The 2016 Tony NOMINATIONS Thread- Page 3

[wish i were here2]

Posted: 4/29/16 at 2:06pm

I don't follow plays all too much, so these are my thoughts on the musicals.

Best Musical:
Hamilton
School of Rock
Shuffle Along...
Waitress
Possible: American Psycho

Best Revival of a Musical:
The Color Purple
Fiddler on the Roof
She Loves Me
If there's a fourth spot: Spring Awakening

Best Performance By a Leading Actor in a Musical:
Alex Brightman-School of Rock
Danny Burstein-Fiddler on the Roof
Lin-Manuel Miranda-Hamilton
Leslie Odom, Jr.-Hamilton
Benjamin Walker-American Psycho

Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical:
Laura Benanti-She Loves Me
Cynthia Erivo-The Color Purple
Audra McDonald-Shuffle Along...
Jessie Mueller-Waitress
Carmen Cusack-Bright Star
Possible: Phillipa Soo-Hamilton

Best Performance By a Featured Actor in a Musical:
Daveed Diggs-Hamilton
Christopher Fitzgerald-Waitress
*Not sure who else, TBH*

Best Performance By a Featured Actress in a Musical:
Danielle Brooks-The Color Purple
Renee Elise Goldsberry-Hamilton
Jennifer Hudson-The Color Purple
Jane Krakowski-She Loves Me
Last Spot Possibly: Helene Yorke-American Psycho, Kimiko Glenn or Keala Settle-Waitress, Jennifer Simard-Disaster!

Best Direction of a Musical:
John Doyle-The Color Purple
Scott Ellis-She Loves Me
Thomas Kail-Hamilton
Bartlett Sher-Fiddler on the Roof
Possible: Michael Arden-Spring Awakening

Best Original Score:
Bright Star-Music By Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Lyrics By Edie Brickell
Hamilton-Music & Lyrics By Lin-Manuel Miranda
School of Rock-Music By Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics By Glenn Slater
Waitress-Music & Lyrics By Sara Bareilles

Best Book of a Musical:
Hamilton-Lin-Manuel Miranda
School of Rock-Julian Fellowes
Shuffle Along...-George C. Wolfe
Waitress-Jessie Nelson

Best Choreography:
Andy Blankenbuehler-Hamilton
Spencer Liff-Spring Awakening
Savion Glover-Shuffle Along...
Hofesh Shechter-Fiddler on the Roof

Best Orchestrations:
Joseph Joubert-The Color Purple
Alex Lacamoire-Hamilton
Ted Sperling-Fiddler on the Roof
Daryl Waters-Shuffle Along...

Scenic Design - Musical:
American Psycho
Hamilton
She Loves Me
Tuck Everlasting

Costume Design - Musical:
American Psycho
Hamilton
She Loves Me
Shuffle Along...

Lighting Design - Musical:
American Psycho
Hamilton
She Loves Me
Shuffle Along...

Updated On: 4/30/16 at 02:06 PM

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/29/16 at 5:38pm

My predictions for Musicals:

Best Musical:
Hamilton
Shuffle Along
Waitress
School of Rock

Best Revival:
The Color Purple
Fiddler On The Roof
She Loves Me

Best Score:
Hamilton
Bright Star
School of Rock
Waitress

Best Book:
Hamilton
Bright Star
Shuffle Along
Waitress

Best Director:
John Doyle-The Color Purple
Scott Ellis-She Loves Me
Thomas Kail-Hamilton
Bart Sher- Fiddler
George C Wolfe-Shuffle Along

 
Leading Actor Musical:
Alex Brightman-School of Rock
Danny Burstein-Fiddler On The Roof
Lin-Manuel Miranda-Hamilton
Leslie OdomJr.-Hamilton
Benjamin Walker-American Psycho

Leading Actress Musical:
Laura Benanti-She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack-Bright Star
Cynthia Erivo-The Color Purple 
Jessie Mueller-Waitress
Audra McDonald-Shuffle Along

I would love for Phillipa Soo-Hamilton to be be nominated but feel Carmen's performance bumped her out of the running.

Featured Actor:
Christopher Fitzgerald-Waitress
Daveed Diggs-Hamilton
Jonathon Groff-Hamilton
Christopher Jackson-Hamilton
Billy Porter-Shuffle Along or Brandon Victor Dixon-Shuffle Along


Featured Actress:
Danielle J Brooks-The Color Purple 
Jennifer Hudson-The Color Purple 
Renee Elise Goldsberry-Hamilton
Jane Krakowski-She Loves Me
Helene Yorke-American Psycho or Adrienne Warren-Shuffle Along


Best Choreography:
Andy Blankenbuehler-Hamilton
Savion Glover-Shuffle Along
Warren Carlyle-She Loves Me
Sergio Trujillo-On Your Feet
Randy Skinner-Dames at Sea

Best Scenic Design:
David Korins-Hamilton
David Rockwell-She Loves Me
Santo Loquasto-Shuffle Along
Es Devlin-American Psycho

Best Costume Design:
Ann Roth-Shuffle Along 
ESosa-On Your Feet
Jeff Mahshie-She Loves Me
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton

Best Lighting Design:
Howell Binkley- Hamilton
Jules Fisher/Peggy Eisenhauer-Shuffle Along
Donald Holder- She Loves Me
Justin Townsend-American Psycho

Best Orchestrations:
Sara Bareilles-Waitress
Larry Hochman-She Loves Me
Alex Lacamoire- Hamilton
Daryl Walters-Shuffle Along

Updated On: 4/30/16 at 05:38 PM

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/29/16 at 5:51pm

My predictions for Musicals:

Best Musical:
Hamilton
Shuffle Along
Waitress
School of Rock

Best Revival:
The Color Purple
Fiddler On The Roof
She Loves Me

Best Score:
Hamilton
Bright Star
School of Rock
Waitress

Best Book:
Hamilton
Bright Star
Shuffle Along
Waitress

Best Director:
John Doyle-The Color Purple
Scott Ellis-She Loves Me
Thomas Kail-Hamilton
Bart Sher- Fiddler
George C Wolfe-Shuffle Along

 
Leading Actor Musical:
Alex Brightman-School of Rock
Danny Burstein-Fiddler On The Roof
Lin-Manuel Miranda-Hamilton
Leslie OdomJr.-Hamilton
Benjamin Walker-American Psycho

Leading Actress Musical:
Laura Benanti-She Loves Me
Carmen Cusack-Bright Star
Cynthia Erivo-The Color Purple 
Jessie Mueller-Waitress
Audra McDonald-Shuffle Along

I would love for Phillipa Soo-Hamilton to be be nominated but feel Carmen's performance bumped her out of the running.

Featured Actor:
Christopher Fitzgerald-Waitress
Daveed Diggs-Hamilton
Jonathon Groff-Hamilton
Christopher Jackson-Hamilton
Billy Porter-Shuffle Along or Brandon Victor Dixon-Shuffle Along


Featured Actress:
Danielle J Brooks-The Color Purple 
Jennifer Hudson-The Color Purple 
Renee Elise Goldsberry-Hamilton
Jane Krakowski-She Loves Me
Helene Yorke-American Psycho or Adrienne Warren-Shuffle Along


Best Choreography:
Andy Blankenbuehler-Hamilton
Savion Glover-Shuffle Along
Warren Carlyle-She Loves Me
Sergio Trujillo-On Your Feet
Randy Skinner-Dames at Sea

Best Scenic Design:
David Korins-Hamilton
David Rockwell-She Loves Me
Santo Loquasto-Shuffle Along
Es Devlin-American Psycho

Best Costume Design:
Ann Roth-Shuffle Along 
ESosa-On Your Feet
Jeff Mahshie-She Loves Me
Paul Tazewell, Hamilton

Best Lighting Design:
Howell Binkley- Hamilton
Jules Fisher/Peggy Eisenhauer-Shuffle Along
Donald Holder- She Loves Me
Justin Townsend-American Psycho

Best Orchestrations:
Sara Bareilles-Waitress
Larry Hochman-She Loves Me
Alex Lacamoire- Hamilton
Daryl Walters-Shuffle Along

Updated On: 4/30/16 at 05:51 PM

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 4/29/16 at 6:14pm

Seeing all these predictions for Heléne Yorke is so exciting. I hope she gets nominated, truly.

[Laurapattifan]

Posted: 4/29/16 at 9:36pm

I don't believe Warren Carlyle will get nominated for She Loves Me there isn't that much choreography compared to the other dance heavy shows 

[funhamilton_rent]

Posted: 4/29/16 at 10:45pm

Here are my predictions! It took me a while to finalize and add all of the "Potentials". Pretty confident about all of the nods except American Psycho, but I'm hoping the world (rather, the Tony votes) might throw Ben and the AP cast a bone. And I didn't do the tech awards for plays as I haven't seen any and the critics don't give too much info. Anyway...

Best Musical:

American Psycho

Hamilton

Shuffle Along

Waitress

POTENTIAL: School of Rock

 

Best Play:

Eclipsed

The Father

The Humans

King Charles III

 

Revival of a Musical:

The Color Purple

Fiddler on the Roof

She Loves Me (idk right now, but it’s going to be TCP or SLM)

POTENTIAL: Spring Awakening

 

Revival of a Play:

A View From The Bridge

Arthur Miller's The Crucible

Blackbird

Long Day's Journey Into Night

POTENTIAL: Noises Off

 

Leading Actor in a Musical:

Benjamin Walker - American Psycho

Danny Burstein - Fiddler On The Roof

Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton

Leslie Odom, Jr. - Hamilton

Zachary Levi - She Loves Me

POTENTIAL: Alex Brightman - School of Rock

 

Leading Actress in a Musical:

Audra McDonald - Shuffle Along

Cynthia Erivo - The Color Purple

Jessie Mueller - Waitress

Laura Benanti - She Loves Me

Phillipa Soo - Hamilton (Pippa or Jessie idk)

POTENTIAL: Carmen Cusack - Bright Star

 

Leading Actor in a Play:

Frank Langella - The Father

Gabriel Byrne - Long Day's Journey Into Night

Jeff Daniels - Blackbird

Mark Strong - A View From The Bridge

Tom Piggot-Smith - King Charles III

POTENTIAL: Ben Windshaw - The Crucible and Jesse Tyler Ferguson - Fully Committed

 

Leading Actress in a Play:

Jessica Lange - Long Day's Journey Into Night

Lupita Nyong'o - Eclipsed

Michelle Williams - Blackbird

Nicola Walker - A View From The Bridge

Sophie Okonedo - Arthur Miller's The Crucible

 

Featured Actor in a Musical:

Billy Porter - Shuffle Along

Christopher Fitzgerald - Waitress

Daveed Diggs - Hamilton

Gavin Creel - She Loves Me

Jonathan Groff - Hamilton

POTENTIAL: Nicholas Barasch - She Loves Me and Christopher Jackson - Hamilton

 

Featured Actress in a Musical:

Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple

Jane Krakowski - She Loves Me

Jennifer Hudson - The Color Purple

Jennifer Simard - Disaster!

Renée Elise Goldsberry - Hamilton

POTENTIAL: Helene Yorke - American Psycho

 

Featured Actor in a Play:

John Gallagher, Jr. - Long Day’s Journey Into Night

Oliver Chris - King Charles III

Reed Birney - The Humans (you get the gist, idk)

Richard Goulding - King Charles III

Russell Tovey - A View From The Bridge

POTENTIAL: David Furr - Noises Off and Michael Shannon - Long Day's Journey Into Night

 

Featured Actress in a Play:

Andrea Martin - Noises Off

Jayne Houdyshell - The Humans

Megan Hilty - Noises Off

Saoirse Ronan - Arthur Miller's The Crucible

Saycon Sengbloh - Eclipsed

POTENTIAL: Pascale Armand - Eclipsed

 

Book of a Musical:

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa - American Psycho

Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton

George C. Wolfe - Shuffle Along 

Jessie Nelson - Waitress

POTENTIAL: Jack Plotneck - Disaster!

 

Score:

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Glenn Slater - School of Rock: The Musical

Duncan Sheik - American Psycho

Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton

Sara Bareilles - Waitress

POTENTIAL: Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - Bright Star

 

Direction of a Musical:

Rupert Goold - American Psycho

Thomas Kail - Hamilton

Scott Ellis - She Loves Me

Michael Arden - Spring Awakening

Diane Paulus - Waitress

POTENTIAL: John Doyle - The Color Purple

 

Choreography:

Lynne Page - American Psycho

Andy Blankenbuehler - Hamilton

Savion Glover - Shuffle Along

Spencer Liff - Spring Awakening

Lorin Latarro - Waitress

POTENTIAL: Randy Skinner - Dames At Sea

 

Scenic Design of a Musical:

American Psycho

Fiddler on the Roof

Hamilton

She Loves Me

POTENTIAL: Waitress

 

Costume Design of a Musical:

American Psycho

Hamilton

She Loves Me

Shuffle Along

POTENTIAL: Fiddler on the Roof

 

Lighting Design of a Musical:

American Psycho

Hamilton

School of Rock: The Musical

Spring Awakening

POTENTIAL: Shuffle Along and She Loves Me

 

Orchestrations:

Jason Michael Webb - The Color Purple

Alex Lacaimore - Hamilton

Larry Hochman - She Loves Me

Sara Bareilles & The Waitress Band - Waitress

POTENTIAL: American Psycho, School of Rock, Shuffle Along

Posted: 4/29/16 at 11:27pm

Since everyone has already listed the nominees I thought I'd list who Will Win/Should Win

Best Musical: Will Win: Hamilton/ Should Win: Hamilton.  Yeah, it's good and nothing is even close to as good this year. Plus, the press and pop culture have taken its popularity to a new level for Broadway.

Best Play: Will Win: The Humans/ Should Win: The Humans. I think the Pulitzer Prize Finalist Nom clinched its win with Tony Voters, but this will be the nights closest race against King Charles lll. Tony Voters love a classy British import. But seriously, The Humans is the best play about who we are now in America that Broadway has seen in years.

Best Musical Revival: Will Win: The Color Purple/ Should Win: The Color Purple. The cast, creatives, and producers have turned this bloated, ill received 2005 film to stage adaptation into a stripped it down, universal experience and the audience can now see its heart and soul. It's the must see show of the year in my opinion.

Best Revival of a Play: Will win: A View from a Bridge/Should Win: A View from a Bridge. Broadway didn't need another revival of this Miller Classic...it's barely been a decade since the last production. But Ivo Van Hove has proven with his minimalist, metaphoric take on blue collar America is that a fresh take on a classic is always welcome

Best Actress in a Musical: Will Win: Cynthia Erivo/ Should Win: Cynthia Erivo. A Broadway debut like Broadway has never seen before. An honest, fierce, powerhouse of a performance that pierces your heart everytime she opens her mouth to speak or sing

Best Actor in a Musical: Will Win: Danny Burstein/ Should Win: Leslie Odom Jr.  Danny is talented performer who has been passed up for the Tony in years where he absolutely deserved it. But his Tevye isn't bringing anything to the role we haven't seen before.  Leslie's Aaron burr is sexy, suave, charming, vengeful, surprising and exciting. It should be his year.

Best Actress in a Play: Will Win: Lupita Nyong'o/ Should Win: Lupita Nyong'o. A performance that makes you think about what happens to her character after the curtain comes down.  It's a year where not enough plays were produced on Broadway, especially new ones, but Eclipsed offers a new and harrowing depiction of women who are desperate to find a secure place in the world. The role is better written than performed, but Lupita does it great justice

Best Actor in a Play: Will Win: Mark Strong/ Should Win: Mark Strong. Such a STRONG performance, lol. So strong you fear him by the end of the show, you feel every ounce of his love and pain, his betrayal. Couldn't take my eyes off him.

Featured Actress in a Musical: Will Win: Rene Elise Goldsberry/Should win: Danielle J Brooks.  Rene is a true triple threat, but the role just doesn't allow her to dig deep into a real person life.  Danielle is living and breathing inside her character, so much you don't even realize she is singing. It part the role but most importantly the heart she brings to it.

Featured Actor in a Musical: Will Win: Daveed Diggs/Should Win: Daveed Diggs/Could Win: Christopher Fitzgerald. This is another tough race. Daveed is positively new and fresh in every way in Hamilton. the take on Thomas Jefferson is one of the funniest things about Hamilton. Christopher is a comic genius. He steals the show with one number in Waitress, but its a weakly written character and doesn't get to show any range.

Featured Actress in a Play: Will Win: Megan Hilty/ Should win: Saycon Sengbloh (Eclipsed). Megan is funny in Noises Off (the highlight in my opinion), she's a Broadway favorite too because of SMASH and definitely a musical theater talent that needs to come back to the stage in a new musical, But Saycon, is truly menacing in Eclipsed. she haunts you after the play is over. Her performance deserves the recognition. You've never seen a woman like this before.

Featured Actor in a Play: Will Win: Reed Birney: Should Win: Reed Birney. Suc a real lived in complicated performance. Sometimes funny, sometimes contradicting, sometimes unlikable.  He's D) all of the above in The Humans.

Best Score: Will Win: Lin Manuel Miranda for Hamilton/ Should Win: Lin Manuel Miranda. Is it overrated...Yes. Is it good....Yes.  The mix of colonial and modern hip vernacular is REVELATORY! Honorable mention belongs to Sarah Barallies for Waitress...it's much more effective in doing what it sets out to do....if it wants you to to cry, you do. if it wants you to laugh, you do.

Best Book of a Musical: Will Win: Lin Manuel Miranda/ Should Win: Lin Manuel Miranda. The structure of Hamilton is quite wonderful. It's the glue that holds the show together.

Best Choreography: Will Win: Andy Blankenbuehler-Hamilton/ Should win: Savion Glover for Shuffle Along.

Best Direction of a Musial: Will Win: Thomas Kale/ Should Win: John Doyle. I think Hamilton is in need of a directoral edit. At times it's too busy with all the dancing, other times the staging doesn't feel as exciting as it should.  John Doyle makes all the right decisions with the Color Purple. You never stop to think, you are always hanging on every word...that is John's work at helping you to focus in on the the people of the story. He has such restraint in the theatericality...just enough, just representational enough. The music direction is heavenly.

Best Direction of a Play: Should Win: Ivo Van Hove/ Will Win: Ivo Van Hove.  He's everywhere this year...and rightfully so.

Best Set Design of Musical: Will Win: David Rockwell for She Loves Me/ Should Win: Es Devlin-American Psycho. Es is really talking minimalism to the next level with his work in Psycho. It's eerie, its era specific, it could be on the cover of architectual digest...it changes tones quickly as well. very hard to do.

Best Set Design of a Play: Should Win: The Humans/ Will Win: The Humans

Best Costume Design of a Musial: Will Win: David Korins-Hamilton/ Should Win: David Korins Hamilton.

Best Costume Design of a Play: Will Win: Kin Charles the lll/ Should Win: King Charles the lll

Best Orchestrations: Will Win: Alex Lacamorie Hamilton Should win: Daryl Walters-Shuffle Along

Best lighting Design of a Musical: Will win: American Psycho/ Should win: American Psycho.

 

[ethan231h]

Posted: 4/29/16 at 11:31pm

Robbie2, who's Jon Clark? the lighting for American Psycho was by Justin Townsend....

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 12:18am

ethan ty fixed

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 12:31am

I'm frankly too lazy to write down my predictions for nominations but my biggest wish is for Adam Kantor to be included on Tuesday. I also think if only one of the women from Eclipsed is in the featured category (which seems likely, I think Lupita is a lock for a nomination in leading), it should be Zainab Jah. They're all excellent and I would love for them all to be nominated but her performance in particular is still haunting me. 

[Sondheim_Disney1595]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 12:31am

I just returned from Disaster! and it that hot mess of a show, Jennifer Simard is the sure standout! She might just take the 5th featured actress slot

[Scarlet Leigh]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 4:32am

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/the-2016-tony-nominees-042916

Time Out NY has posted their Tony predictions and I gotta say it's pretty accurate to how I think things might end up playing out on Tuesday. At least on the musical end. I am not familiar with the plays this season but the musicals... it's almost exactly what I have on my own predictions list. With a FEW exceptions...

- Featured Actor in a Musical. I don't think that Brooks Ashmanskas would get the nom over both Billy AND Brian. I also don't think that one should count out Gavin Ceel, Adam Kantor, Christopher Jackson, Terrance Ma- Oh who am I kidding! This is the hardest category to get a feel for! Any one of these guys could end up on that list. I think the only 100% LOCK is Daveed Diggs. Lock for nomination AND win. Other then that, it could be anyone.

- Featured Actress in a Musical. I agree with them that Jennifer Hudson is not going to get a nomination. She will be the snub heard round the world this year. You know the one. The big star that does a show but is snubbed and it's all major news outlets that know nothing about Broadway talk about it like it's a sin. But I also don't know if I'd lock Keala Settle into this category. I really think that 5th spot might end up going to Helene York.

- Director. I would like to see Michael Arden in there for Spring Awakening. Over George C. Wolfe for Shuffle Along.

- Scenic Design of a Musical. I think this is the one place that Tuck will not be forgotten. I think it would bump either American Psycho or Shuffle on this list.

Costume Design of a Musical
- Color Purple being in here is my one big "wait what" that they have on their list. I would put any number of other shows this season over them here. American Psycho being the top of the bump out list.


Other then that, yeah... this is I think one of the most level headed prediction lists I've seen.

[aaaaaa15]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 4:41am

Although it's important to note those aren't actually predictions, just who those journalists want to be nominated.

'Once again: These are not our predictions of who will be nominated, but who we think should be nominated.'

Updated On: 4/30/16 at 04:41 AM

[Scarlet Leigh]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 6:23am

aaaaaa15 said: "Although it's important to note those aren't actually predictions, just who those journalists want to be nominated.

'Once again: These are not our predictions of who will be nominated, but who we think should be nominated.'"

They are still extremely on point for what I think personally think we are gonna see Tuesday morning. I think their "should" lines up very well with "will be" nominated. 

[pupscotch]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 8:16am

I still have not lost hope for nominations for Spencer Liff and Michael Arden, however unlikely they may be. I think the Time Out predictions are pretty solid, but I'd put Jane Krakowski in the Featured Actress category over Adrienne Warren. I'd like to see Hélene Yorke get in as well. I'm just hoping for a lot of American Psycho love in general. 

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 9:07am

Yes, if Hudson is not nominated it will be seen as a snub.  But what is really a snub about the fallout when a big star is not nominated for an award is the message to all the other people who are actually nominated; it's a snub that says you didn't deserve it as much because you aren't a big star.

I actually thought Hudson was very good in The Color Purple but I don't think it will be a "snub" for her to not be nominated; rather a genuine preference for other nominees, including, perhaps, the divine Ms. Brooks. Of course they could also both get nominated.   Frankly, Hudson, as fine as she is as Shug, is for me giving the third most impressive featured performance by a woman in The Color Purple, after Brooks and Kalukango.

[theateraddiction]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 12:06pm

IMO, two of the biggest question marks are Phillipa vs. Carmen and Alex vs. Zachary. I'd like to see ties in these categories, but I'm not sure whether or not that will happen. I think Alex and Zachary could really go either way and there's no rhyme or reason to why one will be nominated over the other. However, with the ladies, they could go with Carmen as a way to recognize Bright Star since it probably won't nab a Best Musical nom. Also, those voters who are annoyed with the Hamilton madness won't prevent it from winning Best Musical, but they could knock it out of the Best Leading Actress race. However, on the flip side, more nominations for Hamilton = more Tonys viewership = more people coming to Bway. So, they may want to nominate Phillipa for that reason, especially if it might lead to Hamilton breaking the nominations record.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 12:15pm

When did Phillipa Soo lose her lock for a nomination? Just a few months ago everyone was talking about Cynthia vs. Phillipa for the WIN. I don't think Cusack has knocked her out of the running at all. Like Cusack, she's received a lot of praise for her performance, plus she'll be riding the Hamilton buzz. And though this is just my opinion, I have to say I found Soo's performance to be FAR more compelling than Cusack's. I doubt Soo will win, but I would be shocked if she is not nominated. Cusack might get nominated too, but I seriously doubt it will be at the expense of Soo's nomination. 

[TFMH18]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 12:29pm

In my opinion, no one is more deserving of a nomination this season than Carmen Cusack. The life she has breathed into that part has stuck with me for weeks and weeks. I will be utterly devastated if she is not recognized with a nomination (and, for what it's worth, I do think it will come at the expense of Phillipa, who is giving a great performance as well but does not deserve the credit in the way Carmen does). We shall see!

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 12:29pm

I think Soo isn't seen as a lock because of the size of her role in comparison to the other likely nominees. Of course Hamilton has a lot of excitement around it, but Cusack carries her show and is giving a breakout performance. 

[ChiTheaterFan]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 12:41pm

What it comes to for me when I think of who I'm rooting for, particularly in the lead actress category is whether I think the show would be a totally different experience with that person. I haven't seen McDonald yet, but Cusack, Erivo, Benanti, and Mueller all were a big part of what made their respective shows for me. Soo is great, but I saw it with Alysha and didn't feel I was missing anything. (I did miss Oak when he was out, and I think I'd feel the same about Odom, Goldsberry, Diggs.) Any other year I would think she'd be a shoo-in. But there are just so many talented ladies this year who make their shows what they are. 

[TFMH18]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 12:54pm

What it comes to for me when I think of who I'm rooting for, particularly in the lead actress category is whether I think the show would be a totally different experience with that person. I haven't seen McDonald yet, but Cusack, Erivo, Benanti, and Mueller all were a big part of what made their respective shows for me.

 

This is is a perfect descriptor of why Cusack is more deserving of a nod than Soo. I have told many of Carmen's performance, saying in less competent hands that part could have devolved into something unspecial. But what she has been able to do is nothing short of a theatrical miracle and you know you are seeing something spectacular when you watch it. With Phillipa, she is serving a beautiful part beautifully, but you're exactly right in that many actresses could service the role equally as well without hindering the experience whatsoever.

Also, for what it's worth, Variety discusses the nominations here, and does not even mention Phillipa, saying the fifth spot will likely go to Cusack with a slight chance it will be granted to Ana Villafane (the latter portion I absolutely do not believe). 

 

http://variety.com/2016/legit/news/tony-nominations-predictions-2016-1201763793/

Updated On: 4/30/16 at 12:54 PM

[theatreguy12]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 1:09pm

My jaw will hit the floor if Glover doesn't win.

I saw both SA and H, and while I loved H, including the choreography, Glover takes his to an inspiring, technical and mind-boggling place that left me simply shaking my head…in a great way.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 1:12pm

Ditto for Glover. His choreography was one of the best things in Shuffle.

 

[FancyNacy]

Posted: 4/30/16 at 2:29pm

Here is the thing re design categories. If you are going to put Walt on the list for Tuck, without a doubt you HAVE to include Gregg Barnes for costume design. Both of them together effortlessly create a world that is magical and truly looks like a storybook. Honestly I think it is one of the most expensive looking shows on Broadway because it demonstrates great technical skill, while remaining simple