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Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
#75Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 8:58amAt first glance, I love most of these nominations. Only a little less love for ROCKY and BRIDGES than I would have liked, but on the whole nothing leapt out at me as undeserved. Sad for Ian McKellen, but if Samuel Barnett took his place I'm more than thrilled.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
NeverSoShy
Understudy Joined: 10/8/11
#76Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 8:59amI'm kind of surprised that Kitt & Yorkey got nominated but If/Then didn't!
#77Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:00am
Anyone have the tallies yet?
....but the world goes 'round
TheGingerBreadMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/7/12
#78Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:00amSomeone tell me how After Midnight and Aladdin get noms over Bridges and If/Then please. All the Best Actress nods are spot on.
#79Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:00am
Tony Nominations by Production
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder - 10
Hedwig and the Angry Inch - 8
After Midnight - 7
Beautiful - The Carole King Musical - 7
The Glass Menagerie - 7
Twelfth Night - 7
Bullets Over Broadway - 6
The Cripple of Inishmaan - 6
Act One - 5
Aladdin - 5
A Raisin in the Sun - 5
The Bridges of Madison County - 4
Casa Valentina - 4
Machinal - 4
Rocky - 4
Violet - 4
Les Misérables - 3
All The Way - 2
Cabaret - 2
If/Then - 2
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill - 2
Mothers and Sons - 2
Of Mice and Men - 2
A Night with Janis Joplin - 1
Outside Mullingar - 1
Richard III - 1
The Velocity of Autumn - 1
TheatreKid3
Broadway Star Joined: 3/25/12
#80Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:00am
Gregg Barnes' snub for ALADDIN's costuming was a huge shock to me.
Glad to see it get recognized in most of the big categories!
Interesting the BULLETS got more noms than ALADDIN.
I feel so bad for everyone at BRIDGES. Was hoping for a 5th Best Musical nom for them.
#81Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:00amLots of love for Casa Valentina!
#82Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:01amHow did Timbers not get a nod for his direction on Rocky, only 4 best musical noms, no Quinto, no Williams. Bridges is now done for. What a strange set of nominations.
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#83Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:01amDid Mary Bridget Davis even have that much buzz??
#84Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:01amI am devastated over Steven Pasquale's omission, and overjoyed over Mary Bridget Davies' inclusion. So... wash.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#85Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:01am
Someone tell me how After Midnight and Aladdin get noms over Bridges and If/Then please.
Sure! If the show was not bad, Then it would have gotten all the nominations. 
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
MCfan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/06
#86Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:02am
I didn't see "Bridges" so I can't speak to that snub, but I really am stunned by the "If/Then" snub. It's not the greatest musical I've ever seen, but I thought surely it was good enough for a Best Musical nomination!
(I'm also pretty surprised it didn't get a Best Set Design nomination, after all the creative things they did with that set.)
#87Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:02am
And the TONY goes to....Gentleman's Guide.
....but the world goes 'round
#88Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:02amAfter Midnight got rave reviews in a season of mixed reviews, not a real shocker.
#89Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:02amWow, is all that can be said. sad for Bridges
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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WicaS
Chorus Member Joined: 11/3/11
#91Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:03amHonestly, I am pretty disgusted across the board. I can't believe they had the option of including a 5th show and didn't - especially considering there were many worthy shows.
"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "
#92Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:03amI'm happy for Ramin Karimloo, but very disappointed for Steven Pasquale.
"The price of love is loss, but still we pay; We love anyway."
#93Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:03am
loliveve, The Producers had three Featured Actor nominations.
I'm happy Twelfth Night snagged three Featured Actor nominations as well. Those were the three I immediately thought would/should be nominated after I walked out of the show. (And Samuel Barnett.)
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#94Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:03am
Well, JRB got his nomination.
But, so did Mencken.
When two of the four nominees for Best Musical do not have original scores - and a third barely qualifies for an original score...I guess the Committee had to look elsewhere.
#95Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:04amplus no love for Bullets
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
Tazber's: Reply to
Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian
Up In One
Broadway Star Joined: 5/27/04
#97Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:04am
Hope Gentleman's Guide has the dough to advertise all these nominations across awards, it's the only clear cut winner from a nomination perspective and a very impressive number of noms. Their previous nominations didn't help its box office last week. Let's see what this does. What are we thinking? Bridges closes this weekend or next?
Up In One
Updated On: 4/29/14 at 09:04 AM
#98Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:06amWTF? LaChanze, If/Then (Best Orchestrations), and Aladdin (Best Direction and the creative) got robbed!
#99Rant about the 2014 TONY NOMINATIONS here
Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:06amSo happy that Paul Chahidi was nominated! And Samuel Barnett! Lots of well-deserved love for Twelfth Night. I don't know if the Brits even care about the Tonys though.
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