Full Tony Nominations Out! (from the official website) — Page 7

"Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre
Stephen Sondheim"

Awesome. The musical stuff I could really not give a crap about. It's weird, but this is the first year I've seen in a while that the Tony nominations mimic the Academy Awards in that all the musicals are quite obscure, with the slight exception of Cry Baby (but, really?!)...shocked to see YF and TLM almost totally snubbed. Whatever, it's gonna be predictable, so they should just hand the Tony to In the Heights right now to get it over with. Even the plays offer a more interesting race.

Meh, I'll be here next year rooting for title of show...

But "YAY!" for Danny Burstein!

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Overall I'm happy with the nominations, but I wish that at least one August man was represented .... GO AUGUST, PASSING STRANGE, SOUTH PACIFIC, GYPSY and BOEING-BOEING!!!

40+ years of watching the Tonys has taught me that NOTHING, NOTHING, is a sure thing. As far as I'm concerned, Patti should get the Tony hands down, but, unfortunately, my concern does not make any difference. Remember Mary Martin beating out Merman for the original Gypsy? EVERYONE was sure that Merman had it in the bag and then Miss Sweetsie goes and wins for a saccharine role in Sound of Music. Two Gentlemen of Verona beating out Follies was a disgrace; ditto Mister Roberts over original Streetcar Named Desire or Desperate Hours crowding out Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. And that idiot in I Am My Own Wife beating out both Christopher Plummer for Lear and Kevin Kline for Henry IV. You can pray, you can hope, you can reason it out, you can burn candles, you can do whatever and still many of the decisions will always astound. Reasoned guesses are anyone's prerogative, but the game ain't over until it's over.

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Amen, Ed_Mottershead. But it sure is fun to guess.

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Oh dear, there seems to be a mistake. Cry-baby shouldn't have been nominated for ANYTHING except choreography.

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