EW's Tony "Should's & Will's"

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 1:53pm

Their predictions are on the side in an article about Kathleen Turner in this week's edition.

-PLAY:
Should & Will: Doubt

-MUSICAL:
Should: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Will: Spamalot

-ACTOR (Play):
Should: Bill Irwin, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Will: Brian F. O'Byrne, Doubt

-ACTRESS (Play):
Should & Will: Cherry Jones, Doubt

-ACTOR (Musical)
Should & Will: Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

-ACTRESS (Musical)
Should & Will: Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza

[musicnmath]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 2:01pm

In the fantasyland inside my head, we'd get a whole issue like the Oscars or Grammys. sigh. should I be grateful they mentioned them at all?

[magruder]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 2:05pm

Yes, you should. EW is the only national mainstream magazine left covering theatre on a fairly regular basis. Time Magazine only reviews a few shows a year these days, and does an occasional feature, and Newsweek barely covers the theatre at all anymore. EW's Stage column makes fairly regular appearances, and they even manage to sneak theatre into their News and Notes section, as well as offering periodic theatre spotlight features.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 2:06pm

Here are mine:

-PLAY
Should: The Pillowman
Will: Doubt

-MUSICAL
Should: The Light in the Piazza
Will: Spamalot

-Actor (Play)
Should: Billy Crudup
Will: Brian O'Byrne

-Actress (Play)
Should: Mary-Louise Parker
Will: Cherry Jones

-Actor (Musical)
Should & Will: Norbert Leo Butz

-Actor (Musical)
Should & Will: Victoria Clark

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 2:41pm

What's odd about Time Magazine is that while they rarely publish reviews, they always still have a top ten list of theatre at the end of the year. Isn't that strange?

[BwayLover]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 2:47pm

Yes, Margo, I've noticed that as well. It is strange.

[magruder]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 2:51pm

The lead critic of Time, Richard Zoglin, comes to see everything, and loves the theatre. He is, however, hampered by his editors who do not want to cover theatre, apart from the major fare. Even his top 10 list has only run on the Time website the last few years, not even in the magazine.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 2:58pm

This year, for EW's end-of-the-year Best list, I noticed they included the DC production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE. However, I don't remember them ever publishing a review on it. Not really that out of the ordinary, but it caught my attention.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 3:04pm

Sounds like Zoglin has a fantastic job. He gets a salary I presume (or does he get paid by the piece?) and sees every show here and around the country for free, but he rarely has to ever bother to write a review (talk about no deadline pressure). He writes one every month or two and then comes up with a top ten list at the end of the year. That's it?

How do I get this job?

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 5:13pm

BEST LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Should and Will: Norbert Leo Butz! DEFINITELY!!!

[Thenardier]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 5:22pm

MEF - completely agree...although, for Musical I would like should: DRS/Piazza

I haven't seen Piazza, but if it's as good as the score - go Piazza! (Though sad Yazbek gets screwed again!)

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 8:19pm

I was randomly thinking of the past few SHOULDS & WILLS of EW and wanted to know if anyone can remember the past few.

I know last year was
MUSICAL:
Should: Caroline, or Change
Will: Wicked


Anyone?

[broadway86]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 9:06pm

wickedrocks-

Another one was...

Best Actor (Musical)
Should: John Tartaglia
Will: Hugh Jackman

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 9:35pm

I just remembered:
PLAY:
Should: Frozen
Will: I Am My Own Wife

ACTRESS (Musical):
Should: Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change
Will: Idina Menzel, Wicked


Remember any from the year before?

[Luckydave14]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 9:40pm

If you can tell me what the dates were of the issues (or an estimate), I might be able to find it.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 5/28/05 at 9:43pm

Well, if Im correct, last years Tonys were on June 6th, the year before on the 7th and the year before on the 8th and the predictions came out in the magazine that came out the week before the ceremony.

[Luckydave14]

Posted: 5/29/05 at 12:14am

i just looked at the issues for 2002 and 2003 for the last week in May and first week in June and found nothing.