Tony Awards Make Final Rulings of the Season on SHUFFLE ALONG & More! — Page 2

WiCkEDrOcKS said: "Now I can't help but wonder if they'll shut out SHUFFLE from the Best Musical race just to prove a point (like they did when ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS wanted to be considered a Revival - and then was omitted from Best Play). "

post hoc ergo propter hoc

JudyDenmark said: "Honestly, I don't know that their chances would've been any better in Lead Actor, with so many truly carry-the-show lead roles this year (Brightman, Walker, Burstein) and the beast that is Hamilton. Not to mention Zachary Levi."

Sorry let me clarify. I assumed Stokes and Porter would be leading and have ZERO shot at nominations, but that Josh Henry and Brandon Victor Dixon would be ruled featured, giving Dixon a good look at a nomination. None of them had any chance if they stayed in the leading category, but rather than move all 4 down, they should have just moved 2.

bjh2114 said: "I assumed Stokes and Porter would be leading and have ZERO shot at nominations, but that Josh Henry and Brandon Victor Dixon would be ruled featured, giving Dixon a good look at a nomination."

Gotcha. Totally makes sense. Frankly, every one of the acting categories this year in both plays and musicals has way more extremely deserving options than slots. Should be really interesting on Tuesday, because a lot of really incredible performances are inevitably going to get snubbed. More this year than usual, I think.

Call_me_jorge said: "Isn't SA's advertising campaign saying its a revival? Wouldn't they have change it?



No. I have not seen any advertising for SA designating it as a revival. I'm quite surprised that they relegated Brian Stokes Mitchell and Billy Porter to the Featured Actor category. I don't feel that's right at all.

Thank god this wasn't considered a revival.

Although I do agree that the most likely scenario for Best Musical noms is Hamilton, Shuffle, Waitress and School of Rock, I am surprised (and admittedly a bit bummed) that On Your Feet isn't in the conversation a little more. If you look at the reviews, I believe it should be in the conversation. According to BroadwayWorld's review aggregate and show-score.com's aggregate, the far and away best reviewed new musical this year was of course Hamilton (9.7 & 94) followed by a clear second place for Shuffle Along (8.0 & 82).

Then things get super-murky. Waitress (7.7 & 75), On Your Feet (7.6 & 75) and School of Rock (7.6 & 74) are all basically in the same place.

American Psycho (7.2 & 62) and Bright Star (6.7 & 66) are both significantly below those other 5.

So if the nominators opinions line up with critics' opinions (which I know they don't always do), then perhaps On Your Feet has a little more of a chance than most are assuming??? On Your Feet also got more nominations (7) than either School of Rock and Waitress from the OCC, but then got completely shut out from the Drama Desks...so who knows...

Personally, I'd love to see a line-up of Hamilton, Shuffle Along, Waitress and On Your Feet. What a diverse group in both form (1 jukebox musical, 1 movie-to-musical adaptation, 1 hip-hop musical, and 1 creative educational piece) and racial diversity (1 written by and about Cuban-Americans, 1 written by and about performers of color, 1 written by and about women-which is sad that that is so unique and diverse, and 1 written by and about a plethora of American minorities)

Any way, just some thoughts...

songanddanceman2 said: "Show score is rubbish, it shows about 5 reviews so I pay no attention to that at all."

No it doesn't. Show-Score aggregates dozens of published reviews. For instance, it has 64 currently logged for American Psycho.

It's hands-down the best review aggregator and compiler for Broadway shows out there right now.

Show Score is showing 27 Critic's reviews for SHUFFLE ALONG...along with 162 reviews from members.

Kad said: "I would say Porter would be nominated, thanks to his second act solo."

Agreed. I didn't get why he was being talked about until that number. However, even if nominated, I don't think he'd be anywhere near the top.

woeisme3 said: "but the fact that it lead both the OCCs and Drama Desks for new musicals (although Hamilton/Shuffle weren't eligible) is far more telling."

No it's not. For The OCCs, Shrek led in 2009, Sister Act led in 2011, Nice Work If You Can Get It led in 2010, and Something Rotten led in 2015.

For the Drama Desks, 9 to 5 led with a record breaking 15 noms, Scottsboro Boys led in 2010, Follies and Nice Work led in 2012, Hands on a Hardbody (WHAT?!) led in 2013, and American in Paris led in 2015.

10086sunset said: If one of the Shuffle actors gets nominated, anyone care to guess who will it be?



Most likely Billy Porter but Brandon Victor Dixon deserves the nomination for his compelling performance.

Updated On: 4/29/16 at 03:49 PM

RippedMan said: "Strong year for new musicals. I think School of Rock is an entertaining show, but it was by-the-books. And safe. I'd rather see Psycho get nominated just for taking a risk.

I agree, School of Rock's ticket sales will always be good they don't need a nomination