Posted: 3/17/20 at 3:51pm
What do we think this will mean for the Tonys? I realize that they're 2 months earlier, but this seems like it'll continue for more than 2 months at the current rate of news...
Posted: 3/17/20 at 8:28pm
macbeth said: "What do we think this will mean for the Tonys? I realize that they're 2 months earlier, but this seems like it'll continue for more than 2 months at the current rate of news..."
Don't shows need to preview, open, be seen by voters BEFORE an Award's show can even happen?
Updated On: 3/18/20 at 08:28 PM
Posted: 3/17/20 at 8:46pm
Posted: 3/17/20 at 11:19pm
Posted: 3/18/20 at 8:22am
Well, Theatre World Awards or the Theatre Distuingshed Awards got pushed to September. So, the Tonys could be very much going through the same direction
Posted: 3/18/20 at 9:16am
disneybroadwayfan22 said: "Well, Theatre World Awards or the Theatre Distuingshed Awards got pushed to September. So, the Tonys could be very much going through the same direction"
I'd honestly love a postponed ceremony, preferably with a postponed eligibility date as well. There are so few shows this season, especially if some end up closing prematurely, that a few extra shows might make the ceremony even more fun. Imagine Moulin Rouge vs. Once Upon a One More Time, West Side Story vs. The Music Man, etc.
Posted: 3/18/20 at 9:50am
Of course it will be postponed- things are not going to get back to normal so quickly- this will be several months of "new normal"- it is pretty obvious that things are going to get worse- and maybe much worse- before they get better- and one day ASAP a treatment or vaccine will be approved and we all can begin cleaning up the wreckage.
Posted: 3/18/20 at 1:52pm
It's looking more and more like it will be canceled. Such a bummer but completely necessary.
Posted: 3/18/20 at 2:56pm
Yeah, I'm pretty resigned to the fact that it's not happening. Would certainly love to be wrong!
https://deadline.com/2020/03/broadway-tony-awards-schedule-covid-19-postpoment-1202886677/
Posted: 3/18/20 at 6:16pm
Why does that Deadline article act as if the deadline for eligibility can't change? I see no reason why the committee can't meet in April (or maybe teleconference) and draft and vote on new deadlines for during the summer and push the ceremony to September.
Sure, TONS of if's in there, but I don't know why it's June 7 or nothing.
Posted: 3/18/20 at 6:39pm
I don't see why it can't be delayed until August assuming things get back up & running in May. If Radio City is out, why not the Beacon Theater again?
Posted: 3/18/20 at 7:12pm
Posted: 3/18/20 at 7:54pm
MollyJeanneMusic said: "disneybroadwayfan22 said: "Well, Theatre World Awards or the Theatre Distuingshed Awards got pushed to September. So, the Tonys could be very much going through the same direction"
I'd honestly love a postponed ceremony, preferably with a postponed eligibility date as well. There are so few shows this season, especially if some end up closing prematurely, that a few extra shows might make the ceremony even more fun. Imagine Moulin Rouge vs. Once Upon a One More Time, West Side Story vs. The Music Man, etc."
Of course, you are assuming that Once Upon... won't be a total disaster, which IMHO is a big assumption.
