The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025- Page 12

[djoko84]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 2:42am

CoffeeBreak said: "With more people seeing FLOYD (and those EXCELLENT reviews for Jordan, I wouldn't count him out.

MHE's book issimplistic rom-com. Hoping bookgoes to a more creative Dead Outlaw or Mincemeat which are dramatically smarter and more satisfying."

Actually, MHE's book is a fantastic adaptation. I don't know what else you're looking for it to have. How much is Dead Outlaw paying you?

[FLarnhill]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 5:25am

TotallyEffed said: "inception said: "What happened to all the talk about Groff doing a double?

I liked MHE alot, & thought Criss could takeit easily. Franciswas out when I saw Sunset."


Groff is working his ass off and is in great voice as usual but he’s essentially playing himself. Tom Francis calls out a lot.

My money is on Criss now."

I'll say this: had Groff not won last year, he'd easily be taking this.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 6:52am

I am really hoping Sunset Boulevard takes sound design - truly the *BEST* sound design I have ever heard in a Broadway theatre. Crystal clear, lush, and glorious - it's like having surround sound in your ears.

Updated On: 5/3/25 at 06:52 AM

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 10:45am

''I'll say this: had Groff not won last year, he'd easily be taking this.''

Gwen Verdon once won Leading Actress in a Musical back-to-back in 1958 and 1959: ''New Girl in Town'' (tying with Thelma Ritter) and ''Redhead.''

However, no man has ever won Leading Actor in a Musical back-to-back. But if anyone could do it, it's Groff in ''Just in Time.'' His singing and dancing tour de force as Bobby Darin is such a 180 from playing the understated, introspective Franklin Shepard in ''Merrily We Roll Along.'' 

Updated On: 5/3/25 at 10:45 AM

[theblackumbrella]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 10:46am

BVSC
Musical
Featured Actress 
Choreography 
Orchestrations 
Sound Design 

Sunset Blvd. 
Revival
Musical Director
Musical Actress 
Musical Actor 
Lighting Design 

Maybe Happy Ending 
Book 
Musical Set Design 

Death Becomes Her
Musical Costumes 

Dead Outlaw
Original Score

Operation Mincemeat
Featured Actor Musical 

Oh, Mary!
Play
Play Director 
Play Actor
Play Featured Actor
Play Costumes 

First Shadow
Play Set Design
Play Lighting Design 
Play Sound Design 

Eureka Day
Play Revival

Purpose
Featured Actress Play 

Dorian Gray
Play Actress

Updated On: 5/3/25 at 10:46 AM

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 10:48am

djoko84 said: "CoffeeBreak said: "With more people seeing FLOYD (and those EXCELLENT reviews for Jordan, I wouldn't count him out.

MHE's book issimplistic rom-com. Hoping bookgoes to a more creative Dead Outlaw or Mincemeat which are dramatically smarter and more satisfying."

Actually, MHE's book is a fantastic adaptation. I don't know what else you're looking for it to have. How much is Dead Outlaw paying you?"

They aren't.  Hilarious.  How much is MHE paying you?  MHE's book just is basic.  Sorry.  Truth.

Updated On: 5/3/25 at 10:48 AM

[DAME]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 11:10am

How much is Mr Showbiz paying you?  

[Back Row]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 12:39pm

All this speculation about Leading Actor in a Musical just tells me one thing: It's a very competitive race with plenty of reasons to support every nominee, but it's too soon to tell who will come out ahead. Criss would benefit from a MHE tsunami, but I don't think that is going to happen, so he would have to win on his own. Jordan's show got mixed reviews, but his own reviews were almost 100% raves. Dead Outlaw continues to build momentum for Durand as well. Groff is a hard working entertainer, but he is not a natural dancer, and I think that role would benefit from someone who had that in his bag of tricks. I'm not a fan of Matthew ("Hey, I'm Matt Morrison, and you're welcome!") Morrison, but I can't help but think he could do a better job in that role. Anyway, it's too early to call, so I'll just grab some popcorn and watch. 

[Purplehayes]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 1:27pm

“Groff is a hard working entertainer, but he is not a natural dancer, and I think that role would benefit from someone who had that in his bag of tricks.”

Fair enough, but then again neither was Bobby Darin. And FWIW, Groff got an Outstanding Dancer Chita Rivera nomination for JIT.

[Jarethan]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 3:06pm

Markie27 said: "TotallyEffed said: "CoffeeBreak said: "A wig, fake eyebrows and robotic movement are not him but the team."


 

You realize he's an actor and not a puppet, right?


"
I was taken aback by that comment as well. No matter how good the costume designer, movement director, Arden’s masterful direction, you still need a great actor to pull that off. Yes darling heis not an actual robot you can dress up and program.


But still, although I hope he wins, it would be tough to beat Jeremy Jordan. Haven’t seen his performance yet but based on the reviews he is the only actor who got love letters from critics. Tom Francis, though great on the role, was too bland and one note for me. Granted he doesn’t really have a good character arc to begin with.

And yes, nobody is beating Maybe Happy Ending for the top honors.

Best actress is still Nicole vs Audra.

Featured actor has Jak Malone etched already. Like Jeremy Jordan, he received a lot of love letters from critics. And nobody can ever beat the Dear Bill moment.


Featured actress may surprise but Buena Vista Social Club will win in this category I believe.Natalie Venetia Belcon was magnificent in that role.
"

Two thoughts:

Jonathan Groff also got mostly love letters from the critics.   I base that on reading all the full reviews that were encapsulated in the Broadwayworld.com summary, a number of which were positively gushing.

Based on the frequent severely negative feedback on this board about Floyd Collins, including references to huge numbers of walkouts, I was surprised that the critics were as positive as they were.  I was not expecting that.  That said, is it possible that the voters will not be as keen on FC (and, therefore, Jordan) as the critics were?

I have not seen anything this season since SB, and will not be seeing anything until the week before the Tony's, so I really have no opinion of who should win.  I thought that Tom Francis was excellent in SB, but I didn't leave the theatre thinking 'this is a Tony performance.'

 

[Kad]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 3:12pm

If anybody could pull off a consecutive win, it's Groff. It's hard to think of a Broadway leading man as beloved as he is right now and he's in a show specifically created for him.

But he is up against a number of his peers (literally, they're all very close to the same age)- Criss, Durand, Jordan- who have never had Tony glory and have all in their own ways proven their worth. Francis is an interesting factor here, a total newcomer to Broadway. But I do wonder if that will make some voters reluctant to award him over established performers.

Iglehart is just extraordinarily lucky to be there at all.

[JudyDenmark]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 4:30pm

bwayphreak234 said: "I am really hoping Sunset Boulevard takes sound design - truly the *BEST* sound design I have ever heard in a Broadway theatre. Crystal clear, lush, and glorious - it's like having surround sound in your ears."

I fully agree with how great that sound design was, and would be happily on board with a Sunset win, but need to call out BVSC for this category too. I left that show specifically thinking about how great the sound design was, which is almost never an element I give much thought to. 

[Huss417]

Posted: 5/3/25 at 5:49pm

bwayphreak234 said: "I am really hoping Sunset Boulevard takes sound design - truly the *BEST* sound design I have ever heard in a Broadway theatre. Crystal clear, lush, and glorious - it's like having surround sound in your ears."

Back when I saw the show for the first time I said the same thing that it will hands down win the Tony for sound design. Flawless. Now just have to wait and see if it comes to fruition.