Official 2018 TONY Nominations Thread — Page 7

Elfuhbuh said: "theaterdude2 said: "What's with all of these comments about Come From Away? It's over. It lost. Get over it.

It's not part of this season. Why bother imagining how it would have done had it opened this season instead?


Exactly. It makes as much sense as imagining if the show you loved opened in a season even stronger than the season in which it premiered. 


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This kind of what-if complaining is always confusing to me. If you think your show needed to open in a "weaker" season to have a shot at winning, then maybe it was never the best in the first place. "

 

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Mean Girlsis not the first nor the last musical to receive a Best Musical nomination despite mixed to negative reviews."

(Just kidding)

I liked Come From Away very much, probably even more than Hansen.

But I can understand why Hansen won and I could accept it beating Great Comet..

However if Come From Away had've beaten Great Comet I think I would've actually started beating random strangers in the street.

 

Updated On: 5/1/18 at 01:42 PM

What I don't get is why they had SIX actresses and FOUR actors? Why were Jelani and the Margarita actor shut out?

ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Miles2Go2 said: "ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Mean Girlsis not the first nor the last musical to receive a Best Musical nomination despite mixed to negative reviews."

(Just kidding)"

You're right that it is a very captain obvious post, but there were so many posts in this thread asking about Mean Girls getting a nomination despite its reviews."

Agreed. And what should they have nominated instead of Mean Girls or Frozen? Summer? Margaritaville? Personally, I’m avoiding all four shows like the plague, but I will see Soongebob in June. I never thought I’d say that. 

disneybroadwayfan22 said: "What I don't get is why they had SIX actresses and FOUR actors? Why wereJelani and the Margarita actor shut out?"

They had six actresses because there was a tie between the 5th & 6th choices. (Or within a certain small number of votes different if not a direct tie - I can't remember the number of votes it has to be to force a 6th nominee.) But it's standard voting procedure and rules, not an arbitrary decision. 

Jelani was considered in Featured, not Leading. 

And there were only five total men eligible for Leading Actor, so it's not surprising that they didn't feel the need to recognize all five when they only needed to nominate four. I'm not sure most people were expecting to see Nolan's name today.  

I love Diana Rigg as much as the next gay, but did she really do anything award worthy in My Fair Lady? Maybe she bumped it up a notch since I saw it in mid previews.

Also, with this amount of LOVE for the Carousel cast. I believe Henry and Mendez are in a pretty amazing position, right?

MadsonMelo said: "I'm soooo thrilled for this love that Mean Girls received, it was predictable, but still amazing! I believe Fey is winning Best Book, right?


I have to say I wasn't expecting so much nominations for CAROUSEL (5 acting noms! but not directing LOL) and so little for FROZEN. I mean, no tech awards? Wow, they really hated it LOL


I'm really sad for the featured performances of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. No Newell, no Salonga, Miller. Sad.


Especially because two featured actors from CAROUSEL apparently are not really worth of the nom.
Diana Rigg for a non-singing role? When was the last time an actor got a nom for this?


SpongeBob REALLY went there, right? I believe they can win Featured Actor now, and the awards for Scenic Design and Choreography are certainly possible.


On the PLAY SIDE of the things:
- Schumer in but the Play itself not LOL
- How Angels only got 1 actor? I thought McArdle was a lock, but Michael Cera is now a Tony Nominee for acting wtf
- THRILLED for the amount of noms for Angels. I hope they win 5-6 awards!
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It's so sad when children are left unattended and allowed to play on the computer!

 

JSquared2 said: "MadsonMelo said: "I'm soooo thrilled for this love that Mean Girls received, it was predictable, but still amazing! I believe Fey is winning Best Book, right?


I have to say I wasn't expecting so much nominations for CAROUSEL (5 acting noms! but not directing LOL) and so little for FROZEN. I mean, no tech awards? Wow, they really hated it LOL


I'm really sad for the featured performances of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. No Newell, no Salonga, Miller. Sad.


Especially because two featured actors from CAROUSEL apparently are not really worth of the nom.
Diana Rigg for a non-singing role? When was the last time an actor got a nom for this?


SpongeBob REALLY went there, right? I believe they can win Featured Actor now, and the awards for Scenic Design and Choreography are certainly possible.


On the PLAY SIDE of the things:
- Schumer in but the Play itself not LOL
- How Angels only got 1 actor? I thought McArdle was a lock, but Michael Cera is now a Tony Nominee for acting wtf
- THRILLED for the amount of noms for Angels. I hope they win 5-6 awards!
"

It's so sad when children are left unattended and allowed to play on the computer!

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I don't know, I think snobby elitists shooting down opinions as "childish" just because they don't agree with them and aren't intelligent enough to express an actual rebuttal to those opinions are even sadder!

I was thinking about Metcalf's year.

Has any person ever got nominated for three out of the four main awards at the same year?

Or any actor, actually.

She will likely be an Emmy nominee for ROSEANNE. Incredible!

Off the top of my head, Bob Fosse won the Tony (for directing and choreographing Pippin), Emmy (for directing Liza with a Z), and the Best Director Oscar all in 1973. As for nominations, I don't have a full list of people but I know for sure Glenn Close is one of them (Oscar, Emmy, and Tony (win) in 1984).