TONY Committee Announces Eligibility for Finian's, White Xmas, Ragtime, Fela!, Night Music, View...Bridge & More
#2
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:15pm
James Clow and Melissa Errico will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical category respectively for their performances in Irving Berlin's White Christmas.
Does this mean that WHITE CHRISTMAS is eligible for Tonys? That doesn't make any sense. It was a new musical the previous season, which should make it ineligible. I thought that covered all the actors, too.
Does this mean that WHITE CHRISTMAS is eligible for Tonys? That doesn't make any sense. It was a new musical the previous season, which should make it ineligible. I thought that covered all the actors, too.
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Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
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#3
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:18pm
Sahr Ngaujah will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical category for his performance in Fela!
What about Kevin Mambo?
What about Kevin Mambo?
#4
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:19pm
What happened to the 3 year wait for TONY eligibility for revivals?
#5
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:23pm
They think that they should be able to be nominated. It's a new production, taking place a year later.
#6
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:25pm
What's going on with Kevin Mambo...?
Is he not eligible at all?
Is he not eligible at all?
#7
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:27pm
Mambo is an alternate, so no, he's not eligible.
He performs three times a week and Sahr Ngaujah performs five times a week.
He performs three times a week and Sahr Ngaujah performs five times a week.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#8
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:27pm
They think that they should be able to be nominated. It's a new production, taking place a year later.
All revivals are new productions, that still doesn't let them escape the 3 year rule.
All revivals are new productions, that still doesn't let them escape the 3 year rule.
#9
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:30pm
I thought Mambo got 4 performances, but either way he IS an alternate.
I thought the 3 year rule covered everything about the show too, but I guess we could be wrong. Has there ever been a situation like this before?
I thought the 3 year rule covered everything about the show too, but I guess we could be wrong. Has there ever been a situation like this before?
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
#10
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:31pm
What's interesting to me is that the role of Beatrice in A View from the Bridge, which was a leading role in 1998 when Allison Janney played it (and was nominated for it), is now suddenly a featured role.
I love the Tonys and their lack of consistency.
I love the Tonys and their lack of consistency.
Updated On: 2/11/10 at 05:31 PM
#11
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:37pm
I REALLY expected them to split Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Hecht. That is a mistake in my opinion. I doubt Johansson will be nominated now.
#12
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:42pm
They should both be nominated, they are phenomenal. I agree though that it doesn't bode well for Johansson, it's such a crowded category. Then again so is the Best Lead Actress in a Play category I imagine. It's going to be a very interesting race.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#13
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:44pm
What's interesting to me is that the role of Beatrice in A View from the Bridge, which was a leading role in 1998 when Allison Janney played it (and was nominated for it), is now suddenly a featured role.
This sort of thing has happened before.
Donna McKechnie won a Lead Actress in a Musical Tony for playing Cassie in the original production of A CHORUS LINE, yet Charlotte d'Amboise was nominated in the Featured Actress in a Musical category when she played the same role in the revival.
This sort of thing has happened before.
Donna McKechnie won a Lead Actress in a Musical Tony for playing Cassie in the original production of A CHORUS LINE, yet Charlotte d'Amboise was nominated in the Featured Actress in a Musical category when she played the same role in the revival.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#14
Posted: 2/11/10 at 5:48pm
I'm well aware it's happened before. I'm just continuing to point out their lack of consistency when it comes to anything. But, thanks for the history lesson.
#15
Posted: 2/11/10 at 6:00pm
What about Catherine Zeta-Jones?
#16
Posted: 2/11/10 at 6:00pm
Zeta-Jones will be considered in the leading category as Desiree is the lead role in the musical. The producers did not need to petition her because her name is already above the title.
Updated On: 2/11/10 at 06:00 PM
#17
Posted: 2/11/10 at 6:05pm
It's hardly "interesting" when the committee is consistently inconsistent.
But thanks for the unwarranted snarkiness.
But thanks for the unwarranted snarkiness.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#18
Posted: 2/11/10 at 6:11pm
Your faux insider posts are hardly interesting, either, hon.
Updated On: 2/11/10 at 06:11 PM
#19
Posted: 2/11/10 at 6:54pm
Kevin Mambo = Frank Dolce.
#20
Posted: 2/11/10 at 7:08pm
^ or any other alternate, really.
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#21
Posted: 2/11/10 at 7:08pm
somethingwicked: "Donna McKechnie won a Lead Actress in a Musical Tony for playing Cassie in the original production of A CHORUS LINE, yet Charlotte d'Amboise was nominated in the Featured Actress in a Musical category when she played the same role in the revival."
It was all politics.
As amazing as Ms. McKechnie is, Michael Bennett fought and pulled strings to get her into the Best Actress in a Musical category for the 1976 season. Because "A Chorus Line" is an ensemble piece, there were no credits above the title. According to the Tony rules, and the nature of a show like "A Chorus Line", a role like "Cassie" would be considered a featured part.
Like now, it was controversial then because the likes of Chita Rivera, and Gwen Verdon were in that same running.
Bennett also fought for the nominations of Robert LuPone, Sammy Williams, Kelly Bishop, and Priscilla Lopez. Two of which actually won awards as well.
It was all politics.
As amazing as Ms. McKechnie is, Michael Bennett fought and pulled strings to get her into the Best Actress in a Musical category for the 1976 season. Because "A Chorus Line" is an ensemble piece, there were no credits above the title. According to the Tony rules, and the nature of a show like "A Chorus Line", a role like "Cassie" would be considered a featured part.
Like now, it was controversial then because the likes of Chita Rivera, and Gwen Verdon were in that same running.
Bennett also fought for the nominations of Robert LuPone, Sammy Williams, Kelly Bishop, and Priscilla Lopez. Two of which actually won awards as well.
Updated On: 2/11/10 at 07:08 PM
#22
Posted: 2/11/10 at 8:49pm
From Playbill:
James Clow and Melissa Errico will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical category respectively for their performances in Irving Berlin's White Christmas, which is eligible as a Revival.
~Steven
James Clow and Melissa Errico will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical category respectively for their performances in Irving Berlin's White Christmas, which is eligible as a Revival.
~Steven
Updated On: 2/11/10 at 08:49 PM
#23
Posted: 2/11/10 at 9:02pm
That makes no sense, unless they once again changed the rules, which wouldn't surprise me at all since they have been trying to make the Tony Awards more and more of a joke for a few years now.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
#24
Posted: 2/11/10 at 9:55pm
I feel it will hurt Hecht, not Johanson, who I think is a shoe-in for a nom so far.
The whole Bennett CHORUS LINE thing I believe shows how tightly he was "in bed" with the Shuberts at the time.
The Lansbury thing would be controversial if it wasn't, well, Angela Lansbury, and I worship at her shrine but could her name be anymore more huge above the title?
There is a lot more to come but I am putting Norton as the first "sure" nom in that category.
I think the new WHITE CHRISTMAS cast members should be eligible but that's all.
The whole Bennett CHORUS LINE thing I believe shows how tightly he was "in bed" with the Shuberts at the time.
The Lansbury thing would be controversial if it wasn't, well, Angela Lansbury, and I worship at her shrine but could her name be anymore more huge above the title?
There is a lot more to come but I am putting Norton as the first "sure" nom in that category.
I think the new WHITE CHRISTMAS cast members should be eligible but that's all.
#25
Posted: 2/11/10 at 9:58pm
How do you figre that Norton is a sure nom?
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