Revival Tony Eligibility

[Broadwaystar2]

Posted: 8/6/15 at 7:26am

Is the revival eligibility rule that for a show to be nominated in said category. It has to be 10 years from its original opening? 

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 8/6/15 at 8:06am

3 years since the last production closed.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/6/15 at 11:39am

Note also that the last performance timing includes any professional production, not just Broadway.

[Broadwaystar2]

Posted: 8/6/15 at 12:55pm

So will Spring Awakening be eligible for revival? 

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 8/6/15 at 12:57pm

Hogan, correct me if Im wrong, but I remember reading that the "any professional production" aspect was only for mountings in New York (can't recall if it was only Manhattan or all 5 boroughs). So, for instance, something performed professionally 8 years ago in Boston or Chicago could be deemed original by the Tonys. Unless they deem it a "classic" because its been part of the cannon for many years, in which case it goes into revival.

[MOUSTACHA]

Posted: 8/6/15 at 1:42pm

The rule is 3 years immediately proceeding the eligibility date and has not had a professional performance in the borough of Manhattan at any time in those three years.  Unless I'm having a stroke, the last production in Manhattan was 2006, so it should be eligible for best revival (should there be enough candidates to warrant a revival award, which there will be).

[HogansHero]

Posted: 8/6/15 at 2:03pm

Yes it is in Manhattan but the operative date for Spring Awakening is January 09 (still obviously > 3 years)