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2019 Tony Rulings Round 1
2019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Bwayfan292
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/19/17
#12019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/18/18 at 3:02pm
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#22019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/18/18 at 3:04pm
A little surprised they left everyone in HEAD OVER HEELS featured. I just hope we don't end up with 4 Best Actress in a Musical nominees this year.
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#32019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/18/18 at 3:15pm
IdinaBellFoster said: "A little surprised they left everyone in HEAD OVER HEELS featured. I just hope we don't end up with 4 Best Actress in a Musical nominees this year."
I was perplexed by that too, but after reconsideration, there isn't really anyone in the show I would call "leading", since it's truly an ensemble piece. Plus, featured actor/actress have expanded to 6 nominees in the past, so I could definitely see Rachel York and Bonnie Milligan entering that field, moreso the latter.
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#42019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/18/18 at 3:16pm
IdinaBellFoster said: "A little surprised they left everyone in HEAD OVER HEELS featured. I just hope we don't end up with 4 Best Actress in a Musical nominees this year."
We might! There's not a ton of eligibility...
Kelli O'Hara
Samantha Barks
Christiani Pitts
Probably Sophia Ann Caruso for Beetlejuice, unless they consider her Featured
The Chers, depending on how they rule
The Prom actress/es depending on how they rule
Mare Winningham, if GFTNC transfers
...anyone I'm missing? I feel like everyone else would be Featured.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#52019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/18/18 at 4:20pmWould Lilli Cooper be considered featured in Tootsie?
#62019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/18/18 at 4:36pmI’m surprised Ben Schnetzer from The Nap wasn’t put in Leading.
anislander
Understudy Joined: 3/21/18
#72019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/18/18 at 4:54pm
Angelica_loves_musicals said: "Would Lilli Cooper be considered featured in Tootsie?"
Unless they add a lot to her role between the Chicago run and Broadway, I cannot imagine that she will be considered lead.
#82019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/18/18 at 4:57pmOh God, they’re gonna need people like Lady Gaga or Jesus Christ to perform at the Tonys this year if they expect anyone to tune in.
#92019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/18/18 at 5:39pm
JudyDenmark said: "IdinaBellFoster said: "A little surprised they left everyone in HEAD OVER HEELS featured. I just hope we don't end up with 4 Best Actress in a Musical nominees this year."
We might! There's not a ton of eligibility...
Kelli O'Hara
Samantha Barks
Christiani Pitts
Probably Sophia Ann Caruso for Beetlejuice, unless they consider her Featured
The Chers, depending on how they rule
The Prom actress/es depending on how they rule
Mare Winningham, if GFTNC transfers
...anyone I'm missing? I feel like everyone else would be Featured."
If Company ends up coming in, you could add Rosalie Craig/Anne Hathaway/ whatever star they have lined up to this list. Stritch was nominated as a lead for Joanne, but I’d bet money they’d move Patti to featured where she’d not only easily win, but also not have to compete against her costar.
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#112019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/19/18 at 11:16am
Not sure if anyone knows, but do we think that all 3 Chers will be eligible for leading? Not sure about time on stage time for the three, but Stephanie J Block seems like the best contender out of the three?
Rainah
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/16
#122019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/19/18 at 11:23am
If Hadestown still transfers as planning, whoever ends up playing Eurydice will end up leading. Not a big enough role to be nominated, in most seasons, but eligible.
#132019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/19/18 at 11:28am
SomethingPeculiar said: "So is Straight White Men new or a revival?"
It’s on Broadway for the first time, and they didn’t say anything about it being put into the Revival category via the “Classics Rule,” so it will be considered new.
Which I think makes sense, even though this production is not a transfer of the original Off-Broadway production. Compared to the shows that fall under the “Classics Rule,” SWM is much newer, and hasn’t had much time to become part of the cannon.
#142019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/19/18 at 12:09pm
kelsey1389 said: "Not sure if anyone knows, but do we think that all 3 Chers will be eligible for leading? Not sure about time on stage time for the three, but Stephanie J Block seems like the best contender out of the three?"
I am sure they would try to split it the same way that 'Summer' did last season. They put the "eldest" one into leading and the others into featured and that worked out very well for them. So it will likely see SJB into leading and the other two into featured. A lock for SJB at this point and a pretty good chance for one of the others as well, but likely not both.
b-way backbone
Swing Joined: 9/14/13
#152019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/19/18 at 1:14pm
Sophia Anne Caruso plays Lydia in Beetlejuice and it is definitely a leading role.
Ftworthguy
Featured Actor Joined: 6/5/07
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#172019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/19/18 at 3:03pm
kelsey1389 said: "Not sure if anyone knows, but do we think that all 3 Chers will be eligible for leading? Not sure about time on stage time for the three, but Stephanie J Block seems like the best contender out of the three?"
How are they billed? Above or below the title? That is the default. As I understand it, any change is subject to producer petition. I don't think the Committee can change actors between "leading" and "featured" on the Committee's own whim.
#182019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/19/18 at 3:06pm
ggersten said: "kelsey1389 said: "Not sure if anyone knows, but do we think that all 3 Chers will be eligible for leading? Not sure about time on stage time for the three, but Stephanie J Block seems like the best contender out of the three?"
How are they billed? Above or below the title? That is the default. As I understand it, any change is subject to producer petition. I don't think the Committee can change actors between "leading" and "featured" on the Committee's own whim.
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Correct. This is why Joel Grey does not have a Tony for Chicago.
Elegance101
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/24/17
#192019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/19/18 at 3:27pmThe Chers are below the title, I believe, but I would be shocked if they didn’t petition Stephanie for lead.
#202019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/20/18 at 2:52pm
“Correct. This is why Joel Grey does not have a Tony for Chicago."
It’s been twenty years, and I still can’t believe he didn’t get nominated for the Tony Award he would have won because (allegedly) some assistant failed to file the petition paperwork.
The Tony committee is not as crazy anymore though, and now frequently makes its own decisions regarding Leading or Featured regardless of whether or not a petition was filed.
#212019 Tony Rulings Round 1
Posted: 10/20/18 at 4:22pm
The committee does not need a petition to make a change.
