“Phonys” - The 2022 Message Board Tonys

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 8:54am

Hey y’all, Now that fall season has concluded - to whom would you award a Tony if the ceremony happened right now? (And if you can’t pick someone because you didn’t see it or want to abstain, put N/A)

Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo

Best Play: Cost of Living

Revival of a Musical: Into the Woods

Revival of a Play: Topdog/Underdog

 

Actor/Musical: J. Harrison Ghee (SOME LIKE IT HOT)

Actress/Musical: Victoria Clark (KIMBERLY AKIMBO)

Featured Actor/Musical: Gavin Creel (INTO THE WOODS)

Featured Actress/Musical: Betsy Wolfe (& JULIET)

 

Actor/Play: Corey Hawkins (TOPDOG/UNDERDOG)

Actress/Play: Audra McDonald (OHIO STATE MURDERS)

Featured Actor/Play: Brandon Uranowitz (LEOPOLDSTADT)

Featured Actress/Play: Crystal Lucas-Perry (AIN’T NO MO)

 

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 9:55am

Fun!

Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo

Best Play: Leopoldstadt

Revival of a Musical: Into the Woods

Revival of a Play: Death of a Salesman

Actor/Musical: J. Harrison Ghee (SOME LIKE IT HOT)

Actress/Musical: Victoria Clark (KIMBERLY AKIMBO)

Featured Actor/Musical: Kevin de Aguila (SOME LIKE IT HOT)

Featured Actress/Musical: Bonnie Milligan (KIMBERLY AKIMBO)

Actor/Play: Corey Hawkins (TOPDOG/UNDERDOG)

Actress/Play: Audra McDonald (OHIO STATE MURDERS)

Featured Actor/Play: Brandon Uranowitz (LEOPOLDSTADT)

Featured Actress/Play: Sharon D. Clarke (DEATH OF A SALESMAN)

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 10:07am

For a moment, I thought the subject line was referring to BWW forum members.  

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 11:05am

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "For a moment, I thought the subject line was referring to BWW forum members."

Lol. I could see that. But nah, I did this because I feel like fall shows get forgotten.

[kurtal]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 11:45am

Musical - Kimberly Akimbo
Musical Revival - Into the Woods
Leading Actor in a Musical - J Harrison Ghee, Some Like it Hot
Leading Actress in a Musical - Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Featured Actor in a Musical - Gavin Creel, Into the Woods
Featured Actress in a Musical - Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo

Play - Cost of Living
Play Revival - Topdog/Underdog
Leading Actor in a Play - Jeremy Pope, The Collaboration
Leading Actress in a Play - Audra MacDonald, Ohio State Murders
Featured Actor in a Play - Gregg Mozgala, Cost of Living
Featured Actress in a Play - Crystal Lucas Perry, Ain't No Mo'

Updated On: 12/19/22 at 11:45 AM

[BETTY22]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 1:45pm

What category will J Harrison Ghee be nominated in?

Is it time to do away with gender based categories? 

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 2:00pm

BETTY22 said: "What category will J Harrison Ghee be nominated in?

Is it time to do away with gender based categories?"

I would say it's almost guaranteed J will be nominated for best actor. 

As far as gendered categories, I always feel so conflicted. Gendered categories feel archaic, but I also really don't want to halve the number of acting winners and nominees each year!

[josibroadwayfan2]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 5:10pm

Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo

Best Play: Leopoldstadt

Revival of a Musical: Into the Woods

Revival of a Play: Take Me Out



Actress/Musical: Victoria Clark (KIMBERLY AKIMBO)

Featured Actor/Musical: Stark Sands (& JULIET)

Featured Actress/Musical: Bonnie MillIgan (KIMBERLY AKIMBO)




Actress/Play: Audra McDonald (OHIO STATE MURDERS)

Featured Actor/Play: Brandon Uranowitz (LEOPOLDSTADT)
 

 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 5:32pm

quizking101 said: "Patti LuPone FANatic said: "For a moment, I thought the subject line was referring to BWW forum members."

Lol. I could see that. But nah, I did this because I feel like fall shows get forgotten."

I don’t think fall shows will be forgotten in the 22-23 season, especially with critical darlings Into the Woods, Leopoldstadt, and Kimberly Akimbo getting considerable early awards buzz. Also, each play revival so far this season has received some damn good reviews as well. 

The coming spring looks surprisingly weak, especially on the musical side, but I would love to be proven wrong! 

Updated On: 12/18/22 at 05:32 PM

[Dylan Smith4]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 7:24pm

This is cool!

Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo

Best Play: Leopolstadt

Best Musical Revival: Into The Woods

Best Play Revival: Death of a Salesman

 

Best Actress in a Musical: Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo)

Best Actor in a Musical: Brian D'Arcy James (Into The Woods)

Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Bonnie Mulligan (Kimberly Akimbo)

Best Featured Actor in a Musical: Gavin Creel (Into The Woods)

 

Leading Actor in a Play: Wendell Pierce (Death of a Salesman)

Leading Actress in a Play: Sharon D. Clarke (Death of a Salesman)

Featured Actor in a Play: Andre DeShields (Death of a Salesman)

Featured Actress in a Play: Crystal Lucas Perry (Ain't No Mo)

[Phillyguy]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 8:47pm

I’m surprised Justin Cooley is not getting more love 

[MaxD3]

Posted: 12/18/22 at 9:48pm

Musical - Kimberly Akimbo
Musical Revival - Into the Woods
Leading Actor in a Musical - J. Harrison Ghee, Some Like it Hot
Leading Actress in a Musical - Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Featured Actor in a Musical - Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo
Featured Actress in a Musical - Betsy Wolfe, & Juliet

Play - Cost of Living
Play Revival - Topdog/Underdog
Leading Actor in a Play - Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
Leading Actress in a Play - Audra MacDonald, Ohio State Murders
Featured Actor in a Play - Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
Featured Actress in a Play - Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living

[blaxx]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 3:23am

Jodie Comer is winning Best Actress in a Play by default.

[Collingswood]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 7:16am

Musical - Kimberly Akimbo
Musical Revival - Into the Woods
Leading Actor in a Musical - Brian D'Arcy James, Into the Woods
Leading Actress in a Musical - Victoria Clark, Kimberly Akimbo
Featured Actor in a Musical - Justin Cooley, Kimberly Akimbo (could he possibly be in Lead category?)
Featured Actress in a Musical - Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo


Play - Cost of Living
Play Revival - Topdog/Underdog
Leading Actor in a Play - Corey Hawkins, Topdog/Underdog
Leading Actress in a Play - Audra McDonald, Ohio State Murders
Featured Actor in a Play - Brandon Uranowitz, Leopoldstadt
Featured Actress in a Play - Katy Sullivan, Cost of Living

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 8:54am

Patti LuPone FANatic said: "For a moment, I thought the subject line was referring to BWW forum members."

Honestly I thought the same 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 9:28am

Including off-B:

 

MUSICAL: Some Like It Hot

PLAY: Downstate

MUSICAL REVIVAL: Into the Woods

PLAY REVIVAL: The Piano Lesson

 

ACTOR/MUSICAL: Ben Platt, Parade

ACTRESS/MUSICAL: Julie Benko, Funny Girl OR Sara Bareilles, Woods

FEAT ACTOR/MUSICAL: Russell Daniels, Titaniqu OR David Patrick Kelly, Woods

FEAT ACTRESS/MUSICAL: Bonnie Milligan, Kimberly Akimbo OR Natasha Yvette Williams, Some Like It Hot

 

ACTOR/PLAY: Stephen McKinley Henderson OR John David Washington OR Ralph Fiennes

ACTRESS/PLAY: Anastasia Hille, Oresteia

FEAT ACTOR/PLAY: K. Todd Freeman, Downstate OR David Krumholtz, Leopoldstadt

FEAT ACTRESS/PLAY: Sharon D Clarke, Death of a Salesman

Updated On: 12/19/22 at 09:28 AM

[kurtal]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 11:41am

Phillyguy said: I’m surprised Justin Cooley is not getting more love.

It was close for me.  I will be interested to see if he gets put into lead or supporting.  If lead, I think he'll have a tougher go of it, as I think Ghee's role is flashier and has a bigger and more noticeable arc.  If he goes into supporting, I think he's got more of a shot, though that is going to be a much deeper category. 

[Phillytheatreguy10]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 11:58am

Best Musical: Some Like It Hot (Unpopular opinion, but I think this is the way it's going to go)

Best Play: Leopoldstadt

Revival of a Musical: Into the Woods

Revival of a Play: Topdog/Underdog

Actor/Musical: J. Harrison Ghee (SOME LIKE IT HOT)

Actress/Musical: Victoria Clark (KIMBERLY AKIMBO)

Featured Actor/Musical: Kevin Del Aguila (SOME LIKE HOT)

Featured Actress/Musical: Betsy Wolfe (& JULIET)

Actor/Play: Corey Hawkins (TOPDOG/UNDERDOG)

Actress/Play: Audra McDonald (OHIO STATE MURDERS)

Featured Actor/Play: Brandon Uranowitz (LEOPOLDSTADT)

Featured Actress/Play: Crystal Lucas-Perry (AIN’T NO MO)

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 4:24pm

I need to catch up on seeing plays so I will just do the musical category:

Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo

Best Actress in a Musical: Victoria Clark

Best Actor in a Musical: Justin Cooley

Best Featured Actress in a musical: NaTasha Yvette William

Best Featured Actor: Kevin Del Aguila

[Jarethan]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 4:48pm

jkcohen626 said: "BETTY22 said: "What category will J Harrison Ghee be nominated in?

Is it time to do away with gender based categories?"

I would say it's almost guaranteed J will be nominated for best actor.

As far as gendered categories, I always feel so conflicted. Gendered categories feel archaic, but I also really don't want to halve the number of acting winners and nominees each year!"

They could solve that issue by having two winners in each category.  Best leads in a musical: person X and Y; best featured: Person A and Person B.

In some ways I like it more because there are lots of years in which the two best performances in a musical or a play have been given by two people of the same sex.  As an example, Carol Channing and Barbra Streisand would have undoubtedly both beaten Bert Lahr, who was undoubtedly wonderful in a badly reviewed flop, Foxy, that ran ten weeks.  In 1975, would Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera have cancelled each other out, or would one of them have beaten George Rose (clearly in a supporting / featured role) or would voters have voted for both of them, cancelling out Donna McKechnie, who was clearly (to me) in a supporting / featured role.  Would Richard Burton and Alec Guiness have shared the 1964 Tony award, and Sandy Dennis gone home without a second Tony for a very fine performance in a light comedy.

So I say to do it, but to have two winners.

[quizking101]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 7:07pm

blaxx said: "Jodie Comer is winning Best Actress in a Play by default."

That’s nice. Quite literally not the point of this thread though since her show hasn’t opened yet

[NoItAll]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 10:39pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "

ACTRESS/MUSICAL: Julie Benko, Funny Girl…”

What would be the precise category for this award?

Updated On: 12/19/22 at 10:39 PM

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 12/19/22 at 11:06pm

NoItAll said: "ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "

ACTRESS/MUSICAL: Julie Benko, Funny Girl…”

What would be the precise category for this award?"

Whether or not someone is actually eligible is REALLY REALLY important for a thread on an internet forum that is called the PHONYS and is essentially just an avenue for people to share the shows and performances that have stood out to them in the last 6 months. 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 12/20/22 at 11:23am

quizking101 said: "blaxx said: "Jodie Comer is winning Best Actress in a Play by default."

That’s nice. Quite literally not the point of this thread though since her show hasn’t opened yet"

 

Sorry "genius" -- the play has already had a healthy run in London, and was filmed for NT Live and has been shown in US theatres -- so many of us have seen her in the role.

 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/20/22 at 12:27pm

Lea Michele would definitely be a strong contender for best actress. It’s a shame she won’t be eligible for the real thing, I do think Sonia Friedman had something planned to make up for that. Maybe a performance on the tony awards?