Possible Nominations for Best Score
Possible Nominations for Best Score
#1Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/26/13 at 4:24pm
What are the shows that can be nominated for Best Score?
Matilda
Kinky Boots
Scandalous
Chaplin
A Christmas Story
egghumor
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/9/11
#2Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/26/13 at 4:28pm
plus:
Hands on a Hardbody
Bring It On!
I'm predicting the nominees will be:
A Christmas Story
Hands on a Hardbody
Kinky Boots
Matilda
#2Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/26/13 at 4:31pm
Totally forgot about Bring It On! I have almost worn out my cd, I love the score. I haven't heard the score for A Christmas Story, but I know a lot of people enjoyed it.
Green_Flash
Understudy Joined: 4/5/13
#3Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/26/13 at 4:45pm
My picks (in order)
Matilda
Hands on a Hardbody
Christmas Story
Kinky Boots
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#5Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/26/13 at 5:21pmOK, that was funny.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
leefowler
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/04
#6Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/26/13 at 5:40pmDon't forget The Nance!
Behind the fake tinsel of Broadway is real tinsel.
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#7Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/26/13 at 7:09pmI've been listening to the Chaplin cast recording on Spotify... I'm actually really enjoying it..
#9Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/27/13 at 7:08pm
I think it will be:
MATILDA
KINKY BOOTS
A CHRISTMAS STORY
BRING IT ON
I think MATILDA will ultimately win. It is way more creative than Lauper's score.
#10Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/27/13 at 7:10pmHANDS ON A HARDBODY has been deemed ineligible because they didn't invite Tony nominators before they closed.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#11Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/27/13 at 7:17pm
That's wrong information. HANDS ON A HARDBODY is eligible.
"...and the short-lived new musical Hands on a Hardbody did run long enough for eligibility for Tony nominations."
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/177333-Tony-Rulings-18-Productions-Discussed-Matilda-Girls-Receive-Tony-Honors-Not-Eligible-for-Nomination
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#12Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/27/13 at 7:20pmI misread the article. No harm meant. Sorry.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
egghumor
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/9/11
#13Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/27/13 at 7:22pmWow! I COMPLETELY missed that statement in yesterday's announcement.
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#14Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/27/13 at 7:38pmWhat's the process for a straight play to be nominated for instrumental scoring? Do they have to petition for it or just campaign with voting members? I think there are too many new musicals this year for a straight play to get through, but there have to be a few that could be nominated right? I know Macbeth has a really pervasive original score. Totally not what they'll go for (it's all atmospheric and synth), but I would assume it's eligible.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#15Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/27/13 at 7:54pm
The music for HARDBODY was really nice but those stinky lyrics must have had Adolph Green rolling in his grave.
But it was a slow year so they may get the 4th nod.
egghumor
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/9/11
#16Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/27/13 at 7:57pm
People, I read this statement from the Tony Committee yesterday "and the short-lived new musical Hands on a Hardbody did run long enough for eligibility for Tony nominations," to mean that HANDS ON A HARDBODY will not be considered for ANY Tony Award categories.
If I am correct -- and I don't see any other way to interpret -- then this is most outrageous ruling they've ever made, in my opinion. Absolutely sickening.
Updated On: 4/27/13 at 07:57 PM
#17Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/27/13 at 8:15pmYou're interpreting it incorrectly. Read the statement again. They DID run long enough, and they ARE eligible.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
egghumor
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/9/11
#19Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/27/13 at 8:53pmOops! Thanks CapnHook! I can calm down now...
#20Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/28/13 at 9:38amBy that statement about Hands on a Hardbody, I think the only category it would be eligible for is Best Musical. I'm also really surprised that only Matthew James Thomas and Patina Miller got nominations for Pippin. I heard from so many people that Andrea Martin's performance was fantastic
#21Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/28/13 at 11:51amThey haven't been nominated yet, they were deemed eligible for a nomination. These will be announced on tuesday. Updated On: 4/28/13 at 11:51 AM
#22Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/28/13 at 12:25pm
^ That's not exactly right either. They were always eligible for nominations. The committee decided that they will be eligible in the LEADING categories, as they are below the title.
Updated On: 4/28/13 at 12:25 PM
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#23Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/28/13 at 12:32pm
Why would it only be eligible for Best Musical? It's eligible for every award that any other eligible musical could get.
There have to be a certain number of performances made a available to Tony nominators to be eligible -- and that can include preview performances as long as the producers allowed nominators to consider it during that time. (In other words, they have to be invited to view during previews.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
boywonder12
Swing Joined: 4/25/11
#24Possible Nominations for Best Score
Posted: 4/28/13 at 12:55pm
I'm hoping the most deserving scores, IMO, get nominated, and those would be...
MATILDA
KINKY BOOTS
A CHRISTMAS STORY
BRING IT ON
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