EAPEAPMO said: "Mr. Wormwood said: "ChorusKitty said: "Will this be one of those seasons where a play (thinking "Life of Pi"
might sneak in a Best Score nomination?
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Yes, I think that's a definite possibility. Three slots are taken by Kimberly, SLIH & Shucked. Has there been a ruling on if NYNY is eligible? Otherwise, the last two slots seem like they'll be some combination of Life of Pi, Bad Cinderella, Almost Famous, and KPop. When I look at that list, I'd feel pretty good about of Life of Pi's chances."
In the eligibilty rules there are two criteria for score it looks like:
Has the script or in the case of a musical the score, been previously produced in any manner that would suggest that it has become a “classic” or has entered into the historical or popular repertoire, regardless of whether it has previously played in what was then an “eligible Broadway theatre” as defined in the Tony Rules for the applicable season?
Does the score for the Production contain only original music and lyrics written for this Production? If not, please approximate the percentage of material that is newly written for this Production and the percentage drawn from other sources:
Newly Written ______% Drawn from other Sources _______% N/A (No Score)_______
I've personally been under the assumption it qualifies, given only 4 of the songs are from the movie and trunk music hasn't necessarily been performed on a Broadway stage/"other sources" before, i.e. Kander & Ebb wrote the music and applied it for the first time on a Broadways stage in this instance, even if the song had been heard before. Besides that, w/ LMM doing 7 of the songs + influencing quite a bit more, that seems to be enough to say "no" for question 1 and a high %age for question 2.
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The counter to this is, Fred Ebb died 19 years ago...can they prove the trunk songs were written for a stage adaptation of NY NY? In my opinion if NY NY were to get a best score nomination, only Kander and Miranda should be eligible, then again Howard Ashman's nominations for Aladdin and The Little Mermaid seem to indicate otherwise.
But also several of the trunk songs would likely fall under the "classics" rule as they are standards. If I had to assume they are going to try and pull a Newsies has state that precisely 50.1% of the score is new, as I have been told they are going to submit for Original Score. Its in the committee's hands.
