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New Tony category nominee predictions
#25re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:15pmAccording to the Broadway.com article, they will only separate the category by gender in special cases but it's not the original idea so I don't think they will give the award to both Fierstein and Brown; this award is a big mess, they so did not know what they were doing when they announced it.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
billygoatgirl300
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/04
#26re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:22pm
Could anyone tell me what the rules are for this category?
Thanks!
The towel waving reminded me of a Per?nist rally. I kept chanting "Evita!" whenever they'd pan to the crowds. - SM2
#27re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:25pm
http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?ci=519298
Great article
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#28re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:27pm
The rules are...
-The performer must be in their respective show for at least six months
-The performer's role must have been deemed eligible in the Lead Actor/Actress category either in its debut season if it is a revival or its current season if it is a normal show (meaning a part deemed Supporting that season can't be campaigned for Lead, since the category is only for lead.)
-The Tony voters don't vote for it. Only the 12 member committee nominates and decides the winner.
-It is not guaranteed the award will be given out every year.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
billygoatgirl300
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/8/04
#29re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:40pmThank you much!
The towel waving reminded me of a Per?nist rally. I kept chanting "Evita!" whenever they'd pan to the crowds. - SM2
#30re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:56pm
How stupid is the way they're doing this? There are going to be no nominees, the winner isn't going to get a chance to shine and make a speech at the Tony Awards ceremony, so this isn't going to give any publicity to that actor/actress or to the long-running show itself. The mainstream American audience isn't going to know who the winner is and isn't going to be able to identify with what they look like, because they won't see them on TV accepting the award. Aside from the fact of all this case-by-case basis garbage. It doesn't sound like they have a clue what they're doing.
"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)
Updated On: 10/22/05 at 11:56 PM
-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)
#31re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/22/05 at 11:57pmYeah, I mean, this award is pure BS, I don't even get the purpose of it.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
bigrab1018
Leading Actor Joined: 10/9/05
#32re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 12:01am
Someone suggested "megan hilty, brooke shields and rosie o donnell."
Are you kidding? Rosie O'Donnell is crap on a stick.
"Billy, put down that phylactery...we're Episcopalian." - Spelling Bee
#33re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 12:44am
I don't think the performer has to actually be performing in the show at the time of the Tonys. Based on the press releases, they just need to have performed the role, or be contracted to perform the role, for a minimum of six months.
They don't have to give the award out every year, but seeing as how this is the first year they'll have it, I think they'll want someone to win it.
With that in mind, I think it's a foregone conclusion that Harvey can clear another spot on his mantle.
I have to also say that it makes no sense for a producer to submit someone for consideration who is no longer performing in a long running show. This award is all about advertising, and since you can only submit two names, you're gonna want to submit two people currently starring in the show. That way, if you win, you can say, "Starring Tony Award Winner..." So, I'd say someone like Shoshana Bean probably won't even be submitted. The Wicked producers will want to submit their current Elphaba (whoever that may be). Harvey will be an exception, since his show will have already closed by then.
#34re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 12:59amI think Euan and Raul (especially Raul) were robbed.
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Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#35re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 2:55amThis category confuses the hell out of me! And where was it several years ago when RAUL ESPARZA was in CABARET???!
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
jazz
Chorus Member Joined: 9/10/05
#36re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 3:07am
Shoshana Bean alll the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jazz
#37re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 7:01amShoshana Bean has the talent of the man in my avatar.
"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)
-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)
#38re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 9:27amI agree with the previous poster. The "Wicked" producers are going to submit their current Elphaba at the time (hopefully Saycon) and Megan. Like people have said, they want the publicity, so that's why they won't submit Bean (since she'll be gone,) and they have to submit Hilty because she won't be going anywhere until February/March, so her replacement won't be eligible.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#39re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 9:30am
I am hoping for Barret for Q,
I also want the next Leo on Broadway to be Roger Bart-- I WANT HIM TO WIN SO BADLY
And I agree with bigrab1018's comment about Rosie being crap on a stick
For Female I think it is about time that Charlotte D'Amboise got a Tony, I always feel bad how she is never the big name in Chicago-- but if she takes over in Sweet Charity then she could get the award for that. I think we can all agree that this Tony category is not well planed out.
-Horton The Elephant
#40re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 9:38amAccording to the rules, Roger Bart would not be eligible for a Tony as a Leo replacement because he was an original cast member in The Producers.
"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)
Updated On: 10/23/05 at 09:38 AM
-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)
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#41re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 10:17am
somethingwicked wrote:
>Someone mentioned Eileen Atkins for "Doubt," but I honestly don't see someone from a Play taking this.<
Yeah, who cares about plays? Everyone knows Broadway is just about musicals.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#42re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 11:06am
Then Brad Oscar could not be nominated either
They may make an acception for that
#43re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 11:07am
I'm not saying that Maxie. I am just saying I don't see someone from a play taking it, considering they don't usually make it long enough to have replacments. PLUS I don't think she'll be eligible, because she's not taking over till January, and by the May deadline, she'll only be in for five months. Don't try and spin my words into something they're not.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 10/23/05 at 11:07 AM
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#44re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 11:39amYou don't have to have been in the show for six months to be elligible, just CONTRACTED for six months. There's a huge difference.
#45re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 12:11pm
Wasn't it also a rule that the role you've taken over had to have been nominated before, when the show first opened? Like, whomever is playing Glinda and Elphaba can be nominated because Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel were nominated. If this is true, Ben Vereen can't be nominated, Joel Grey was not. Harvey can be, though, because Alfred Molina was nominated, correct?
-Vincent
#46re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 1:14pm
No, no, no...
The role's originator only had to be eligible in the leading actor/leading actress category. They didn't have to be nominated for their replacement to be eiligible.
However, I'm fairly certain Joel Grey was petitioned as a Featured Actor, which would sadly make Ben uneligible.
#47re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 1:18pmPuhleeze! I think youre all nuts for not seeing that Eileen Atkins taking over for Cherry Jones is not only BRILLIANT casting, but a SHOE-IN to take home this new prize!
#48re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 1:18pmPuhleeze! I think youre all nuts for not seeing that Eileen Atkins taking over for Cherry Jones is not only BRILLIANT casting, but a SHOE-IN to take home this new prize!
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#49re: New Tony category nominee predictions
Posted: 10/23/05 at 1:36pmAnd the award was designed in order to lure star replacements to Broadway and help market long-running shows. It's not going to be handed out to the 15th Belle, the 7th Tracey or the 5th Galinda. It also won't go to Harvey Fierstein, since his show will be closed, and the award will serve no purpose.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
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