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[jejr]

Posted: 5/10/09 at 11:18pm

Updated On: 5/11/09 at 11:18 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/10/09 at 11:24pm

No.

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/10/09 at 11:28pm

Does anyone here like cake? What's your favorite kind?

I LOVE brownies

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/10/09 at 11:29pm

And cheesecake!

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 5/10/09 at 11:31pm

Those brownies look yummy!

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/10/09 at 11:32pm

[adamgreer]

Posted: 5/10/09 at 11:34pm

The second batch of brownies looks better!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/10/09 at 11:39pm

I'm partial to rice krispy treats, myself.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/10/09 at 11:42pm

I agree, it's totally not fair. I'm telling.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 12:23am

To be honest, they all give different performances so I'm not in favor of the "If one of them wins, all three will have to be given awards since they're little kids" idea.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 12:25am

There's a difference between the Phantom situation, the Evita situation and this situation.

Billy x 3 share the role. None of them are "alternates."

[sgv123]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 12:30am

The 3 in London won the Olivier and the 4(less performances than NY boys) in Sydney won the Helpmann. What is the difference between those 2 awards and the Tony?

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 12:33am

It's like deciding which cake is best:



They're all winners!

[wizard2joe]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 12:40am

The first cheese cake looks delicious but
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| These look too sweet I dont like them to sweet
lol thats just me though.

[Parks]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:20am

All this cake and brownies talk is making me hungrier!!

[MusicalComedyMan]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 3:22am

Another factor, is that for the boys to be considered individually the Tony voters would have all had to see the show 3 times.

[boyfromoz2]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 3:25am

Why is it unfair? For the boys to win, they have to all be exceptional. Remember that the voters are voting on the Billy they saw, so if one of the three is not incredible then they lose 1/3 of votes they would otherwise receive - a really tough situation if this happens.

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 12:35pm

i think there should be a Tony award for best cake recipe.

[TonyVincent]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 12:39pm

I think I'll award the red velvet...

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 12:51pm

Cake can be mean.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:09pm

Which cake is the alternate?

[fbueller]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:36pm

Could you imagine how it would feel if you were a Billy who didn't get nominated while the other 2 did?

[yay_gerb]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:37pm

it depends. most people go for the chocolate or yellow cake. i think ice cream cake is the alternate. and now they have added a new one that doesn't deserve the award. chocolate mousse.

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:46pm

Sorry, this seemed appropriate after the Red Velvet

[houselightsout]

Posted: 5/11/09 at 1:52pm

If it's about how the boys feel in not being nominated when another one is, it's interesting that they didn't take that into account when nominating the actor playing Michael.

I believe it's worse than simply unfair to nominate these three boys - it's ludicrous. They don't all give the same performance, so to judge them all equally against each of the other four nominees is absurd.

What I keep reading is that they have more stage time and it's a very difficult role. Well, Brian d'Arcy James has a very difficult role with a lot of stage time as well and he has to perform it through extra pounds and extra make-up. J. Robert Spencer is on for a good portion of Next to Normal and he has to portray the anguish of living with a loved one who's losing her mind.

Someone mentioned earlier in this thread that it's fair for the Tony Nominating Committee to have made this choice because the same happened in the UK and in Australia. Did they feel it necessary to nominate Kristin Scott Thomas for The Seagull? She actually won the Olivier for her role in that show.