The Official Tony Nominations Thread — Page 9

mmm... Mary Poppins and Laura Bell Bundy... Sounds like the "fifth wheel" nomination... you know? that "we-already-have-more-than enough-to-choose-from-thank-you-so-we-are-nominating-something/someone-who-doesn't-have-a-shot-in-hell" thing?

I'm not especially shocked Kristin Chenoweth wasn't nominated. Nominating Bundy instead definitely is an intentional snub... I guess they think that you have to put in some time on Broadway if you want to be taken into account, no matter how good you are. The hit and run performances are not good enough anymore to get a Tony nom when you have actresses who stay in the same part for 15 months... no matter how bad they are.

I guess she'll finally get her Tony when she's old enough to pull an Angela Lansbury and come back FROM tv TO Broadway.

I find it quite ironic that the show is nominated for Best Revival when almost every critic said it was not that great and that Chenoweth was the only reason to see it. Guess they had to throw a bone to Roundabout for the effort.

so... anyone else thinks it's a lock for Audra now that Kristin's out of the way? I so wish they'd recognize Debra Monk's talent, even if I have not seen her in Curtains and I really can't tell if the part's any good but I have always had a soft spot for her and I'm sure Audra will get other shots to the Big One.

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Gelf:

1. How can MARY POPPINS and Bundy's nomination be the fifth-wheel nominations when there are enough ladies to nominate these categories two times over? Bundy was a strong contendor from day 1. And how doesn't MARY POPPINS have a chance of winning? If you ask me, it has a GREAT chance. ($$$)

2. You have no idea why they didn't nominate Kristin Chenoweth. Don't presume to give that a reason when you have NO idea.

3. Every critic said that THE APPLE TREE was nothing spectacular (other than Chenoweth), but the reason that it got the nomination was because there aren't that many musical revivals. What are you talking about? LES MIS was rightfully snubbed.

4. McDonald is great, but the Tony is Ebersole's.

5. You are odd.

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Nominations that thrill me:

Best Choreography - Bill T. Jones, SPRING AWAKENING: This man deserves to win for his choreography that pushes the boundaries of anything Broadway has ever seen before. This is not cookie cutter choreography, people. This is the essence of innovation, and most importantly, his work here fits these characters in this particular show to a T and assists in guiding the story in such a powerful way.

Best Featured Actor in a Play - Ethan Hawke, Anthony Chisholm and John Earl Jelks all deserve their nominations for creating strong characters and committing to them from beginning to end. Crudup was expected, and his nomination is deserved as well. I'm also thrilled for Sands. I only wish Boyd Gaines would have been placed into this category, which is really where his character belongs, and that Hugh Dancy, "the" lead actor in JOURNEY'S END, would have received a nomination in the lead category instead for his startling performance.

Some notable snubs:

*Susan Lynch, TRANSLATIONS - Best Featured Actress in a Play
*Lily Rabe, HEARTBREAK HOUSE - Best Featured Actress in a Play
*Laila Robins, HEARTBREAK HOUSE - Best Featured Actress in a Play

I would have left out Jennifer Ehle and inserted one of the above ladies.

*TALK RADIO and INHERIT THE WIND over HEARTBREAK HOUSE for Best Revival of a Play.

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I don't see how SPRING AWAKENING's choreography is pushing boundaries.

It fits the music. That's all.

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If you don't think Spring Awakening's choreography is "modern", then you surely haven't been exposed to enough of it. There are far weirder things out there than this choreography.

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Regarding APPLE TREE:

I find it quite ironic that the show is nominated for Best Revival when almost every critic said it was not that great and that Chenoweth was the only reason to see it. Guess they had to throw a bone to Roundabout for the effort.

THE APPLE TREE's nomination for Best Revival was more of a way to give a kick in the balls to Cameron Mackintosh for greedily bringing back LES MISERABLES after only three years than as a nod to a wonderful revival of THE APPLE TREE.

And it is a huge snub for Kristin. If her new series were on CBS, I might think she'd still go, but if were her, I'd skip the ceremony.

It's not even an issue of her having a right to "skip" the ceremony. As of right now, Chenoweth isn't even invited. You don't automatically get a ticket to the Tonys for having acted in a show that season. You're only guaranteed an invitation if you're a nominee, which she is not.

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I would bet a million bucks that the nominaters liked Legally Blonde, but were afraid if it was nominated for best musical, it would win, and they didn't want that, so they snubbed it. Mary Poppins got lucky, because now with the tony nod it will probably run for ten years.

We need Rosie to host now. She pretty much does whatever she wants, so that is the one chance for Legally Blonde to perform.

I also hope hope hope they open the ceremony like they did in 2005, with clips from all the shows, and a little snippet from the nominated shows, so we get to see more performing and less gabbing! That was a great opening!

If the nominators wanted to protect SPRING AWAKENING, they wouldn't have nominated MARY POPPINS.

They would have gone with LOVEMUSIK.

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"We already have six shows performing at the ceremony"

Why six and not seven? Is someone not performing?

Regarding Modern Dance. people tend to put the word modern in the title of certain things so they can pass crap off as art. Seriously, a toilet seat is not art, Philip Glass is totally awful, and walking around the stage in patterns is not choreography, it is marching band!

I am also very surprised that there is no Costume Nomination for The Pirate Queen. I am rooting for that show, even if it doesn't look very good, because I like Stephanie J. Block.

Here's who I want to win (not what I think WILL happen)

Best Play: The Little Dog Laughed
Best Musical: Grey Gardens
Best Book: Curtains
Best Original Score: Curtains
Best Play Revival: I Don't Care
Best Musical Revival: Company
Best Special Theatrical Event:: Jay Johnson
Leading Actor in a Play: Frank Langella
Leading Actress in a Play: Julie White
Leading Actor in a Musical: Raul Esparza
Leading Actress in a Musical: Christine Ebersole
Featured Actor in a Play: I Don't Care
Featured Actress in a Play: Jan Maxwell
Featured Actor in a Musical: Brooks Ashmanskas
Featured Actress in a Musical: Orfeh
Scenic Design for Musical: Mary Poppins
Costume Design for Musical: Grey Gardens
Lighting Design for Musical: Spring Awakening
Direction of a Musical: John Doyle
Best Choreography: Jerry Mitchell
Best Orchestrations: Grey Gardens
Just give all the tech awards for plays to Coast of Utopia