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Posted: 6/7/11 at 8:29pm
Here's a thread for Tony trivia about this year's nominees (and eventual winners).
Some trivia to start things off (and please make corrections if I've made mistakes):
Of the 5 shows that have ever received 14 or more Tony nominations, only 1 (Company) was eligible in the Leading Actress category. The other 4 (Book of Mormon, Producers, Spamalot, Billy Elliot) all had at least one nomination in each of the other 3 acting categories, but no one eligible for Lead Actress.
Brian Bedford's nomination for playing a member of the opposite sex is at least the fourth such nomination, following Xanthe Elbrick in Coram Boy, Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray and Mary Martin in Peter Pan.
Suprisingly, this is Al Pacino's first nomination since 1977, although he has appeared in 6 other Broadway productions in the meantime.
The performer nominated this year with the most consecutive nominations is Donna Murphy, who has been nominated for her last 5 Broadway appearances (People in the Picture, LoveMusik, Wonderful Town, King and I, Passion). The male performer nominated this year with the longest streak is Billy Crudup, who has been nominated for his last four Broadway appearances (Arcadia, Coast of Utopia, Pillowman, Elephant Man). During that time, Murphy has won twice and Crudup once.
This is Kander and Ebb's EIGHTH consecutive nomination for score stretching back to 1975 (Scottsboro Boys, Curtains, Steel Pier, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, The Rink, Woman of the Year, The Act, Chicago). They won twice during that streak for Woman of the Year and Kiss of the Spiderwoman, with a previous win for Cabaret.
However, Kander and Ebb's enormous output makes them unique in the Best Score category, in that they are the only nominees in this category who have had an eligible original score for a Broadway show that has NOT gotten a Tony nomination in that category. All of the other composers and lyricists nominated this year have a 100% hit rate for nominations. Book of Mormon is Parker and Stone's first eligible production, but Robert Lopez and Glenn Slater got a nomination for their only other eligible score (Avenue Q and Little Mermaid), and Alan Menken and David Yazbek have both received nominations for both of their other eligible scores (Beauty and the Beast/Little Mermaid and Full Monty/Dirty Rotten Scoundrels). Kander and Ebb did not receive a nomination for 70, Girls, 70, Zorba, or Flora, the Red Menace.
David Lindsay-Abaire is the only Best Play nominee who has had a play previously produced on Broadway.
The Best Revival of Play category includes a play originally produced in 1605, one produced in 1895, one in 1985, and one in 1993. The Best Revival of a Musical nominees were originally produced in 1934 and 1961.
This year's oldest nominees are 84-year-old John Kander, 79-year-old Joel Grey, and 79-year-old Desmond Heeley, the costume designer for The Importance of Being Earnest. Kander and Grey's first wins were in 1967 for Cabaret, and Heeley's was in 1968 for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. At the times of Kander, Grey, and Heeley's first wins, over half of this year's nominees for Featured Actor and Actress in a Musical hadn't even been born.
Some trivia to start things off (and please make corrections if I've made mistakes):
Of the 5 shows that have ever received 14 or more Tony nominations, only 1 (Company) was eligible in the Leading Actress category. The other 4 (Book of Mormon, Producers, Spamalot, Billy Elliot) all had at least one nomination in each of the other 3 acting categories, but no one eligible for Lead Actress.
Brian Bedford's nomination for playing a member of the opposite sex is at least the fourth such nomination, following Xanthe Elbrick in Coram Boy, Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray and Mary Martin in Peter Pan.
Suprisingly, this is Al Pacino's first nomination since 1977, although he has appeared in 6 other Broadway productions in the meantime.
The performer nominated this year with the most consecutive nominations is Donna Murphy, who has been nominated for her last 5 Broadway appearances (People in the Picture, LoveMusik, Wonderful Town, King and I, Passion). The male performer nominated this year with the longest streak is Billy Crudup, who has been nominated for his last four Broadway appearances (Arcadia, Coast of Utopia, Pillowman, Elephant Man). During that time, Murphy has won twice and Crudup once.
This is Kander and Ebb's EIGHTH consecutive nomination for score stretching back to 1975 (Scottsboro Boys, Curtains, Steel Pier, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, The Rink, Woman of the Year, The Act, Chicago). They won twice during that streak for Woman of the Year and Kiss of the Spiderwoman, with a previous win for Cabaret.
However, Kander and Ebb's enormous output makes them unique in the Best Score category, in that they are the only nominees in this category who have had an eligible original score for a Broadway show that has NOT gotten a Tony nomination in that category. All of the other composers and lyricists nominated this year have a 100% hit rate for nominations. Book of Mormon is Parker and Stone's first eligible production, but Robert Lopez and Glenn Slater got a nomination for their only other eligible score (Avenue Q and Little Mermaid), and Alan Menken and David Yazbek have both received nominations for both of their other eligible scores (Beauty and the Beast/Little Mermaid and Full Monty/Dirty Rotten Scoundrels). Kander and Ebb did not receive a nomination for 70, Girls, 70, Zorba, or Flora, the Red Menace.
David Lindsay-Abaire is the only Best Play nominee who has had a play previously produced on Broadway.
The Best Revival of Play category includes a play originally produced in 1605, one produced in 1895, one in 1985, and one in 1993. The Best Revival of a Musical nominees were originally produced in 1934 and 1961.
This year's oldest nominees are 84-year-old John Kander, 79-year-old Joel Grey, and 79-year-old Desmond Heeley, the costume designer for The Importance of Being Earnest. Kander and Grey's first wins were in 1967 for Cabaret, and Heeley's was in 1968 for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. At the times of Kander, Grey, and Heeley's first wins, over half of this year's nominees for Featured Actor and Actress in a Musical hadn't even been born.
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Updated On: 6/7/11 at 08:29 PM
