Posted: 11/17/16 at 11:37am
I mean, last year, it was pretty cut and dry with Hamilton. There are so many good musicals this year. Dear Evan Hansen, In Transit, Great Comet, Bronx Tale, the Falsettos revival, Hello Dolly's coming back.
Posted: 11/17/16 at 11:38am
Not to mention that the Lead Actress in a Musical race is getting a little more crowded than last year.
Posted: 11/17/16 at 11:40am
Read all about it 
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1093840&page=1
Posted: 11/17/16 at 11:41am
Lead Actor, too. Ben Platt, Josh Groban, Christian Borle, Christian Borle again (if Willy Wonka's good), Andy Karl could do Groundhog Day justice.
Posted: 11/17/16 at 11:47am
Also Jon Jon Briones, Corey Cott, and Derek Klena (unless he ends up being eligible as a Featured Actor for Anastasia).
Posted: 11/17/16 at 1:30pm
Alex Kulak2 said: "I mean, last year, it was pretty cut and dry with Hamilton. There are so many good musicals this year. Dear Evan Hansen, In Transit, Great Comet, Bronx Tale, the Falsettos revival, Hello Dolly's coming back
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On this visit will see DEH - can't wait to see Broadway changes...
amazing to see DEH and "Comet" literally side by side on 45th street -
Ben Platt and Josh Groben each putting on incredible performances - on two sides of a common wall -
Part of what makes Broadway such an amazingly compact community - yet with global reach!
Posted: 11/17/16 at 1:58pm
I wonder if they will champion Josh Groban as featured despite his above-the-title billing. Or if the committee will rule as such. I'm yet to see the show, but reports on the board have been implied it's a featured role at best. It will save him from losing to obvious front-runners in his category (Andy Karl who got raves in London, and Ben Platt who is simply making magic in DEH).
Posted: 11/17/16 at 3:08pm
Valentina3 said: "I wonder if they will champion Josh Groban as featured despite his above-the-title billing. Or if the committee will rule as such. I'm yet to see the show, but reports on the board have been implied it's a featured role at best. It will save him from losing to obvious front-runners in his category (Andy Karl who got raves in London, and Ben Platt who is simply making magic in DEH).
"At best"? What is it at worst? It's a lead role, as much as (if not more so) Eliza Hamilton is a lead.
Posted: 11/17/16 at 5:27pm
It is definitely the "biggest" male role....so it is leading. "Save" him??? Not everyone lives and dies by award shows. Fairly certain that Groban is doing this because he loves it.
