Tony Eligibility Rulings
Tony Eligibility Rulings
asmith0307
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/14
#1Tony Eligibility Rulings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 12:51pm
Round 1 - https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-News-Tony-Awards-Administration-Committee-Makes-First-Rulings-of-the-Season-on-CATS-PARAMOUR-More-20161014
Nothing crazy - Paramour and Cats are both eligible (An Act of God is not), and the Hudson Theatre is officially a tony-eligible house.
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#2Tony Eligibility Rulings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 1:07pm
But will Andy's choreography from Cats be deemed eligible even if it's based/inspired by Lynne's original?
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#3Tony Eligibility Rulings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 1:16pm
^According to Riedel's article yesterday, it will not be eligible.
trpguyy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/05
#4Tony Eligibility Rulings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 1:35pm
From the linked article:
"BroadwayWorld has confirmed that Andy Blankenbuehler, who choreographed the show (based on the original choreography by Gillian Lynne), has been deemed ineligible in the category."
#5Tony Eligibility Rulings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 1:36pm
It's interesting, because hasn't Christopher Gattelli been eligible for his work on South Pacific and the king and I even though his work was based off the original Jerome Robbins choreography and he was nominated for both too. I'm sure there are more examples, but Gattelli was the first one I could think of.
asmith0307
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/14
#6Tony Eligibility Rulings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 1:48pm
trpguyy said: "From the linked article:
"BroadwayWorld has confirmed that Andy Blankenbuehler, who choreographed the show (based on the original choreography by Gillian Lynne), has been deemed ineligible in the category.""
They must have added that since I posted. I was looking for something of that nature.
Call_me_jorge - percentage could be key. I remember seeing a lot of the original choreography with some smaller Blankenbuhler sections, but I may be wrong
#7Tony Eligibility Rulings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 3:05pm
Just curious. Were any of the actors in Paramour above the title in the playbill (aka eligible in lead)? I'm assuming not, but I havent caught it yet and cant find that info anywhere.
hes16
Stand-by Joined: 2/6/16
#8Tony Eligibility Rulings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 3:08pm
There's no playbill for Paramour. They only had little flyers with the leads' names in it that were placed in the lobby and near the bar.
broadwayguy91
Broadway Star Joined: 12/23/15
#10Tony Eligibility Rulings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 8:58pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QhW5FAOtIs someone made a comparison video of Gillian Lyne's original choreography from the CATS DVD and Andy B's choreography from the Good Morning America performance clip. from what I see, it's basically the same except Andy added more angular movements ()(see the video ar around 0:30),
hes16
Stand-by Joined: 2/6/16
#11Tony Eligibility Rulings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 9:44pm
MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "wait...seriously? Well, that's bizarre.
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Yup. I asked someone working there about it and their repsonse was "Cirque doesn't do playbills".
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