TONYS Announce Eligibility for RED, Sondheim, Enron, Tenor, Idiot, Fences & More — Page 5

She's still not gonna win.

Team Finneran!

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Wow Carrie Fisher can say goodbye to her nomination and Best Actress in a Play is Davis vs Lavin vs Linney. Jan Maxwell just won her tony in my opinion. Also I do agree that Cook and Lansbury might split making way for Finneran. This is an interesting category because you can argue for any of the 3. They are all past tony winners two of them are broadway legends and one is a wonderful young actress. I think the least likely of the 3 is Barbara Cook. While I do love her and hear she is wonderful in SOS, her performance is singing songs that like it was said earlier in this thread that she has recorded many of them and performed them for years. Also there was an argument before that she is a veteran very deserving of Lead Actress Tony and now they will have given her Two Featured ones. I think it boils down to whether or not they want to give Lansbury sixth tony. She would be deserving and she is one of the most wonderful and most loved people in this business. I do however think that she might lose due to possible split in votes between her and Barbara but also because this category tends to award the scene stealing performances and critics and audiences seem to agree that Finneran is the best thing about Promises Promises (possibly Hayes too) and she also plays a hilarious character which this category loves and there has been a trend of giving this to a younger actress two years running.

As far Best Actress goes I hope Noll and Baldwin get nominations. This boils down to Scott vs Catherine but I think Sherie has the edge because she is Everyday Rapture. She is onstage every second and gets to be touching, hilarious and show off her many talents. She has the critics behind her and she is well liked in the theater community.

And while some categories are somewhat depressing (Score, Book) the performance categories are very very exciting. Aside from Hodge there is no real lock and that will make for a very entertaining ceremony.

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The show that might've benefitted most from today's Tony news is 'Memphis.' ... 'American Idiot' didn't submit its score because it wasn't 50% new, so DiPietro and Bryan don't have to compete with Green Day. I'd add that DiPietro has a good shot at Book, too. And Barbara Cook's move to Featured, frees up a slot in Leading Actress, which could benefit Montego Glover.

And I agree that Viola Davis' move to Leading Actress benefits Jan Maxwell's chances for winning for 'Tenor.' It's a small role, but she's brilliant, and I think voters WANT to recognize her for both 'Royal Family' and this. Maxwell's strongest competitor would seem to be Scarlett Johansson, but her show's no longer running.

Updated On: 5/1/10 at 03:01 AM