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[nsguy45]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #100

Posted: 4/30/13 at 8:59am

I'm a big fan of Stephanie J. Block . . . but was that really a lead performance?

Lilla Crawford was robbed.

[madbrian]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #101

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:00am

Has anyone ever been nominated for the book of a revival before?

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[Kad]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #102

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:00am

Thrilled for the nominations for Vanya et al. It and Lucky Guy are the most nominated new plays.

And I'm not surprised Kinky Boots got one more nom than Matilda- Matilda lost a slot for best actress.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[broadway guy]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #103

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:00am

Get that tony Patina!!!!!!!

STEPHANIE J BLOCK GOT A NOMINATION!!!! YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!

YAY FOR ROB McClure!!!!!!

UGH I can't believe Kinky Boots is leading with the most nominations..yuck.

YAY FOR LAURA OSNES!!

I can't believe Santino got a nomination. Not sure how i feel about that....

Bring it on and A christmas Story?? Dafaq?

YAY go Terrance Mann!

Congrats to Ashford!!!

[AC126748]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #104

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:00am

Wasn't David Henry Hwang's FLOWER DRUM SONG book nominated?

"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

[wonderfulwizard11]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #105

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:02am

Happy to see Stephanie J. Block nominated- I really loved her performance.

I am very surprised about The Testament of Mary- I would have assumed The Nance would get that slot. And not that I expected it to get a lot of attention, but wow, they did not like Annie, did they?

I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.

[bwayphreak234]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #106

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:03am

UGH... I'm kind of pissed that Lilla Crawford and Deborah Cox didn't get a nomination... I was almost positive Lilla Crawford would

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

[AC126748]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #107

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:03am

Honestly, I don't understand the surprise over Jessie Mueller not being nominated. Not because Mueller isn't talented, but because Helena really doesn't seem like that much of a role. Honestly, unless she's chosen as either Datchery or the murderer, there's not much there. She wasn't chosen as either at the two performances I attended, and I can't think of a single thing to distinguish her performance otherwise. (Jana Schneider must have been a magician to win a Drama Desk and get a Tony nomination for the role)

"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

[PurpleFanta]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #108

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:03am

I'm a little devastated Jessica Hecht wasn't nominated.

[tazber]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #109

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:04am

John Adams, there were a few very lengthy discussions about Cinderella being new or a revival on here before the ruling.

Personally I have always thought it should be a revival but you can find everyone else's opinions
here

....but the world goes 'round

[dreaming]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #110

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:04am

I loved The Testament of Mary. I wish Fiona Shaw had been nominated over Kristine Nielsen. I'm rooting for Cicely Tyson-who really blew me away. She is incredible on that stage. And I'm really happy for Condola Rashad-she was brilliant too. I think Judith Light has a good shot at picking up her second Tony in two years.

[Musical Master]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #111

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:04am

Wow so much Kinky, Matilda, Pippin, and Cinderella love.

I am unhappy with the snub of Josh Rhodes for Cinderella, but hey at least Peter Darling and Chet Walker are honered. And Andy is nominated in the RIGHT musical (no Annie for Andy).

I am very happy for Victoria Clark and for Andrea Martin.

LOL Kenneth Posner for three noms for Lighting Design.

Thank god A Christmas Story got some deserved reconition.

Overall I am very happy with these nominations, can't wait for the Tonys come June.

Updated On: 4/30/13 at 09:04 AM

[LYLS3637]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #112

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:04am

Just out of curiosity, in theory, could the committee have nominated all 5 eligible musicals in the revival category? Or are there strictly 4 spots, and that's it?

"I shall stay until the wind changes."

[silent]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #113

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:05am

Deborah Cox and Vanessa Williams should've been nominated. The girl from Motown only got that nod due to the box office success. Ugh!

[bwayphreak234]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #114

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:06am

DAMN... Kenneth Posner owns the lighting category. I would be on cloud nine if I were him.

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

[best12bars]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #115

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:06am

Has anyone ever been nominated for the book of a revival before?

When a book is substantially rewritten, the committee can decide it's eligible, as they did with Flower Drum Song and now Cinderella.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[Eris0303]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #116

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:07am

I'm very pleased to see Tony love for Hands on a Hardbody and Laura Osnes. Very excited for all the nominees!

"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".

[Kad]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #117

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:07am

There was absolutely nothing award worthy about Deborah Cox's performance.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[best12bars]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #118

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:07am

DAMN... Kenneth Posner owns the lighting category. I would be on cloud nine if I were him.

Except watch him lose to Matilda.

The only thing worse than losing is losing 3 times in the same category when you hold 75 percent of the nominations.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[tazber]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #119

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:08am

Well all in all the biggest shock for me is Sturridge. Not that he doesn't deserve it, but over Allan Cumming?

....but the world goes 'round

[illuminate the night]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #120

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:09am

Four acting nominees also nominated last year: Danny Burstein, Laura Osnes, and Judith Light and Condola Rashad (who are once again competing in the same category).

[rorschach37]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #121

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:10am

I thought Jekyll would at least get one nomination in one of the lesser categories, but wow, nothing.

[JohnyBroadway]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #122

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:10am

Hooray for Pasek and Paul!

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #123

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:11am

Oh, yes, you reminded me! So glad for Rashad! She is so incredibly talented and her scenes with Tyson in BOUNTIFUL were just fantastic and so touching.

[John Adams]

Rant about the 2013 TONY nominations here #124

Posted: 4/30/13 at 9:11am

>> "(Jana Schneider must have been a magician to win a Drama Desk and get a Tony nomination for the role)"

I saw her in the original ...Drood. Yes, she was.
She chewed every piece of scenery possible (including her voting number card - literally). In the context of "the Music Hall" atmosphere, she was outstanding (IMO). I always saw elements of *both* characters she was playing (the fictional actor, and the fictional actor's role). I thought she made a bold and creative choice that worked very well.

She played an oddly eccentric actor cast in an exotic role. 'Ya know how when you watch Tom Cruise in a movie, the tiniest part of your brain can't divorce the picture of him jumping up and down on Oprah's couch? That's the kind of effect Schneider created onstage for Helena Landless.

To use your word, I thought it was "magical". Updated On: 4/30/13 at 09:11 AM