Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 4:07am

Once more, Tony nomination day is upon us (April 30).

Every year we get all this outrage from posters who think that their indignation for the nominations justifies starting a number of threads which make the boards impossible to follow and unreadable.

So, before you post your "How could (your favorite performer) be nominated over (performer you think sucked)?" thread or your WHAT WERE THEY THINKING????? rant or your (Name of the show you worship) was robbed! thread , just post all your frustrations here!

Vent, rant, bitch - but , please, don't start a new thread just because you think you can. :)

Thanks, loves.

(And yes, I include this same message every year.)



BEST PLAY

The Assembled Parties Author: Richard Greenberg
Lucky Guy Author: Nora Ephron
The Testament of Mary Author: Colm Tóibín
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Author: Christopher Durang

BEST MUSICAL

Bring It On: The Musical
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Kinky Boots
Matilda The Musical

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

A Christmas Story, The Musical
Joseph Robinette
Kinky Boots
Harvey Fierstein
Matilda The Musical
Dennis Kelly
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Douglas Carter Beane

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATRE

A Christmas Story, The Musical
Music and Lyrics:
Benj Pasek
and
Justin Paul
Hands on a Hardbody
Music:
Trey Anastasio
and
Amanda Green
Lyrics:
Amanda Green
Kinky Boots
Music & Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper
Matilda The Musical
Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY

Golden Boy
Orphans
The Trip to Bountiful
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

Annie
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Pippin
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Tom Hanks
Lucky Guy
Nathan Lane
The Nance
Tracy Letts
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David Hyde Pierce
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tom Sturridge
Orphans

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Laurie Metcalf
The Other Place
Amy Morton
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kristine Nielsen
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Holland Taylor
Ann
Cicely Tyson
The Trip to Bountiful

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Bertie Carvel
Matilda The Musical
Santino Fontana
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Rob McClure
Chaplin
Billy Porter
Kinky Boots
Stark Sands
Kinky Boots

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Stephanie J. Block
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Carolee Carmello
Scandalous
Valisia LeKae
Motown The Musical
Patina Miller
Pippin
Laura Osnes
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Danny Burstein
Golden Boy
Richard Kind
The Big Knife
Billy Magnussen
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tony Shalhoub
Golden Boy
Courtney B. Vance
Lucky Guy

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Carrie Coon
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Shalita Grant
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Judith Ivey
The Heiress
Judith Light
The Assembled Parties
Condola Rashad
The Trip to Bountiful

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Charl Brown
Motown The Musical
Keith Carradine
Hands on a Hardbody
Will Chase
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Gabriel Ebert
Matilda The Musical
Terrence Mann
Pippin

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Annaleigh Ashford
Kinky Boots
Victoria Clark
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Andrea Martin
Pippin
Keala Settle
Hands on a Hardbody
Lauren Ward
Matilda The Musical

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY

Pam MacKinnon
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Nicholas Martin
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Bartlett Sher
Golden Boy
George C. Wolfe
Lucky Guy

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

Scott Ellis
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Jerry Mitchell
Kinky Boots
Diane Paulus
Pippin
Matthew Warchus
Matilda The Musical

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Andy Blankenbuehler
Bring It On: The Musical
Peter Darling
Matilda The Musical
Jerry Mitchell
Kinky Boots
Chet Walker
Pippin

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS

Chris Nightingale
Matilda The Musical
Stephen Oremus
Kinky Boots
Ethan Popp
&
Bryan Crook
Motown The Musical
Danny Troob
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY

John Lee Beatty
The Nance
Santo Loquasto
The Assembled Parties
David Rockwell
Lucky Guy
Michael Yeargan
Golden Boy

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Rob Howell
Matilda The Musical
Anna Louizos
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Scott Pask
Pippin
David Rockwell
Kinky Boots

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY

Soutra Gilmour
Cyrano de Bergerac
Ann Roth
The Nance
Albert Wolsky
The Heiress
Catherine Zuber
Golden Boy

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Gregg Barnes
Kinky Boots
Rob Howell
Matilda The Musical
Dominique Lemieux
Pippin
William Ivey Long
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY

Jules Fisher
&
Peggy Eisenhauer
Lucky Guy
Donald Holder
Golden Boy
Jennifer Tipton
The Testament of Mary
Japhy Weideman
The Nance

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Kenneth Posner
Kinky Boots
Kenneth Posner
Pippin
Kenneth Posner
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Hugh Vanstone
Matilda The Musical

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY

John Gromada
The Trip to Bountiful
Mel Mercier
The Testament of Mary
Leon Rothenberg
The Nance
Peter John Still
and
Marc Salzberg
Golden Boy

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Jonathan Deans
&
Garth Helm
Pippin
Peter Hylenski
Motown The Musical
John Shivers
Kinky Boots
Nevin Steinberg
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella

SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE

Bernard Gersten
Paul Libin
Ming Cho Lee

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD

Huntington Theatre Company

ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD

Larry Kramer

TONY HONORS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE THEATRE

Career Transition For Dancers
William Craver
Peter Lawrence
The Lost Colony
The four actresses who created the title role of Matilda The Musical on Broadway - Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro

Updated On: 4/30/13 at 04:07 AM

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 5:50am

Hon you're about a day early.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 5:57am

Yup. It's only the 29th. Today is the Drama Desk Noms.

[tazber]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 5:58am

I can't believe that Matilda was overlooked for Best Musical.

12 nominations for Scandalous? Really?

[broadway guy]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 9:52am

OH MY GOD?!?! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN! How did Billy porter get a nomination for kinky boots!!! uggggh no no no this is so bogus!!! i OBVIOUSLY hate him and everyone knows he didn't deserve it!!!! But wait..what's this?? Bertie and Porter are the frontrunners? Who could have predicted that?! Oh the Humanity!!!

[Musical Master]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 12:35pm

How could Chaplin be nominated and not Hands on a Hardbody! This is an outrage!! The Tonys have gone to the dogs!

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 6:18pm

aasjb4ever - I always start it the day before, love.

[bwaylyric]

Posted: 4/29/13 at 6:29pm

"I cannot believe they considered Cinderella to be a revival! This just does not make any sense."

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 1:04am

Is anyone else waking up early to catch them online?

[broadway guy]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 1:08am

me

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 1:12am

How could Bombshell be passed up by Scandalous?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 1:47am

Thanx blaxx.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 2:02am

blaxx - Thank you so much for doing this every year you're the best!

[blaxx]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 2:08am

Thank you, loves.

[jdrye222]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 3:00am

OK I will just rant already.

Patina Miller is vastly overrated and not very good. Tons of women are better and more versatile than she, yet she will get all the accolades for the Tony season.

My other rants ---

How could they forget Brandon Victor Dixon... ???

And --- how could they forget Tony Shalhoub????

(I'm hoping these last two will be proven wrong)

[Joviedamian]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 3:10am

" Tons of women are better and more versatile than she, yet she will get all the accolades for the Tony season."

You are correct. There are better and more versatile actresses out there....but they aren't performing on Broadway this season...

[tazber]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 6:08am

a little over 2 hours away!

I'm stoking the fires of my outrage in preparation.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 6:52am

I'm staying the hell away from this thread today. But I will leave a block of cheese for the WHINE and a box of razor blades for the overly dramatic queens who might just want to slit their wrists if their favorites don't receive a nomination.

You're welcome! That is all!

Updated On: 4/30/13 at 06:52 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 7:05am

I'm gonna post a recap with all the best bits later on tonight Carlos.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 7:26am

I'm preparing for a full meltdown if Seth Numrich and Golden Boy don't get a ton of nominations.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 7:41am

They'll be in NY1, right?

[tazber]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 7:41am

I'm preparing for a full meltdown regardless of who does or doesn't get nominated.

If Drood doesn't get nominated in every major category its eligible for, Kelly2's reaction is going to be epic.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 7:46am

If Jesse Mueller isn't nominated for CAROUSEL, I'm finding the nearest baby I can and throwing it up in the air.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 8:06am

^How I long for a "like" button on BWW.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 4/30/13 at 8:08am

I wish they had a Best Understudy category so Sam could be nominated for Hit List.