#26
Posted: 8/9/15 at 9:38pm
With the Hamilton men and now Stokes, Porter, Henry and Dixon, could the Featured Actor in a Musical category potentially be 100% black?
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#27
Posted: 8/9/15 at 10:09pm
Well it's been all white many times. So I guess I would and wouldn't be surprised at the same time.
#28
Posted: 8/9/15 at 10:43pm
One of those HAMILTON men could be Jonathan Groff, so...
Plus, surely there will be other men in other Musicals this season. I would normally expect a category dominated by one or two shows exclusively to occur in a very top-heavy season with few stand-out shows.
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#29
Posted: 8/9/15 at 11:24pm
^Like this past year where Featured Actor in a Musical had two people from An American in Paris (Brandon Uranowitz and Max von Essen) along with two people from Something Rotten! (Christian Borle and Brad Oscar).
#30
Posted: 8/9/15 at 11:43pm
This casting is phenomenal. 3 have Tony's (8 between them) and I think Joshua should have won for Violet. I don't know anything about the show, but it sounds like if they'll be doing the original show plus some documentarian bits on the side, it would be classified as a revival.
As to an all-black Featured Actor Tony category, I think Gavin Creel may sneak in (and possibly Jonathan Groff although he's only in 8 minutes of Hamilton) but it seems like it definitely could happen; Hamilton and Shuffle Along and maybe The Color Purple? I don't like the show so I can't even recall if any of the men are big enough parts for nominations.
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#31
Posted: 8/9/15 at 11:50pm
What audience do you think wants either color purple or sprng awakening?
#32
Posted: 8/10/15 at 1:26am
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#33
Posted: 8/10/15 at 2:58am
Shuffle Along is NOT a revival. I can garauntee that. It's the MAKING of Shuffle Along.
#34
Posted: 8/10/15 at 7:30am
Hamilton and Shuffle Along and maybe The Color Purple? I don't like the show so I can't even recall if any of the men are big enough parts for nominations.
Brandon Victor Dixon was nominated for his role as Harpo.
#35
Posted: 8/10/15 at 10:12am
Broadwaystar2, you cannot guarantee anything and it is silly for you to suggest otherwise. If Scott Rudin is strategizing and shaping his production to be a revival, there is at least a reasonable chance he knows more than you do and will get what he wants. People who become the president of major studios while still in the twenties have a habit of getting what they want.
#36
Posted: 8/10/15 at 2:12pm
Hogan I can without a DOUBT garauntee it won't be a Revival
#37
Posted: 8/10/15 at 2:28pm
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#38
Posted: 8/10/15 at 3:17pm
@Broadwaystar2-garauntee all you want. I was talking about guaranteeing.
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#39
Posted: 8/10/15 at 5:14pm
I am so very thrilled with the casting news! Can't wait to see the show 
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