured because he would certainly win and I think Denise Gough could be a very strong contender in featured/lead actress. Honestly, I see this production sweeping, it's phenomenal. I'm thrilled that this show is coming back."

You have to remember it will go against Harry Potter in all technical Design awards. So it will have a very stiff competition and an exciting Tony Award evening! I can see acting awards sweep though for Angels. But I really can't see the tony committee putting Roy Cohn in the supporting category. Both Cohn and Walter are leads though in different parts.

Alex Kulak2 said: "Why is this season so great for plays and so awful for musicals?"

I'd say it's a good season for revivals. We don't know if the original plays will be any better than the original musicals aside from word of mouth/reviews from out of town tryouts and the fact that a lot of the original musicals are based on pre-existing properties. Works for me. I can save some money.

Wolf Hall Parts 1 and 2 were petitioned for and considered to a single play, including performances. We also have Harry Potter coming in, and those 2 "parts" at least do not work just by themselves so I strongly doubt they'll be petitioned separately.

I'd like Angels In America to be considered a single play but it will be interesting if it is considered as 2 separate plays. For one thing, it will mean more difficulty in recouping because Tony voters will have to see both parts of a limited 18week run instead of choosing to see just the part for which an actor/actress was specifically nominated (which might be moot if there an actors nominated for both parts, or different actors are nominated for different parts). I'm just rambling now.

The only real wish I have is they don't pull a Sunday In The Park With George, because these performances deserve Tony nods.

I don't wish to be big headed... but .. told you so!



personally I found this whole production a bore. Nathan Lane aside, it's a mess. It's overlong and it looks really ugly. They will have to redesign it considerably to fit the Simon.