Way Too Early 2019 Tony Predictions thread — Page 30

Interview with Ben Brantley and Jesse Green about this past season, with a hint that Brantley wasn't a fan of Tootsie:

https://youtu.be/PHeo9Xbfvao?t=735

"Heidi Schreck is clearly brilliant and charming, but it felt like a beautifully personal stand-up routine/ law school lecture. Hard to think of her along the same lines as Sorkin or Metcalf, if that makes any sense? Just not sure what dictates a production into that "special category"....?"



The very fact that you say this proves exactly WHY Heidi is deserving of a nomination. It's a non-traditional performance but an astounding performance none the less in which the character she is playing is herself. That you so thoroughly believe she is delivering "a stand-up routine" sort of beautifully illustrates just how seamless the performance is.

I know there's enough boasting on these boards but the below from a few days ago, in response to my saying that it's a two-horse race between Ferryman and Constitution, is too sweet not to re-post :)



"A woman telling her own story and people listening is a great narrative. But an awards-darling producer with a production of an American literary classic (by a much-respected writer who has never won) chock-full of Broadway veterans that is selling out, has recouped, and is touring is a far bigger Tony threat. With that said, I think Ferryman actually ends up taking it, but I see Mockingbird as a close 2nd with Constitution a very distant 3rd."

TFMH18 said: "I know there's enough boasting on these boards but the below from a few days ago, in response to my sayingthat it's a two-horse race between Ferryman and Constitution, is too sweet not to re-post :)



"A woman telling her own story and people listening is a great narrative. But an awards-darling producer with a production of an American literary classic (by a much-respected writer who has never won) chock-full of Broadway veterans that is selling out, has recouped, and is touring is afar bigger Tony threat. With that said, I think Ferryman actually ends up taking it, but I see Mockingbird as a close 2nd with Constitution a very distant 3rd.""

TFMH18, what can I say--you certainly proved me wrong on that one! I still don't see Constitution topping Ferryman, but yes, it clearly emerged as more of a contender than Mockingbird haha. So good call with that one!