Riedel's Tony Predictions- Page 3

[TennesseeTwang]

Posted: 5/12/06 at 11:05pm

Is there a rule stating that the nominating comittee absolutely MUST fill the 5th Best Actress slot with a nomination?

Why not go with 4 nominees? To nominate Julia Roberts not for her work, but for her stardom, could be seen as an insult to the other nominees.
Updated On: 5/12/06 at 11:05 PM

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 5/12/06 at 11:10pm

Jamie Parker ("the really cute piano player")

that's RIGHT

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/12/06 at 11:39pm

Reading that list of names I can see why Juke Box Musicals don't fare well.
I don't see Dana Ivey shaking her Bootee at Mamma Mia.
Or Nancy Ford either.
At least a few retirees are gettin something to do.
Maybe Chita: A Dancer's Life does have a shot at the fourth space.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/12/06 at 11:41pm

Well, there are actually a few on that list who are in their 30s and 40s.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/12/06 at 11:50pm

Ok I'm pushing it, and i am in my 50's so I'm not being agiest, but what is the approx. average age of the commitee?

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 12:00am

There are about 7 or 8 names I'm not familiar with, so I can't give you an answer. But of the ones I do recognize, at least 6 are under 50.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 12:17am

Of course, I would expect it to get nominated. Not sure if it will though. But Jersey Boys seems like an "older" jukebox musical. Whereas All Shook Up seemed aimed for like tweens and teenagers.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 12:23am

"to answer calvin's question i think the revival of nine took up 3 featured actress slots (jane krakowski, mary stuart masterson, chita rivera) they might have had 4 i can't recall but i think they were the most."

Wasn't Laura Benanti nominated also?

[FoscasBohemianDream]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 2:18am

Laura Benanti didn't get a nomination unfortunately, curiously the actresses from the Nine revival who got nods got them for the same roles the actresses in the original production got theirs.

[Princeton78]

Posted: 5/13/06 at 9:04am

2003 Featured Actress Nominees....
Jane Krakowski. Nine The Musical
Tammy Blanchard. Gypsy
Mary Stuart Masterson. Nine The Musical
Chita Rivera. Nine The Musical
Ashley Tuttle. Movin' Out


Laura Benanti was not nominated for "Nine," but for "Swing," and "Into the Woods."