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#76

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 8:58am

At 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.

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#77

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 8:59am

I'm kind of surprised that Kitt & Yorkey got nominated but If/Then didn't!

#78

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:00am

Anyone have the tallies yet?

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#79

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:00am

Someone tell me how After Midnight and Aladdin get noms over Bridges and If/Then please. All the Best Actress nods are spot on.

#80

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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

#81

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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.

#82

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:00am

Lots of love for Casa Valentina!

#83

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:01am

How 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.

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#84

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:01am

Did Mary Bridget Davis even have that much buzz??

#85

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:01am

I am devastated over Steven Pasquale's omission, and overjoyed over Mary Bridget Davies' inclusion. So... wash.

#86

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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.

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#87

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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.)

#88

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:02am

And the TONY goes to....Gentleman's Guide.

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#89

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:02am

After Midnight got rave reviews in a season of mixed reviews, not a real shocker.

#90

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:02am

Wow, is all that can be said. sad for Bridges

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#91

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:02am

No Mazzie? That's a bummer.

#92

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:03am

Honestly, 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.

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#93

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:03am

I'm happy for Ramin Karimloo, but very disappointed for Steven Pasquale.

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#94

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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.)

#95

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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.

#96

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:04am

plus no love for Bullets

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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

#97

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:04am

Place ya bets on Bridges.

#98

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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?

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#99

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:06am

WTF? LaChanze, If/Then (Best Orchestrations), and Aladdin (Best Direction and the creative) got robbed!

#100

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Posted: 4/29/14 at 9:06am

So 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.