Man, maybe DRACULA has a chance at being nominated for Best Musical- Page 2

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 11/25/04 at 2:48pm

Ahh! I told you not to post after me! hmm

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 11/25/04 at 3:32pm

By the way, when is the cutoff for Tony season? How late can a show premiere and still be considered for this year's awards?

[Plum]

Posted: 11/25/04 at 3:40pm

Last year, the cutoff date was May 5. I guess it will be at a similar time next year.

And I hate to say it, but if The Boy From Oz got nominated last year... Updated On: 11/25/04 at 03:40 PM

[andyf]

Posted: 11/25/04 at 3:43pm

May 5??

So Chitty should be in the running, too. Right?
And, dare I say...Raúl?

Posted: 11/25/04 at 3:44pm

I still hope they put a cast recording of DRACULA out there.

[DancerGirl16]

Posted: 11/25/04 at 4:48pm

Lets not forever La Cage Aux Follies is coming back

[Mr. Tuttle]

Posted: 11/25/04 at 6:34pm

Speed, how do you exactly know that this has been a bad year for Broadway?

With a good number of new msuicals still waiting to open, how can you make this assumption?

"DRS", "Spamalot", "Little Women" all have not opened. Are you saying they are all crap? And there's always the possiblity of "All Shook Up" going the "Grease" route and being a popular vote.

It is too early to make good/bad determination. Be thankful that we have any new musicals opening at all.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 11/25/04 at 6:41pm

Anyone who invests in Broadway has to be out of their mind.

It is like playing against someone who has loaded dice. If you want $$ for a tax write off, invest in a show . Investing in a Wildhorn show ( knowing the vitriolic feelings critics have for him ) is like flushing your money down a toilet. Doing a real life Producers scheme is entirely plausible

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 11/25/04 at 9:11pm

my predictions (some shortened b/c i just can't remember all of them):
Best Musical
Brooklyn
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spamelot
Dracula
Little Women
Winner: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Best Revival
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
La Cage aux Folles
(can't remember what other revivals are out)
Winner: La Cage aux Folles

Lead Actor
John Lithgow
Norbert Leo Butz
Gary Beach
Tim Curry
David Hyde Pierce
Winner: toss up- Norbert, John or Gary

Lead Actress
Sherie Renee Scott
Sutton Foster

Supporting Actor:
Gregory Jbara
Raul Esparza
Marc Kudish

Supporting Actress:
Sarah Gettlefinger
Joanna Gleason
Kelly O'Hara
Winner: Sarah

Scenic and Lighting(lumped together 'cause i'm getting tired)
Dirty Rotten
Chitty
Dracula
Winner: Dirty Rotten

Book and Lyrics goes to Dirty Rotten too

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 11/25/04 at 9:19pm

CHITTY isnt a revival is it? I didnt think it was.

Sutton will HAVE to win agin! I LOVE HER!

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 11/25/04 at 10:16pm

well chitty is probobly gonna suffer the same fate as little shop of horrors since its had a long-ish run in london

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 11/26/04 at 2:43am

No, CHITTY will totally be up for new musical. LITTLE SHOP was in a different boat because it ran for years off-Broadway and then was made into a successful movie. It LITTLE SHOP Was to be considered a NEW musical, then the score and book would also be alowed to be nominated, because they were considered "new." CHITTY is different because all the songs are already FROM a movie before it went to stage, so all of the music is not considered original, the same was NEVER GONNA DANCE and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST weren't allowed to be nominated for best score - the score wasn't written FOR broadway.

[magruder]

Posted: 11/26/04 at 8:17am

Beauty and the Beast absolutely was eligible and was nominated for Best Score in 1994, although Passion won. It was in 1996, the year of State Fair, when the Tony Administration Committee started to crack down on shows adapted from films not being allowed to have their film songs eligible for nomination.