David Bologna gets nominated for BILLY ELLIOT!?!! Doesn't he share a role?

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David Bologna gets nominated for BILLY ELLIOT!?!! Doesn't he share a role?

Posted: 5/5/09 at 8:52am

Yes, I had to make a new thread.

Doesn't Bologna SHARE this role with another actor?

I'm extremely excited for him...but still, where is the love for the other actor??

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re: David Bologna gets nominated for BILLY ELLIOT!?!! Doesn't he share a role?

Posted: 5/5/09 at 8:54am

The Tonys didn't rule on him, I'm not even sure it was petitioned by the show, so since he was in opening night, he gets the nom.

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 8:54am

Thats what I thought, I saw frank dolce, and thought he was great.
I feel really bad for him

re: David Bologna gets nominated for BILLY ELLIOT!?!! Doesn't he share a role?

Posted: 5/5/09 at 8:54am

I assume that since it wasn't announced that they were eligible together that allows for him to be eligible alone and...wasn't he the one who was on opening night? I honestly don't remember but there definitely was no ruling saying the Michaels were nominated together.

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 8:56am

I honestly had to go look at who David Bologna played when I read the nominations, and when I read he was Michael, I thought the exact same thing.

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re: David Bologna gets nominated for BILLY ELLIOT!?!! Doesn't he share a role?

Posted: 5/5/09 at 8:58am

That is bizarre. They do split the role. Four performances a week each.

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re: David Bologna gets nominated for BILLY ELLIOT!?!! Doesn't he share a role?

Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:04am

I guess the producers never petitioned for it, which seems a little bizarre. I almost am inclined to say they weren't expecting nominations, but that doesn't seem to be a reasonable way of looking at it.

re: David Bologna gets nominated for BILLY ELLIOT!?!! Doesn't he share a r

Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:04am

OK, yes, makes sense, but WHY wouldn't they have petitioned for him to also get equal consideration, as with the Billys? (And why did no one notice til now, haha).

re: David Bologna gets nominated for BILLY ELLIOT!?!! Doesn't he share a r

Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:04am

OK, yes, makes sense, but WHY wouldn't they have petitioned for him to also get equal consideration, as with the Billys? (And why did no one notice til now, haha).

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:06am

The most logical explanation to me is that the producers never thought he'd get nominated.

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#11

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:07am

Congratulations to David. He is very talented. I'm surprised (and pleased) by this.

#12

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:08am

This is one of the more bizarre nominations of recent memory, and it absolutely sucks to be Frank, who does just as many shows every week as David.

#13

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:09am

The most logical explanation to me is that the producers never thought he'd get nominated.
I agree with that, but I still can't believe they didn't want to cover all bases.

#14

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:09am

IF he wins, it'd be a good gesture to have Frank go up there anyway with David.

#15

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:10am

Now HALF of the Tony voters aren't even going to SEE his performance, yet they're still going to vote for the category!

#16

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:11am

I asked myself these same questions when the Billy eligibility was announced. I said to myself, what happens when they want to nominate the Michael boys? And I guess this is what happens...

~Steven

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:12am

good point, WBAF; I hadn't even thought of that.

#18

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:17am

Re: the Tony voters- so few of them see all the shows before they vote anyway that I doubt seeing BE without Bologna will make them feel unqualified to vote. Their lack of legitimacy never stopped them before.

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

#19

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:36am

David performed on opening night. That's how he qualifies.

#20

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:38am

Utterly ridiculous.

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#21

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 9:45am

It's really not (ridiculous).

Sucks for the other kid, though.

And that's showbiz.

#22

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 10:22am

thats really stupid. i saw frank dolce and thought he had much more character and was much more enjoyable to watch than any of the people on the stage, very much including alvarez, jbara, and shelley. he completely outshone alvarez in all of their scenes together and i wished his part was bigger. however, even if both of the michaels were nominated, which i think should have happened if they are doing it for the billys, i dont think the nomination was necessary because their great, energetic performances are just on a cute small role that has one song while there were other men left out (like aaron tveit) who have a lot more to do and do it masterfully

#23

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 10:27am

I thought he was great! But this is rather curious, isn't it?

#24

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 10:31am

Bologna was fantastic in the role. I'm happy he got nominated.

But I do feel bad for Dolce. They both gave pretty much identical performances in the role which is even more curious to me...

#25

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Posted: 5/5/09 at 10:35am

Has any actor in Tony history EVER been nominated for only giving four performances a week?

I know it's happened for six performances, with the two matinee alternates.

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