Is revival the only real Tony race this year?

[DAME]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#1

Posted: 3/18/16 at 1:38pm

Color Purple and She Loves Me have been my favorite revival productions of perhaps the last 3 years.  And with Fiddler offering some things to like.. is this the only category this year with a real race?  Just something fun to chat about as we head into the weekend.  Happy Friday!  

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[imeldasturn]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#2

Posted: 3/18/16 at 1:47pm

Best actress in a musical?

[BroadwayConcierge]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#3

Posted: 3/18/16 at 1:51pm

Best Actress? Best Actor? Best Featured Actor?

[little_sally]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#4

Posted: 3/18/16 at 1:52pm

I think Best Actor in both a play and musical are really interesting categories this year too.

A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.

[funhamilton_rent]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#5

Posted: 3/18/16 at 1:52pm

Let's not forget about Spring Awakening! This was one of my favorite revivals I've ever seen, personally. While I'm not expecting any wins, I think this is definitely going to get a couple nominations.

 

Also, She Loves Me will win. #sorrynotsorry

[phan24]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#6

Posted: 3/18/16 at 1:52pm

Having seen all contenders this season, including Audra, Cynthia Erivo is a lock at this point, up to Jessie Mueller's performance.

Updated On: 3/18/16 at 01:52 PM

[AC126748]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#7

Posted: 3/18/16 at 1:56pm

Between the two Hamilton male leads and Danny Burstein, Actor in a Musical will be an interesting category.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[Cupid Boy2]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#8

Posted: 3/18/16 at 2:03pm

The five revivals from this season were the strongest batch we've received in years. I think most categories will be coming down to just one or two front runners, and even with as little as just 3 nominations, I don't see the revival category being that clear cut.

[QueenAlice]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#9

Posted: 3/18/16 at 2:08pm

Will Scott Ellis be eligible for Best Director for She Loves Me having already been nominated for directing the last revival?

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#10

Posted: 3/18/16 at 2:12pm

If Arthur Laurents earned two Tony nominations for directing two different revivals of Gypsy, then Scott Ellis will be eligible.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#11

Posted: 3/18/16 at 2:14pm

I think we could also see a race between Eclipsed and The Humans for Best Play.

[Cupid Boy2]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#12

Posted: 3/18/16 at 2:14pm

Yes, he should be eligible. He directed this production differently than the one he did in '93. 

[pupscotch]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#13

Posted: 3/18/16 at 2:17pm

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "I think we could also see a race between Eclipsed and The Humans for Best Play.

 

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As well as King Charles III, which personally was my favorite play of the season, though I have not seen Eclipsed yet.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#14

Posted: 3/18/16 at 2:26pm

I've seen Eclipsed, King Charles III, and The Humans and I would be hard pressed to pick a Best Play winner among the three. They're all quite different in tone and style and all of them feature very strong performances and direction.

I do hope The Humans wins for set design of a play though, it's so creative, and I love that it extended all the way down to the floor of the theatre itself.

[phan24]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#15

Posted: 3/18/16 at 2:58pm

perfectlymarvelous: "I love that it extended all the way down to the floor of the theatre itself."

 

What do you mean by that? I saw the show and everything was contained within the stage height?

[perfectlymarvelous]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#16

Posted: 3/18/16 at 3:20pm

I don't know if it was the same off Broadway, but the bottom part of the stage as well as the lip were made to look like concrete, and just as we are shown the apartment building sliced in half, we also see the inside of the concrete all the way down to the theatre floor. I was in the front row so it was literally in front of my face, I don't know if that particular detail is visible further back and in the mezzanine.

[tazber]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#17

Posted: 3/18/16 at 3:56pm

Cupid Boy2 said: "The five revivals from this season were the strongest batch we've received in years. I think most categories will be coming down to just one or two front runners, and even with as little as just 3 nominations, I don't see the revival category being that clear cut.

 

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I thought last year was an extraordinary year for revivals. 20th Century, On the Town, The King and I.

Spring Awakening is going to be this year's Side Show.

 

I feel like The Color Purple is the one to beat.

....but the world goes 'round

[CindersGolightly]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#18

Posted: 3/18/16 at 4:03pm

I fear the "Spring Awakening" fans are setting themselves up for disappointment, as I did last year with "Side Show". It won't be nominated. Especially with the amazing revival season we're having.

They/them. "Get up the nerve to be all you deserve to be."

[cuz-i-can]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#19

Posted: 3/18/16 at 5:06pm

As much as people on here would hate to admit, Hudson and Brooks are a serious threat for Renee for best featured actress in a musical. Hudson maybe even more than Brooks, Renee has good chances but shes far from a lock going up against these two. Unless Jennifer and Danielle cancel each other out. Can't wait to see what the nominations are.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#20

Posted: 3/18/16 at 5:26pm

^Don't forget Jane Krakowski.

[PalJoey]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#21

Posted: 3/18/16 at 5:54pm

Choosing between Leslie Odom and Danny Burstein will be difficult. Two masterful performances.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#22

Posted: 3/18/16 at 6:21pm

I still need to see Fiddler and I know Danny Burstein is a favorite in the community, but I really would be surprised to see anyone other than Leslie Odom Jr. win in that category. Even if his role is smaller than that of Tevye, he's just so good in the role. I've never heard any audience roar the way they did after The Room Where it Happens, and this was at a Tuesday night show in February. Of course, he's excellent in the rest of the show as well, but with that number I think he makes the biggest impression in a show filled with fantastic performances. 

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#23

Posted: 3/18/16 at 6:26pm

I think Leslie and Danny are probably in a dead heat with this one, having seen both. They're both giving once in a lifetime performances in roles that are tailor made for them. I would love to see them tie, but it's highly unlikely. My heart wants Danny to win, but Leslie gets the two best numbers in a show full of great ones and nails it. To me, that's the tightest race this year.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#24

Posted: 3/18/16 at 6:28pm

^But the thing with Odom is that he's really more of a co-lead in his show. Burstein on the other hand, is the central lead of his show.

[QueenAlice]

Is revival the only real Tony race this year?#25

Posted: 3/18/16 at 6:30pm

And Danny is overdue.