Breaking News: Final 2014 Tony Awards Eligibility from LADY DAY to CABARET!

[Rob]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:12pm

Click Here to Read Breaking News: Final 2014 Tony Awards Eligibility from LADY DAY to CABARET!

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:14pm

The Committee announced the following:

* Andy Karl will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category for his performance in Rocky.

* Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical categories for their respective performances in Aladdin.

* Ramin Karimloo and Will Swenson will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category for their respective performances in Les Misérables.

* Tyne Daly and Frederick Weller will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress/Actor in a Leading Role in a Play categories for their respective performances in Mothers and Sons.

* LaTanya Richardson Jackson will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play category for her performance in A Raisin in the Sun.

* Zach Braff will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category for his performance in Bullets Over Broadway.

* Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill will be considered eligible in the Best Revival of a Play category.

* Santino Fontana and Tony Shalhoub will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play category for their respective performances in Act One.

* The Cripple of Inishmaan will be considered eligible in the Best Revival of a Play category.

* Violet will be considered eligible in the Best Revival of a Musical category.

* Colin Donnell, Alexander Gemignani and Joshua Henry will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical category for their respective performances in Violet.

* Hedwig and the Angry Inch will be considered eligible in the Best Revival of a Musical category.

All other decisions were consistent with the opening night credits.

Updated On: 4/25/14 at 01:14 PM

[dreaming]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:16pm

Not all that surprising. Just a question of which category Audra takes.

[Sauja]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:17pm

So Audra is officially in Play. The Lady Day rulings are the only ones I think they made a mistake on. Interestingly, Margot Seibert is now in Featured Actress based on this. I'd LOVE to see her get a nod there.

[Jamie Pierce]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:18pm

No mention of Cabaret...

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:18pm

She's eligible for nomination as Actress in a Play since the show was ruled a play.

Surprised at no petitioning some Casa Valentina men into Leading. Also no mention of Cabaret issues.

[dreaming]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:20pm

I highly doubt Margo Siebert will get a nod-that is a packed category.

I think Audra was going to win regardless. (But for the record, I think it's a musical, but whatever.)

[a-mad]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:20pm

I may have missed it before, but is Marin Mazzie in lead or featured?

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:24pm

Featured. Also... CABARET IS ELIGIBLE?!!!

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:24pm

Marin is in Featured since they only ruled Zach Braff Leading.

[mschwager]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:24pm

Cabaret is eligible for best revival. I'm kind of surprised they are making it eligible. Only person not eligible from the show is Cumming.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:24pm

According to the BWW article, CABARET will be eligible for Best Revival and all respective acting categories except for Cumming.

[dreaming]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:25pm

She has a reasonable shot there-it was a good move to leave her in the featured category. (Although she doesn't seem to have garnered much pre-Tony attention.)

Am I correct in assuming that Cabaret is not eligible for director? (It won that the last time.) Updated On: 4/25/14 at 01:25 PM

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:28pm

WTF to CABARET.

[tazber]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:29pm

Good question about Mendes, dreaming. I'm assuming he's ineligible.

[HBBrock]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:30pm

Guys - the only reason Cabaret is eligible is because there aren't enough nominees to fill the ballot in that category.

[skyboy]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:31pm

ALADDIN's score is ELIGIBLE!

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:31pm

Because “Cabaret” is eligible for Best Revival, does that mean all the creative/technical aspects of the show (set, costumes, etc.) are also eligible or no?

Updated On: 4/25/14 at 01:31 PM

[bdn223]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:32pm

I think their reasoning behind deeminCabaret elligible has to do with the 3 year rule. It states a production will be eligible im the revival catagory if it hasn't played on Broadway or the greater New city are in last 3 years. It makes no mention of a productions originality.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:33pm

Because “Cabaret” is eligible for Best Revival, does that mean all the creative/technical aspects of the show (set, costumes, etc.) are also eligible or no?

My guess is that they won't be, but the article obviously wasn't very specific.

[musikman]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:34pm

Is this similar to the Chorus Line revival being eligible even though it was, essentially, the exact same production as the original, minus the updated orchestrations.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:34pm

"Because “Cabaret” is eligible for Best Revival, does that mean all the creative/technical aspects of the show (set, costumes, etc.) are also eligible or no? "

It makes sense but who knows?


Updated On: 4/25/14 at 01:34 PM

[jkstheatrescene]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:36pm

As for CABARET filling the ballot - whether it was eligible or not, there are only three slots to fill. A fourth slot will only happen if there are 3 or fewer votes difference between third and fourth place.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:38pm

Santo Loquasto was nominated for Best Costume Design of a Musical for the revival of Ragtime, but was later disqualified when it was determined that the designs were largely the same as the ones he had done for the original production. My guess would be that this would be a precedent for the design elements of Cabaret not being eligible.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 1:47pm

LOL to Courtney Reed as Leading. Didn't Disney do this with Kara Lindsay a few years back?

And it seems like they deemed Cabaret eligible just to have it on the telecast...

Happy to see Lady Day is a play.