Drama Desk Nominations- Page 2

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:44am

Ramin Karimloo received rave reviews as Jean Valjean in both the West End and Toronto yet he is still not getting any nominations so far. I think Casey Nicholaw's chances of being nominated for Best Director at the Tonys are ver slim. But anything can happen. Some of the nominations I am very happy about are for Laura Osnes, Stephanie J. Block, Bill Pullman, Andy Karl, Adam Jacobs, James Monroe Iglehart, Ian Mckellen, Denzel Washington, Sutton Foster, Idina Menzel, and Bryan Cranston. They are plenty of others too.

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:44am

SO thrilled for Barrett Wilbert Weed. I haven't seen HEATHERS but she was the only thing worth watching in that BARE travesty.

[dreaming]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:45am

I think the Tony folks are going to put it into the musical category.

These Drama Desk nods are the weirdest in years. (The OCCs seem more in line with what I think will happen regarding Broadway shows.)

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:49am

No nomination for Best Play for Casa? What about Ramin for Les Miz? Yorke missing also? Cherry M.I.A.? What the ****?

On the plus side, glad Big Fish got nominated for its wrongly maligned score. Amazing the score got very good notices in Chicago but here it is to blame for the show closing early.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:50am

So, do we think FUN HOME will win both the OCC and Drama Desk for Best Musical? Therefore leaving the Tony winner anyone's guess?

[macnyc]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:51am

^^^^ I would love that! Fun Home deserves it, and then there would be more suspense for the Tonys.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:53am

Even if Fun Home won both the OCC and Drama Desk, I still think the Tony will come down to either After Midnight or Gentleman's Guide. Hardly a wide-open field.

[dreaming]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:54am

I think the Drama Desks may give us a tie between Fun Home and Gentleman's Guide.

At the OCCs, where it's separate for off-Broadway, I am fairly certain Fun Home will win.

Drama League=Anybody's guess.

Fun Home does indeed deserve it (and had it transferred, we would have very little doubt as to who would win the Tony). I think next year it may get its chance.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:55am

WiCkEDrOcKS, I would LOVE that. One, because it's actually the Best Musical of the year & two because last year was such a nail biter, it would be even worse this year.

[bwaydreamer]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:55am

These are all over the place as usual. Any awards that do no nominate Act One for best set are effing crazy!

[GilmoreGirlO2]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:56am

THRILLED at how well “Bridges” did. They deserve it. I hope the Tony nominations follow suit.

But, “Love’s Labour’s Lost” for Outstanding Musical? And, no Cherry Jones? Thrilled for Celia, though. She stole the show for me.

I can’t believe how little love “If/Then” is receiving.

Happy to see the surprise (at least to me) nominee of Stephanie J. Block in “Little Miss Sunshine.” I thought she was the strongest in the cast – finding depth and genuineness in a script that didn’t have much.

Happy to see all of the “Fun Home” love, too (although Cerveris definitely should have earned a nom, in my opinion). I certainly think it stands a good chance at winning Best Musical for both the Drama Desk and the OCCs.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:57am

Where's AFTER MIDNIGHT?

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:58am

Best Revue.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 11:58am

It's nominated for Best Revue.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:02pm

The Tony's need to have a category like that. Best theatrical event. It has no book or actors so I do not see how it can be a musical in the traditional sense of the word. Contact should have been one as they went it one better with no dialog and canned music.

Agree re the set in Act One., Even the critics who did not like it sited the set. Methinks some of the committee here were a little sauced up if you get my meaning.

[Steve721]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:17pm

"Methinks some of the committee here were a little sauced up if you get my meaning."

Given the snub of The Glass Menagerie in the best play revival category, I have no trouble at all believing that. WTF?

[Sutton Ross]

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

What? Love for Bobby Steggert in Big Fish but not Norbert Leo Butz? Dag. So happy about Bridges getting all the love it deserves, and super happy for John Douglas Thompson for Satchmo. I'm not surprised at If/Then getting mostly snubbed, I thought it was such a mediocre show.

[TheatreKid3]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:29pm

To me, GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE just doesn't seem like a "Best Musical" winner. It reminds of NICE WORK or THE SCOTTSBORRO BOYS - a very nominate-able show, but not a slam dunk winner or favorite.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:31pm

^ I think that's a good summary for every new musical this season though.

Of course I have my favorites, but there's no BOOK OF MORMON or HAIRSPRAY this year, that's for sure. No critical and financial juggernaut. Updated On: 4/25/14 at 12:31 PM

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:33pm

"Ramin Karimloo received rave reviews as Jean Valjean in both the West End and Toronto yet he is still not getting any nominations so far."

He got a Drama League nomination.

[AC126748]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:35pm

So happy to see Adriane Lenox nominated for AFTER MIDNIGHT.

[LYLS3637]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:38pm

"I'm not surprised at If/Then getting mostly snubbed, I thought it was such a mediocre show"

...more surprising was ROCKY being nominated. Talk about mediocrity.

[Will42]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:41pm

Shocked to see Cherry Jones' snubbed. Can she still win the Tony or Audra McDonald will make the history on June 9?

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:46pm

We'll have to wait a little bit to see if LADY DAY is deemed a play or a musical first.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/25/14 at 12:46pm

Who knows? We are not psychic

"more surprising was ROCKY being nominated. Talk about mediocrity."

I totally agree, it was such utter crap.