The 77th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2024 — Page 4

Honestly Roger Bart got a nomination for what just might be the hammiest over the top performance ever, that’s far from the best of this or any other season.

Mark_E said: "I think it's a great set of nominations. That featured actress in a musical category is incredible. What I am very surprised at is all of the love for Water for Elephants. It was by far one of the weakest musicals of the season for me and for it to be nominated for Best Musical and a slew of others was not on my radar."

The critics went to bat for it, out of all things.

On the design side, a number of repeated names, with David Zinn and Dede Ayite each getting 3 nominations, and dots, Natasha Katz, and Isabella Byrd getting 2.

It'll be interesting to see if this has any immediate impact on the box office. I could see The Outsiders and Water For Elephants picking up steam in ticket sales for sure. On the flip side, it'll likely be tough sledding for The Notebook. Gatsby, The Wiz and Tommy have been doing well but I wonder if the lack of noms will slow things a bit. I'm guessing The Wiz will be fine.

The Wiz is a 20 week limited engagement set to go back out on tour. It's also selling moderately well... its future wasn't wrapped up in Tony noms.

leefowler said: "When Billy Joel won the best orchestration Tony for "Movin' Out," I realized there's not a lot of people who understand what an orchestration is."

It's true. But some orchestrations are glaringly not good, so you kind of recognize these even without special background in music. I thought Lempicka had the worst this year. The Notebook has one of the best orchestration and no nomination for it is baffling.

gibsons2 said: "leefowler said: "When Billy Joel won the best orchestration Tony for "Movin' Out," I realized there's not a lot of people who understand what an orchestration is."

It's true. But some orchestrations are glaringly not good, so you kind of recognize theseeven without special background in music. I thought Lempicka had the worst this year. The Notebook has one of the best orchestration and no nomination for it is baffling."

The breaking point was when Dear Evan Hansen won Best Orchestrations over Great Comet (I actually liked DEH over Great Comet back then, and even I thought that made no sense).

Tony Winner Jeremy Strong has a great sound to it.

One thing's for sure about orchestrations: They do love when you can see the musicians.

It must be a hard morning in the wiz/brian moreland's office today.

Happy for the HLL love! Surprised by the Lempicka and HK love though.

NYT:



The Green Girls are making good.



Three women who have starred on Broadway as Elphaba in “Wicked” picked up Tony nominations on Tuesday.



Shoshana Bean, who inhabited the role for a year starting in 2005, was nominated as best featured actress for “Hell’s Kitchen,” in which she plays a tough-minded single mother trying to protect her adolescent daughter from the temptations of the street. (This is her second Tony nomination — she was also nominated in 2022 for “Mr. Saturday Night.”)



Eden Espinosa, who succeeded Bean as Elphaba in 2006, was nominated as best leading actress for playing an artistically and sexually adventurous painter in “Lempicka.”



And Lindsay Mendez, who became Elphaba in 2013, scored a nomination as best featured actress for portraying a hard-drinking novelist in this season’s hit revival of “Merrily We Roll Along.” (Mendez already has one Tony, for her portrayal of Carrie Pipperidge in a 2018 revival of “Carousel.”)

Glad to see Grey House remembered for lighting and sound, although I think Joe Mantello also deserved a nomination.