TONY'S for Woman in White?

I would think that it has to be nominated for all three design catagories. It is such a unique approach, It deserves a nomination.

and I will say right now that my belief is that Friedman will win the tony for best actress, not based on the fact that it is a great role, which it is, but based on the fact that she has been performing this role almost every night while battling cancer. Do I think that she would win the tony if it were not for her physical state? no. I am being honest. but, her bravery and compassion for the theatre will get her the sympathy vote from the voters, and this is such a story of inspiration, that I think she transends (sp?) the catagory and will go home with the tony.

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Updated On: 2/8/06 at 10:56 AM

Friedman is the only lock at this point...tho Ball and Score are good bets. The rest of the openings could also fail, and then I'd bet on a Best Musical nom as well.

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Friedman unfortunately doesn't have much chance to win the Tony anymore. While there is tremendous sympathy and admiration for her, I'm afraid that her story will be old news and somewhat forgotten by four months from now when the Tonys are handed out. We have another dozen shows set to open between now and then and the Friedman saga will no longer be at the forefront of many minds come June.

There's also the fact that the vast majority of Tony voters will not get to see this show before it closes. Roughly a fourth (or perhaps more) of the voters are out of town and only make the trip into New York after the nominations come out -- usually the week or so before the awards so they can go to the dozens of parties that happen, wining and dining them. Plus many of the voters in town never got around to seeing it. While nominees from closed shows have still won a couple of times over the years, it's a very very rare occurrence.

Since it's a weak year for new musicals, WiW will likely get a few nominations -- just to fill out categories if for no other reason. But it's chances of winning any are close to zero. Tony voters hate to "waste" a vote on a show that can't benefit from the award and use it for marketing purposes (please forget about anything you've ever heard referring to the Tonys representing "artistic merit" -- it's all about money. Period).

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That's weird to me because it seems like the other major awards shows tend to value artistic merit. At least with the Oscars and whatnot.

Rentboy, that's a bit naive. Shows and actors benefit all the time from clever marketing and backlash at the Academy Awards ALL the time.

Also remember the year they gave book, score, and director to Urinetown, but still gave Best Musical to Thoroughly Modern Millie because, even though they didn't think it was the best show (if they did, why did they give all the other major awards to Urinetown), they thought it would be a bigger hit with a wider audience and tour better. (ironically Urinetown recouped in a year and made a healthy profit, while Millie ended up closing at a loss).

And as for the Oscars, crappy films win and get nominates all the time. I can't remember the last time the film I thought was actually the best of the year, won Best Picture.

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Updated On: 2/8/06 at 01:36 PM

I guess no Tony for him...too bad


https://www.playbill.com/news/article/97819.html

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jv92 i fully agree with you

i hope the Sets don't get nominated because they are terrible in my oppinion....

i still think Leading Lady wise the vote will be between Maria and LaChanze............ Patti is great but she is not a stand out this tony season in my oppinion

What the hell does "she has a long life of performing before her" mean?

People keep saying that.

It means nothing.
Nothing at all.

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LaChanze will win.


And I will rejoice.

Friedman will be the sole WiW nom.

Maria Freidman will not win. There's no way.

Neither will LaChanze.

It will be LuPone, at this point.

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