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Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#25re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 6:05pmAshford was robbed last year for Curtains. Hopefully, it will not happen again.
Poster Emeritus
#26re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 6:05pm
YF won't be shut out. I'd say it will get at least 4 (or more): Set, Fitzgerald, Martin, maybe Foster, probably score, likely choreography and even Best Musical. I'm not saying its perfect but in this year of, let's face it, crap, at the very least Young Frankenstein is a true musical comedy.
TIGGOSAURUS
Broadway Star Joined: 12/5/05
#27re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 6:37pm
"Ashford was robbed last year for Curtains. Hopefully, it will not happen again."
Without having seen Cry-Baby, I agree that Rob Ashford's Curtains choreography was VERY unlucky to lose out to SA last year.
I also think Christopher Fitzgerald will definitely be nominated for YF, maybe one or two others (probably pick 1-2 out of Martin / Mulally / Foster) and it should get a nod for set design.
Seen some shows in my time....
#28re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 6:46pmYF will most likely win for Best Sound (a new category this year!)
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#29re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/9/08 at 6:48pm
I agree, I don't think YF will be shut out.
And yeah... considering SA won choreography last year, in the midst of three other great choreographed shows, who knows what will happen with that category. I still don't understand how SA won over LB, Curtains, and Mary Poppins.. I know people like that show but the choreography tony doesn't make sense.
#30re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 2:22pm
In terms of the Grease question, I re-read the rules and they are extremely vague. The rules basically say, "There will be 4 nominees in each non-acting category unless we decide that there should be fewer." So who knows what will happen?
I think that all 11 Tony-eligible musicals will get at least one nomination, although I think that if any of them get shut out, it will be Little Mermaid. I think that Cry-Baby will get its choreography nomination.
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#31re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 2:30pm
I would be surprised if ITH didn't win for choreography.
The Little Mermaid will probably be shut out. Cry-Baby will be nominated for choreography.
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#32re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:29pm
"YF will most likely win for Best Sound (a new category this year!)"
I have a feeling it will be a tight race between In The Heights and YF, In The Heights is pretty amazing in that section
bwayballerina
Broadway Star Joined: 11/14/04
#33re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:40pm
Cry Baby will be nominated for choreography, with the actual award going to either that show or In the Heights (with Heights being more likely at this point IMO)
And I think that The Little Mermaid will get something; remember that Tarzan was nominated (for lighting, I think)...
#34re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:41pmMermaid better get a nom for lighting!
#35re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 3:47pm
I have to admit, I hated Little Mermaid but it had good lighting.
I know I love ITH and that is why I think it will be nominated for everything. And I tink it will be nominated for Lighting, Sets, Choreography, Music, Lin Manuel, Robin, Myabe Olga or Mandy and Best Musical. And definitely Music whatever (The New One)
#36re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 4:20pm
The play categories are so competitive this year (not only a lot of them, but a lot of favorably reviewed ones), that I think a bunch are going to be shut out.
My predictions for a shut out are:
November, Is He Dead?, The Farnsworth Invention, A Bronx Tale, Cymbeline, Pygmalion, The Ritz, Old Acquaintance.
"What was the name of that cheese that I like?"
"you can't run away forever...but there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start"
"well I hope and I pray, that maybe someday, you'll walk in the room with my heart"
bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#37re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 11:33pm
Uhhh...Glory Days?
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#38re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 11:41pmGlory Days jokes are not only old - they're not even funny.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
jake6970
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/07
#39re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/11/08 at 11:45pmI'm still hoping for Allison Pill to get a nomination for Mauritius. I thought she was really, really wonderful in it.
#40re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/12/08 at 12:00amI really think that each musical that opened this season, with the exception of Glory Days, will get at least one nomination.
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bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#41re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/12/08 at 12:10amSorry, blaxx, that was my "joke of the night". I AM ashamed! ;(
#42re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/12/08 at 12:15am
Glory Days
Top Girls
Passing Strange
Thurgood
Les Liasons Dangereuses
Not sure if Xanadu, The 39 Steps, Cry Baby, Boeing-Boeing, or November will.
TLM-Will for design, orchestrations, and for Sherie, but probably won't win any.
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#43re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/12/08 at 12:18am
musicaltheatrefan - do you know ANYTHING that is not Wicked?
There is no way most of those shows won't get nominated.
*rolls eyes*
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#44re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/12/08 at 12:22am
musicaltheatrefan, I'm glad you said Xanadu...I happen to think this is one of those overrated shows. Fun, nice to watch, but...quality theatre???
blaxx, I know-----how can "Passing Strange" not be a contender?!Hello!!!
Updated On: 5/12/08 at 12:22 AM
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#45re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/12/08 at 12:23amThat's not what the thread is about - Xanadu WILL certainly get nominations, like it or not.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#46re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/12/08 at 12:23am
Ashford was robbed last year for Curtains. Hopefully, it will not happen again.
Amen! I'm hoping he is redeemed for that this year. I loved Cry Baby's choreography.
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#47re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/12/08 at 12:27am"...and a live performance by the cast of Young Frankenstein" will attract more viewers to the Tony Awards show than pretty well anything else on the stage.
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#48re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/12/08 at 12:29amI said I'm not sure if Xanadu will. It might, it might not. Blaxx, I've had an almost 2-month vacation from you, and here you are again. Yeah, I like "Wicked". I think it is a great piece of modern American musical theatre. You may not, that is okay. I have my opinions, you have yours. I respectfully disagree with you about some things, and I'm sure that there is a lot that we AGREE on, as well. So, let's not focus on what we disagree with, but on what we agree with. I don't think you're a bad person, but you're a little insensitive on this board sometimes. You're probably not as bad in real life, with actual people and face-to-face conversations, but on the internet, we're all just usernames, with no feelings or emotions whatsoever to you, and it doesn't seem to you like you're hurting anyone, but you are.
bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#49re: Which shows will get no Tony nominations at all?
Posted: 5/12/08 at 12:31am
Well, if Xanadu gets nominated, OK. But I hope it will not take the award away from a more quality show. You know how sometime those things go...MHO
And blaxx, yes, try to express yourself without making it sound like a personal attack!!! I've gotten over some of my sensitivity about comments like these, but they are still not very cool. :I
Updated On: 5/12/08 at 12:31 AM
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