Tony Rulings: Taboo Score Eligible, Oz Score Not; Little Shop a Revival — Page 2

All of you are conviently forgetting the performances of Donna Murphy and that of Tonya Pinkins or for that matter, Stephanie d'Abruzzo. DON'T say that the race for best actress is JUST constrained to the women of Wicked.

Finally, the Tony committee is making rulings not based solely on the placement of an actor's name on the marquee - who came up with this lame rule in the first place? It's about time they started taking into consideration the impact of the roles on their respective shows. Now if they can only give the best musical award to what was indeed the best show and not the show "most likely to do well on tour"...

Shoot, does this mean Farrah and Jackie won't be performing on the Tony Telecast this year? Well, maybe next year.

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Dana Ivey got a nomination for SUNDAY IN THE PARK and another as best supporting actress in a play (HEARTBREAK HOUSE I think) in the same year.

This stinks. The Avenue Q Duo are screwed. They would have won in supporting.

I agree that a role should be classified in the right category. Last year, didn't the producers of NINE want Chita Rivera to be placed in Lead so she wouldn't compete with Krakowski and Masterson?

I find it ridiculous that the placement of a performer's name has a bearing on what category they fit into. Last year, Daniel Sunjata was put in the featured actor category along with Denis O'Hare. IT was absurd to have the comic relief (in essence) competing against the actor who must carry the burden of the play. You take out Denis O'Hare's character, and there's still a play. You take out Daniel Sunjata's, and there is no play.

I don't understand how Euan Morton can be lead while Boy George is supporting since Taboo's book is split into the Boy George story and the Leigh Bowery story. Neither one is really given much prominence over the other. You take either character out, and half of the musical is cut out.

I am glad that Jimmy Smits was put into featured because while his character sets things in motion, the character does very little. I would have put Daphne Rubin-Vega in lead however.

I'm also baffled by how Richard Easton can be considered lead for HENRY IV. While he plays the title character, the play is really about Falstaff and Henry V. Henry IV has little face time in the piece compared to many of the other actors.