Leading Actress in a Musical.. Weak!

To my calculations, it is almost guarenteed that Sutton Foster, Victoria Clark, and Christina Applegate are locks and guarenteed nominations..

who will the other two be? As much as I love her and didnt think it was possible, isnt Eden Espinosa a pretty much guarentee compared to Kate Reinders and Jen Gambetease?

HMMM.. am I forgeting anyone? Dirty Rotten Scoundrels only has supporting women, and Sara Ramirez's part has now been cut in Chicago so that would be supporting as well..

I'm pretty sure that Sherie Rene Scott's role is supporting, but maybe they will submit her to lead since it is so weak! Erin Dilly could get a nod, but that would still only make four women as locks.. and shes hardly a lock.

Is it a rule you have to nominate 5 women, if not all are deserving? Has this ever been done before?

Why are we judging when all the show are not up? But oh well.....

Why wouldn't Sherie Renee Scott be considered? doens't the plot revolve around her?

That might be exactly the problem, GG. The director might not want the show stolen from the men.

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Not sure, Benzy, I only know they're doing two presentations for potential investors next week. I don't know if they'd bother if there were no theaters.

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Updated On: 1/20/05 at 02:08 PM

Me too!

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Whomever's decision it was, it was as far as they were concerned, for the good of the show. That's their main interest, as it should be.

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What about the women in The Light in the Piazza?

I forgot about Kelli O'Hara.. its really a lead? Victoria and her would cancel each other out..

I dont stand much hope for Melissa Errico.. Dracula will be too long gone by June

As far as lead versus featured, if an actor is billed above the title in the opening night playbill, then he/she will presumptively be considered for lead by the Tony committee (and those below the title are presumptively featured). The producers of a show have two weeks from opening night to petition the Tony committee in writing requesting that a given actor(s) be considered in categories differently from what their billing would indicate. The committee then takes it under advisement and announces their decision at a later date.

Producers often (though not always) get their way with these things. I remember that for "Fortunes's Fool" a few seasons ago, both Alan Bates and Frank Langella were billed above the title and as such would have been considered lead. The producers, fearing they might cancel each other out, requested Langella be placed in the featured category (while his role was smaller than Bates', it was still very much a leading role). The Tony committee agreed, and come Tony time they BOTH walked away with awards in their respective categories.

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Sherie Rene is LEADING!

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Sara is not billed above the title and her part in Spamalot, even before the cuts, wouldn't be a considered a lead anyway. It's a featured role.

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