The Official Tony Nominations Thread — Page 7

Disappointed about no Featured Actress nomination for Company, but congrats on Actor, Revival and Director. Very surprised that d'Amboise was nominated, but that seems like the obligatory Chorus Line nomination -- I hope that's not a setup to justify giving it Best Revival, but I could see it working that way.

I'm pleased with the set nomination for High Fidelity. It really was remarkable.

Updated On: 5/15/07 at 09:51 AM

I can't really offer my own opinion of Company, since I didn't see it. So I can only tell you what friends have said. Some also loved it (to be fair).

I can tell you that I don't think the actor/musician thing worked "musically," based on the cast recording... if for no other reason than they aren't very good musicians, frankly. And it shows on every song I listened to. They "get by" but that isn't good enough for Broadway, IMO.

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The Les Miz revival didn't get any.

At least Pirate Queen can't lose any Tony Awards. They might as well put a sign on the marquee that says "Open House"

Nope, Neddy, and it didn't deserve any nominations. It's basically the same show with worse orchestrations.

~Steven

The actor musician idea worked better for COMPANY, more specifically in "Side By Side"/"What Would We Do Without You?". The fact that each couple would play their own little tune together, and Bobby had no one to play back to him really showed how the instruments fit together. David and Jenny seemed to have a "his and hers" type thing going on.

It seemed like Doyle expanded the idea of matching the instruments to the roles a whole lot more. The only way that really fit into Sweeney was that Johanna and Anthony both had cellos. Sweeney was more like "Look at us! We can play the instruments and sing the songs and act! We are INNOVATIVE!".

I'm going to try to see Grey Gardens and LoveMusik the week before the Tonys if possible. It sucks that I don't absolutely love this season and am totally rooting for one to win for Best Musical like I was last year.

Updated On: 5/15/07 at 09:58 AM

I would have liked to have seen some of the performances from Les Mis get nominated, but I can't blame the nomination committee from leaving it out. It's hardly a revival.

Gemignani, Norm Lewis, and Lazar were wonderful though.

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if anyone in LES MIS was to get a nomination, i would say Celia shouldve.

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I would have loved to see Daphne nominated just so I can see how people would react to it.

~Steven

What makes Mary-Mitchell Campbell's orchestration so genius is that she updated a tinny 70s score and stripped away the organ and other dated instruments. She took a complicated piece of music (as all Sondheim is) and made it sound brilliant.

It's not about whether the actor-musicians played it well the night you saw it; it's about HER work as an orchestrator. To overlook this is really stupid.

i just realized...how the heck did Jon Groff get a leading actor nomination?

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Wow. Mary Poppins. That's crazy. Great group of best actors, though.

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Sleeper, I totally agree. I love the chamber orchestra sound she created. Brilliant musical direction as well.

When I saw Grey Gardens I didn't think John McMartin was doing anything that merited a Tony Award or nomination. I actually thought he was a character the show could have done without. Of course, without him, there shouldn't be an Act 1. Well, actually, there's a thought...

I did enjoy Act 1 for Bob Stillman's piano playing, though. Keep that.

~Steven