Time Out NY's TONY* Nominations

[Kad]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 2:19pm

Time Out's Adam Feldman and David Cote released their dream list of nominations. Looks pretty solid, aside from a few interesting choices. Still pretty remarkable how up in the air everything is.
The TONY* Nominations

[Sauja]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 2:36pm

Oh, how I hope their choices for direction in both categories line up with the actual nominations. Actually, if these were the actual nominees, I would have quibbles but not complaints.

[rjm516]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 2:44pm

Featured actress in a musical is pretty surprising but oh man I would be happy with these! Especially best musical.

For best actress in a musical -- who am I forgetting that they have Janis Joplin replacing?

[avyrocks]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 2:45pm

Michelle Williams?

[Randy1]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 3:07pm

Good choices overall but I would put Anika Larsen instead of Fantasia and Joshua Henry instead of James Snyder.

[parkerjonesj]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 3:23pm

I think Fantasia deserves a nomination. Kd Lang, Vanessa Williams and Toni Braxton all failed to bring the magic and vocal brilliance Ms. Barrino brought to After Midnight. She deserves to be recognized (especially considering all of her replacements have 10+ years over her in the industry).

[MNC77]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 3:30pm

Aladdin snubbed almost completely by these predictions. Same with Cripple. Glass menagerie also only got one of 4 actors. And Act One got very little notice, even for scenic. Meanwhile Machinal, Winslow Boy and If/Then received more love than predicted. Maybe just biases that the critics have though.

[Simon Damon]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:34pm

Aladdin got better reviews than Rocky

[Kad]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:37pm

A) They got about equal praise.

B) REVIEWS DON'T EQUAL NOMINATIONS. EVER. UNDERLINE. UNDERLINE. UNDERLINE.

[Simon Damon]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:42pm

Kad I also think that Rocky will be too hard to Tour

[Kad]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:43pm

And Aladdin will be successful on tour regardless of awards. So?

[Simon Damon]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:46pm

Most of the nominations go to productions that are able to tour most a touring producers and I do not think Aladdin will do that well without a nomination Little Mermaid and Tarzan didn't (but they did not deserve it)

[NYadgal]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:48pm

Bryce Pinkham should receive a nomination. He's not on their list.

Otherwise, I think theirs is a strong list.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:49pm

The nominators don't care about tours. See list here. http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/about/nom_comm.html

Voters, maybe. Nominators and voters are different people.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:50pm

"Michelle Williams?"

Why would she get a Tony nomination? For her weird, stiff performance or her mediocre singing?

[Kad]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:50pm

Aladdin's doing fine and will do fine for the foreseeable future.

[avyrocks]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:53pm

Sutton Ross - I was responding to rjm516's question.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:53pm

What Kad says. I never understand why people think that reviews are a foreshadowing of the Tonys. Voters will agree with some reviews, disagree with others, and vote for who they thought was best or who can best serve them. For instance, if I were a road producer, I'd be all over Aladdin. But nobody stares down at their ballot thinking, "Well Brantley really liked this" or "Variety gave it a pan." There are all sorts of biases involved such as friendships and professional relationships, both good and bad. I once heard a voter say, "I wouldn't vote for that ass if he'd written Show Boat." The writer in question was then the voter's ex-wife's boyfriend. So while many things effect nominations and eventual wins, reviews are not one of them.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:56pm

Avyrocks, sorry about that. I still stand by my view though.

[avyrocks]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 4:57pm

I agree though! There's nothing spectacular about Michelle William's performance. I think she's been in a lot of predictions though, so that's why I brought it up.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 5:01pm

Yeah, it's surprising. They love nominating Hollywood stars though, unfortunately. I'm sad Kate Baldwin will probably be left off the list. I thought she was just spectacular in Big Fish

[homeimp]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 6:00pm

I thought Sally Bowles was supposed to be a mediocre singer. That's why Liza was not the greatest Sally.

[wicked1492]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 6:16pm

If Celia Keenan-Bolger and Zachary Quinto aren't recognized, I'll give up.

[ethan231h]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 6:36pm

I love how they are thinking Gayle Rankin could get nominated!

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 4/28/14 at 6:38pm

I'm so glad Norbert got a hypothetical nomination!