The Great Comet Deserves Tonys.
The Great Comet Deserves Tonys.
Cathy157
Swing Joined: 6/21/16
#1The Great Comet Deserves Tonys.
Posted: 11/2/16 at 8:39am
This show is unique & fabulous... enriches the Broadway we know & love! The cast is a fireball of talent! Comet deserves MANY MANY MANY Tony nominations & should be a serious contender to win!
The producers of The Great Comet have offered a settlement to Ars Nova's billing dispute! I hope all is well now.
FiddleMeThis
Stand-by Joined: 3/10/16
#3The Great Comet Deserves Tonys.
Posted: 11/2/16 at 9:09am
So, it is way better than the shows that haven't opened yet? Shouldn't you find a better use for your psychic abilities?
bwaylyric
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/22/03
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Understudy Joined: 7/2/13
#5The Great Comet Deserves Tonys.
Posted: 11/2/16 at 10:21am
"Just not for best score"
Though I think we're getting ahead of ourselves here, I find it unlikely there'll be many better scores this season. The score is extraordinary.
#6The Great Comet Deserves Tonys.
Posted: 11/2/16 at 10:28am
I thought the score was fine while attending the performance but I cannot listen to the recording. I have tried twice. Only one song stuck with ,e after the show and I still couldn't hum it. Just knew I liked it.
Should the score win a Tony? Well, it works in the theater (and tent, where I saw it) so it is worth a nomination. JMO
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Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#7The Great Comet Deserves Tonys.
Posted: 11/2/16 at 11:02am
Not sure why this needed a new thread but OK.
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#8The Great Comet Deserves Tonys.
Posted: 11/2/16 at 11:05am
Huss417 said: "Not sure why this needed a new thread but OK."
I think it started as an Ars Nova lawsuit resolution thread, but then after realizing that was redundant, well... here we are.
#9The Great Comet Deserves Tonys.
Posted: 11/2/16 at 11:14am
I actually love the score. It's an opera, and as such not all of it is hummable - 'recitative' rarely is. But I think there are strong songs like "No One Else" / "Sonya Alone" / "Charming" etc that are as melodic as anything we've heard on Broadway in recent times.
But sure, I think this will end up getting a lot of Tony noms. Certainly musical, score, director, costumes, lighting, orchestrations, scenic design all seem likely. That's seven right there. It should be nominated for book (though sometimes all sung musicals lose out ridiculously on that nomination).
I think performance nominations are a lot more up in the air, given that its a true ensemble effort and this is a very competitive year but I'm sure Josh Groban, Lucas Steele, Brittain Ashford and Amber Gray will at least be in the conversation for a nomination. I don't see Denee Benton being nominated. Lovely as she is, her category is filled with heavy weights.
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Updated On: 11/2/16 at 11:14 AM
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