STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS Previews- Page 6

[Dancingthrulife2]

Posted: 4/6/25 at 11:52pm

SteveSanders said: "binau said: "This is Bernadette’s ‘stritch at liberty’ moment and she is doing in the best and only way she knows how to - giving 100% committed performance with work that she knows, loves and trust. She is having the time of her life!"

Do you always feel the need to speak in her favor? The predictability of it is really something."

Have you entertained the possibility that your snark is odious at best?

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 2:56am

If I'm MTC and CamMac looking at the jam packed musical slate, I'd be lobbying my hardest to get categorized as a special event and get considered for a special Tony. Don't think they'll have much of a chance in any of the musical categories, but could have a real chance at a special Tony. 

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 10:55am

quizking101 said: "Should they choose to honor Bernadette, it would most befit a Special Tony Award. A competitive Tony when you have the likes of Zoe Roberts, Claire-Marie Hall, Isa Antonetti, Darlesia Cearcy, Jennie Harney-Fleming, and Grace Hodgett-Young in the mix seems like punting an opportunity to award new talent or a vet with a long resume who finally had a role worthy of their talent.

To be honest, love Mincemeat I do, I would hand the award to Darlesia Cearcy on a silver platter because she made herself a presence on stage - just based on her “That’s My Home”. Honestly, had it not conflicted, I would’ve loved to see her as a standby/alternate Rose in GYPSY."

Bernadette may or may not be nominated. It's hard to predict for a concert-style show like this. BUT she absolutely has way more of a chance than any of the women you mentioned. No one is talking about the wives from A Wonderful World in terms of Tony chances. Antonetti sounded glorious but acting was...not there. Mincemeat is just not as much of a sensation here as it was in the UK and will not be strong enough to land multiple featured acting noms in a single category. So Natasha Hodgson, with her larger role, will get the lion share of Mincemeat support in that race, if she is even nominated. In any case, I would nominate both Bernadette and Lea over any of those performers for the way they effortlessly tell each story within Old Friends. It was truly like watching two masters at work.

[Fordham2015]

Posted: 4/7/25 at 5:09pm

For the record, Bernadette and Lea are both above the title in the "Inside the Playbill" that was just posted 

https://assets.playbill.com/playbill-inside/stephen-sondheims-old-friends-04-08-2025-1.jpg

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 4/8/25 at 9:20pm

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "quizking101 said: "Should they choose to honor Bernadette, it would most befit a Special Tony Award. A competitive Tony when you have the likes of Zoe Roberts, Claire-Marie Hall, Isa Antonetti, Darlesia Cearcy, Jennie Harney-Fleming, and Grace Hodgett-Young in the mix seems like punting an opportunity to award new talent or a vet with a long resume who finally had a role worthy of their talent.

To be honest, love Mincemeat I do, I would hand the award to Darlesia Cearcy on a silver platter because she made herself a presence on stage - just based on her “That’s My Home”. Honestly, had it not conflicted, I would’ve loved to see her as a standby/alternate Rose in GYPSY."

Bernadette may or may not be nominated. It's hard to predict for a concert-style show like this. BUT she absolutely has way more of a chance than any of the women you mentioned. No one is talking about the wives from A Wonderful World in terms of Tony chances. Antonetti sounded glorious but acting was...not there. Mincemeat is just not as much of a sensation here as it was in the UK and will not be strong enough to land multiple featured acting noms in a single category. So Natasha Hodgson, with her larger role, will get the lion share of Mincemeat support in that race, if she is even nominated. In any case, I would nominate both Bernadette and Lea over any of those performers for the way they effortlessly tell each story within Old Friends. It was truly like watching two masters at work."

I don't want to speak about Featured actress at length until after I see all the shows (I suspect Julia Knitel could be a fairly strong contender for Dead Outlaw), but I concur with this. So much of how that category shakes out depends on how a couple of folks are submitted into acting categories. As opposed to every other category, where I can strongly predict the nominees, Featured actress seems largely up in the air at the moment. I am relatively confident someone from Mincemeat will get nominated. Apart from that? I want to see who gets lauded by the new york times and go from there.

Also, this is the first tony season in which I have managed to make plans to see all but two of the qualifying musicals (I'm skipping Last 5 Years and passed on Tammy Faye) - Not bad for someone who lives in California!

[quizking101]

Posted: 4/9/25 at 5:57am

I did forget Knitel (thank you), but also after seeing Real Women Have Curves on Sunday, I would call a locked nomination for Justina Machado and a possible second for Florencia Cuenca