The bottom line with the plays and play revivals was that the nominating committee decided to basically forget about any of the closed shows and primarily nominate the currently running shows.
With the exception of the DIVIDING THE ESTATE nomination, along with Hallie Foote's nod, and Raul Esparza's nod, the rest of the nominees are from currently running shows.
It's too bad, because we has such worthy productions and performances from limited runs that are long closed, and the committee just decided to forget them altogether. Really too bad.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)