The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025- Page 15
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#350
Posted: 5/17/25 at 11:19am
We’ve entered the post-nomination, pre-awards period where, in the absence of any actual developments happening, attempts to read the tea leaves and wild conjecture take hold, which tend to make some of these categories feel like more of a race than they likely are.
I will say though that DBH has been wisely putting out a lot of videos of its very charming and funny composing team talking about and singing their score. I think it’s clear that’s where the producers see an opening.
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#351
Posted: 5/17/25 at 11:48am
Jesse's predictions and preferences are all over the place. But I finally took myself to see Floyd Collins last night and Jeremy Jordan is extraordinary in every was possible (in a show I'm now sure I will never love). Criss IS the frontrunner, and is giving a lovely performance, but to compare what both actors are doing on their separate stages...there IS no comparison...
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#352
Posted: 5/17/25 at 2:38pm
bjh2114 said: "bear88 said: "bjh2114, I don’t really have much.Sunset Blvd. is the clear favorite for Best Revival based on the nominations (nothing forGypsydirector George C. Wolfe). That gives Scherzinger an edge, and suggests that at least some actual Tony voters are buying what Jamie Lloyd is selling - and his main attraction is Scherzinger. Obviously, Audra McDonald could overcome all that because, well, she’s Audra."
But the nominating committee and the Tony voters are not the same body. I wouldn't take the number of nominations one production received over another as gospel. Sure, it's generally a decent indicator, but there have been plenty of times historically where the production receiving the most nominations has gone home with very few awards. In semi-recent memory,Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 led with the most nominations in 2017 with 12 (Dear Evan Hansen had 9), and it walked away with 2 awards (Dear Evan Hansen got 6). In 2018, Mean Girls and SpongeBob tied with the most nominations at 12, and Mean Girls walked away with 0 awards and SpongeBob got 1. If we're talking about revivals, that same year Carousel got 11 nominations (winning 2) and My Fair Lady got 10 nominations (winning 1). Yet Once On This Island won Best Revival. In 2023, Some Like it Hot led with 13 nominations while Kimberly Akimbo got 8 (also Shucked had 9), and we all know how that turned out.
All of this is to say that sometimes the voters and the nominators don't have exactly the same taste. Yes there is often correlation, but I wouldn't read into it too much. Double this when it comes to the performers rather than production awards since there are more "personal feelings" involved there. This isn't to say that Nicole can't or won't win. I just think interpreting the number of nominations as "momentum" isn't a super accurate lens, especially when you factor in the "beloved member of the Broadway community" factor for Audra and the "where can I get that red hat" factor for Nicole. There are, in my opinion, too many variables to make a call in this race at the moment."
I am definitely not making a call, and no one should believe me if I were. To the extent I think Scherzinger has a slight edge, it’s less about the nomination count than about the clear impression I have that Sunset Blvd. Is the frontrunner for Best Revival (Jamie Lloyd nominated for Best Director, Wolfe not). I agree that one hard-to-guess intangible favors McDonald. She is a beloved Broadway veteran giving a historic starring turn in a classic. Scherzinger has the problem of her personal politics (liking the Kennedy post kind of gives it away) at a fraught time. I think her PR team has done a good job trying to get past that (even her song choice at Miscast felt deliberate) and it doesn’t seem like it’s a big topic. But I don’t know if it will be enough to work, especially when Audra is giving a performance that seems to surpass the production. Ben Brantley’s piece wasn’t about Gypsy; it was about Audra.
Score seems like a very fluid category, and I don’t blame the Death Becomes Her team for going for it. The Maybe Happy Ending score, which I was just listening to yesterday, is a solid, lyrics-driven candidate but it feels like a stronger book. Dead Outlaw has a fine score but I’m still not sure how voters will feel about it overall. Real Women Have Curves feels doomed due to its lack of major nominations. Operation Mincemeat has the best song but voters can honor that by picking Jak Malone.
A stipulation: I don’t really know what I’m talking about. It’s just fun to speculate in such an unpredictable year.
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The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#353
Posted: 5/17/25 at 3:41pm
Definitely fun to speculate. That is all anyone is doing here. But regarding Brantley's piece; Look for other free things to come out for the other nominees.
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#354
Posted: 5/18/25 at 7:17am
How Daniel Dae Kim Learned to 'Make Room' for Himself in Hollywood (Exclusive)
https://people.com/daniel-dae-kim-tony-awards-nomination-exclusive-11736191
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#355
Posted: 5/18/25 at 7:22am
SmokeyLady said: "Definitely fun to speculate. That is all anyone is doing here. But regarding Brantley's piece; Look for other free things to come out for the other nominees."
Here's a freebie. The print NYT A&L today is the Tony Awards Preview with all the articles, pictures, and splashy ads. Only picture on the front page is a large Nicole.
Featured Actor Joined: 8/19/22
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#356
Posted: 5/18/25 at 8:04am
MezzA101 said: "SmokeyLady said: "Definitely fun to speculate. That is all anyone is doing here. But regarding Brantley's piece; Look for other free things to come out for the other nominees."
Here's a freebie. The print NYT A&L today is the Tony Awards Preview with all the articles, pictures, and splashy ads. Only picture on the front page is a large Nicole.
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Anyone willing to share photos? :)
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#357
Posted: 5/18/25 at 8:45am
MB124 said: "MezzA101 said: "SmokeyLady said: "Definitely fun to speculate. That is all anyone is doing here. But regarding Brantley's piece; Look for other free things to come out for the other nominees."
Here's a freebie. The print NYT A&L today is the Tony Awards Preview with all the articles, pictures, and splashy ads. Only picture on the front page is a large Nicole.
"
Anyone willing to share photos? :)"
How do I attach a screenshot of the front page of the A&L?
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#358
Posted: 5/18/25 at 11:28am
Just take a look at Sunset’s social media.
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#359
Posted: 5/18/25 at 3:24pm
MezzA101 said: "SmokeyLady said: "Definitely fun to speculate. That is all anyone is doing here. But regarding Brantley's piece; Look for other free things to come out for the other nominees."
Here's a freebie. The print NYT A&L today is the Tony Awards Preview with all the articles, pictures, and splashy ads. Only picture on the front page is a large Nicole.
"
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#360
Posted: 5/18/25 at 3:25pm
Robbie2 said: "MezzA101 said: "SmokeyLady said: "Definitely fun to speculate. That is all anyone is doing here. But regarding Brantley's piece; Look for other free things to come out for the other nominees."
Here's a freebie. The print NYT A&L today is the Tony Awards Preview with all the articles, pictures, and splashy ads. Only picture on the front page is a large Nicole.
"
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Broadway Star Joined: 10/29/14
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#361
Posted: 5/18/25 at 3:51pm
Lovely. Thanks for letting me know. I will be picking up my print copy this afternoon.
Featured Actor Joined: 8/19/22
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#362
Posted: 5/18/25 at 5:17pm
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The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#363
Posted: 5/18/25 at 11:48pm
How Nicole Scherzinger, Audra McDonald, Darren Criss and Jonathan Groff are battling for Tony Awards
https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/entertainment/how-nicole-scherzinger-audra-mcdonald-darren-criss-and-jonathan-groff-are-battling-for-tony-awards/
Norma Desmond is currently ahead of Mama Rose.
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#364
Posted: 5/19/25 at 3:15am
Robbie2 said: "How Nicole Scherzinger, Audra McDonald, Darren Criss and Jonathan Groff are battling for Tony Awards
https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/entertainment/how-nicole-scherzinger-audra-mcdonald-darren-criss-and-jonathan-groff-are-battling-for-tony-awards/
Norma Desmond is currently ahead of Mama Rose."
The line is the last one in Johnny Oleksinski’s article, which states this as fact while citing Ben Brantley’s glowing New York Times piece about Audra McDonald in Gypsy but then dismissing the Times as irrelevant. For what it’s worth, he gives credence to the Drama League honor as a boost for Scherzinger.
He said Death Becomes Her was the main attraction for the out-of-town voters and characterized the race as boiling down to Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending.
I have no idea if any of this is true or if Oleksinski is touting his own favorites. Toss it into the speculation soup.
If Maybe Happy Ending’s main rival is Death Becomes Her, that’s probably good news for MHE. In a battle between a commercial comedy and a funny but poignant original musical, the latter almost always wins unless the former is a box office and cultural sensation.
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The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#365
Posted: 5/19/25 at 10:48am
The amount of Tony voters I have spoken with are really taken by DBH. It’s really starting to take over the new musical race
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#366
Posted: 5/20/25 at 4:54pm
Cole Escola, Sadie Sink & Fina Strazza Redefine Broadway
https://variety.com/2025/legit/awards/oh-mary-john-proctor-cole-escola-sadie-sink-tonys-1236403899/
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#367
Posted: 5/20/25 at 4:55pm
The Ups And Downs Of Tony Award Nominations
https://deadline.com/2025/05/tony-award-nominations-broadway-box-office-1236405611/
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#368
Posted: 5/22/25 at 2:34pm
Updated 2025 Tony Awards predictions in top 8 categories - GoldDerby
https://www.goldderby.com/article/2025/updated-tony-awards-odds-maybe-happy-ending-oh-mary/
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#369
Posted: 5/22/25 at 6:31pm
Cosmopolitan’s list of who should win (acting awards).
Best Leading Actor in a Play: Cole Escola, OH, MARY!
Best Leading Actress in a Play: Sarah Snook, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Best Leading Actor in a Musical: Darren Criss, MAYBE HAPPY ENDING
Best Leading Actress in a Musical: Nicole Scherzinger, SUNSET BLVD.
Best Featured Actor in a Play: Glenn Davis, PURPOSE
Best Featured Actress in a Play: Fina Strazza, JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN
Best Featured Actor in a Musical: Taylor Trensch, FLOYD COLLINS
Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Natalie Venetia Belcon, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#370
Posted: 5/27/25 at 10:11am
Tony Talk: Sarah Snook, Cole Escola, and the featured play races - GoldDerby
https://www.goldderby.com/article/2025/tony-talk-sarah-snook-cole-escola-play-races/
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#371
Posted: 5/28/25 at 12:11pm
Darren Criss and Renee Elise Goldsberry will co-host this year's "Act One" preshow program + non-televised awards.
Very sweet that they will be the ones to present Dane Laffrey and Paul Tazewell with their well-earned Tonys.
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The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#372
Posted: 5/28/25 at 12:17pm
Not so sure that Laffrey is as much of a lock as Tazewell is...
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#373
Posted: 5/28/25 at 1:01pm
Have rehearsals for the Tony’s began? Do we know what numbers are performing?
The 78th Annual Tony Award Nominations for 2025#374
Posted: 5/29/25 at 3:47pm
Broadway's Returns Are Up and the Tonys Are Proof It's As Diverse as Ever - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/2025/06/13/broadways-returns-are-tonys-are-proof-its-diverse-ever-2077507.html
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