#101
Posted: 1/12/14 at 1:05pm
I know right?! That's the fun of it! I'm not tying to be a butthole I'm just having fun.
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#102
Posted: 1/12/14 at 1:08pm
Isn't Helen Sinclair a supporting role or will she be upgraded for this production?
#103
Posted: 1/12/14 at 1:45pm
It can go ether way, in film, the supporting character goes for supporting role, in theatre, the supporting character can go for ether lead or featured role.
#104
Posted: 1/12/14 at 1:59pm
I saw A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder last night and it was funniest show I've seen on Broadway. I think Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham will both get nominated for their performances. Their roles were hilarious and very well executed by them both. It may also get nominations for best score, book and orchestrations (Jonathan Tunick). It's the only new musical I've seen this season, but I saw The Winslow Boy a few months ago, and I'm thinking Roger Rees will get nominated for Leading Actor in a Play, and possibly Alessandro Nivola for Supporting Actor.
#105
Posted: 1/12/14 at 2:48pm
Any nominations for No Man's Land/Waiting for Godot?
#106
Posted: 1/12/14 at 2:58pm
I agree that Rocky will be a success and snag lots of nominations, and quite possibly, wins. I can see Margo Seibert (Adrian in Rocky) getting into the best actress field and knocking one of the veterans out (I would put my money on Sutton being snubbed).
The potential for this season is huge - I'm excited to see it all play out. It's amazing how many ORIGINAL scores are coming to Broadway this season!
The potential for this season is huge - I'm excited to see it all play out. It's amazing how many ORIGINAL scores are coming to Broadway this season!
#107
Posted: 1/12/14 at 2:59pm
I agree with GoldenBoy, ROCKY will be this year's feel good musical (must like KINKY BOOTS was last year). Audiences and Tony voters love an underdog. And for those of you who think it is a musical about boxing, it is not, it is (and always has been) a love story. Don't confuse those horrid film sequels with the original story and film.
#108
Posted: 1/12/14 at 3:09pm
Audiences and Tony voters love an underdog.
I would hardly consider ROCKY an underdog.
I would hardly consider ROCKY an underdog.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#110
Posted: 1/12/14 at 4:08pm
^ which has no correlation whatsoever to the show itself being an underdog.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#111
Posted: 1/12/14 at 8:26pm
I saw Beautiful last night & can't stop thinking about it. Jessie Mueller is bound to get a Best Actress nomination & I'm very excited to see what else happens for this show. I think a Best Musical nomination is a definite possibility. Such a feel good show with a lot of heart and dynamic!
#112
Posted: 1/13/14 at 12:09am
Every post has used the phrase "feel good show of the season". Is that a requirement for a nomination? I'm putting my money on Cabaret then lol
#113
Posted: 1/13/14 at 12:45am
So, possible eligible Best Actress in a Musical nominees...
BEST ACTRESS
Krysta Rodriguez, First Date
Kate Baldwin, Big Fish
Mary Bridget Davies, A Night with Janis Joplin
Fantasia Barrino, After Midnight (?)
Jessie Mueller, Beautiful
Kelli O'Hara, The Bridges of Madison County
Margo Seibert, Rocky
Courtney Reed, Aladdin
Idina Menzel, If/Then
Michelle Williams, Cabaret
Sutton Foster, Violet
WOW! That category is going to be interesting!
I don't know the shows, but would anyone be considered from A Gentleman's Guide..., Soul Doctor, Les Misérables, Bullets Over Broadway, or Holler If You Hear Me (the latter has not announced a cast and has not started, of course)?
BEST ACTRESS
Krysta Rodriguez, First Date
Kate Baldwin, Big Fish
Mary Bridget Davies, A Night with Janis Joplin
Fantasia Barrino, After Midnight (?)
Jessie Mueller, Beautiful
Kelli O'Hara, The Bridges of Madison County
Margo Seibert, Rocky
Courtney Reed, Aladdin
Idina Menzel, If/Then
Michelle Williams, Cabaret
Sutton Foster, Violet
WOW! That category is going to be interesting!
I don't know the shows, but would anyone be considered from A Gentleman's Guide..., Soul Doctor, Les Misérables, Bullets Over Broadway, or Holler If You Hear Me (the latter has not announced a cast and has not started, of course)?
#114
Posted: 1/13/14 at 1:01am
Where is Marin Mazzie on your list? There is NO WAY the producers are going to place an actress of her status in the featured actress category. They will reserve those spots for the actresses playing Olive and Eden.
#116
Posted: 1/13/14 at 1:43am
#117
Posted: 1/13/14 at 1:54am
Hard to pick which could possibly be contenders for best musical with some monster shows yet to open. But since it's fun to guess, I'd have to give the home town boy a shot wiht Bullets Over Broadway. Everyone likes After Midnight. The reviews were great for Gentleman's Guide. And Rocky, based on it's success in Germany, must be, at least, pretty good.
#118
Posted: 1/13/14 at 6:24am
Not that it changes anything, but Rocky is not exactly a success in Germany. And even if it were, Tarzan's been running there for six years now and that one was clearly not a hit on Broadway.
But well .. overall I'm VERY excited for the leading lady category, I really cannot predict at all who will take home the Tony. Hm.
But well .. overall I'm VERY excited for the leading lady category, I really cannot predict at all who will take home the Tony. Hm.
#119
Posted: 1/13/14 at 8:35am
you can't really compare foreign success with Broadway success tho.
Book of mormon and GHair were hits here and one does okay in the west end but is not the huge hit it is here and the other fizzled.
Ghost was a hit in London and flopped here. MAtilda is solid here but is not the runaway that it was over there.
Different audiences and all.
Book of mormon and GHair were hits here and one does okay in the west end but is not the huge hit it is here and the other fizzled.
Ghost was a hit in London and flopped here. MAtilda is solid here but is not the runaway that it was over there.
Different audiences and all.
#120
Posted: 1/13/14 at 10:12am
"But fact is Rocky is going to be a winner."
No, fact is ROCKY is going to open this winter.
I hope ROCKY does well, and runs for years and years, I never wish ill on a project. But you have a strange definition of "fact" - "hope" or "prediction" or "guess" or "supposition" or "dream" or "prayer" or "chance" is it's going to be a winner.
Unless you're a shill for the show.
No, fact is ROCKY is going to open this winter.
I hope ROCKY does well, and runs for years and years, I never wish ill on a project. But you have a strange definition of "fact" - "hope" or "prediction" or "guess" or "supposition" or "dream" or "prayer" or "chance" is it's going to be a winner.
Unless you're a shill for the show.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
#121
Posted: 1/13/14 at 11:03am
Very well said. Again, this is an opinion board. I respect yours and still say it's a fact. Go rocky!
#122
Posted: 1/13/14 at 11:09am
Holler If Ya Hear Me will be part of the 2014-2015 season, so it will not be game for anything at this year's Tonys. Also, I think it is safe to say that Krysta Rodriguez and Courtney Reed will not be getting nominated.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#123
Posted: 2/14/14 at 7:32pm
After Midnight will be easy to tour and since most of the tony voters are touring producers I cannot see them not thinking about the amount of money the greedy pockets will make without much investment. Like Seriously why would they not nominate a show that will apply to a wide audience and be able to bring heaps of cash??? without having to think of the costs of big sets and the like. And it also has critics liking it witch is really an easy way of justifying why they gave it the TONY
I seriously hope that witness comes to broadway pronto
I seriously hope that witness comes to broadway pronto
#124
Posted: 2/14/14 at 7:42pm
I was just thinking how odd it is that HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME is opening just after the Tonys. You'd think they'd wanna open a month or so earlier to compete for this years' awards instead of risking being forgotten for next years'.
#125
Posted: 2/14/14 at 7:58pm
the problem is Aladdin could have been good but alas its a bigger problem than the titanic
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