Final Tony Eligibility Rulings? — Page 2

jacobsnchz14 said: "So Billy Crystal's performance is eligible for Mr. Saturday Night even though he did the same role in the film? Has this happened before with a film to musical adaptation?"

Of course he's eligible. It's a different medium. Anthony Quinn in ZORBA, Lainie Kazan in MY FAVORITE YEAR, and Topol in FIDDLER come to mind.

Well I was actually predicting the same featured actor lineup as Outer Critics, Austin Pendleton, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Brandon J. Dirden, Michael Obelholtzer, and Chuck Cooper who I think is gonna win. Now with the Take Me Out ruling I’m less certain though. I’m thinking Ferguson is the safest, but I could see any of those four men in the lineup. I might swap out Obelholtzer for Williams.

Featured Actress I’m way less sure about. I think Kenita Miller’s winning, though I’m far from certain, and her show’s closing certainly doesn’t help, though I think it won’t hurt much. I’m guessing Johanna Day makes it, as does Uzo Aduba. I recently started predicting Phylicia Rashad, though I’m still unsure if her Cosby comments cost her the necessary votes. I could see Rachel Dratch and/or Julie White making it, but for now I have Jessica Frances Dukes.

Updated On: 5/5/22 at 03:09 PM

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "So what do we think the Featured in a Play lineups will be? Those seem wide open now with lots of room for surprise depending on how the nominators feel."

I know! It's so tough! It could go so many ways. Featured Actor, in particular, has something like 50 eligible actors, and very little in the way of obvious frontrunners. Featured Actress isn't far behind in that regard. Here's my best guess for right now:

Featured Actress:
--Johanna Day
--Jessica Frances Dukes
--Kenita Miller
--Rachel Dratch?
--Kara Young OR Uzo Aduba - probably not both, unfortunately

Featured Actor:

--Alfie Allen
--Ron Cephas Jones
--Chuck Cooper
--Austin Pendleton
--Jesse Williams


I guess this is also partly influenced by my personal preferences, though I did depart from my picks in a few cases on the lists above.

jkcohen626 said: "MrJNLong said: "Also excited to see Gabby Beans in lead although I think she would have been a lock in featured...this might be a little more difficult to break into..."

Lock for a nomination or for a win? I think she'd be very likely to be nominated in either, but IDK about her chances of winning.

I meant lock for a nomination. But I think that she would have been a very likely win in Featured. Now she is in Lead, I don't think a nom is guaranteed (although likely), and a win pretty much not gonna happen.