Tony Awards Pre-Nominations Poll

[Mr Roxy]

I guess they should have totally fictionalized her life to make a more palatable plot. How about she found a lamp and rubbed it and she got 3 wishes.Wait wrong show.

[avyrocks]

^ LOL. This may sound horrible, but I would've probably pay more to see that show than learning about her not-so-exciting life.

[Mr Roxy]

She had a nerve having that for a life.

[avyrocks]

If you ask me, it belongs in a documentary, not a musical. IMO, the least boring thing in her life/the show was her marriage problems - that scene where she is telling her husband off after finding out about the 2nd affair.

[willep]

Almost 900 responses and not a single vote for Paul Chahidi in Twelfth Night!?

[Blackbird3]

To be fair, willep, that was mostly because he was a late addition. I did say this poll was unscientific. :)

[jdrye222]

Whitney Bashor!!!

[avyrocks]

^ Probably won't happen. But I sure wish it would. Whitney is fantastic!

[Blackbird3]

With just a few minutes to go before the nominations are announced, this poll is closed! I will post a summary of the results shortly, but they should still be visible in the link in my original post. I will have a new poll with the actual nominees up soon as well. Thanks to everyone for voting!

[Blackbird3]

Here is the summary of how the your opinions matched up with the actual Tony nominations. I listed the Top 5 performers/shows in each category. Overall, there were 39/56 matches.

Musicals (19/27)
New Musical: 2/4 Matches
1. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Nominated)
2. A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder (Nominated)
3. Rocky [Aladdin]
4. The Bridges Of Madison County [After Midnight]

Revival Of A Musical: 2/3 Matches
1. Violet (Nominated)
2. Hedwig & The Angry Inch (Nominated)
3. Cabaret [Les Miserables]

Lead Actor In A Musical: 4/5 Matches
1. Andy Karl - Rocky (Nominated)
2. Neil Patrick Harris - Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Nominated)
3. Jefferson Mays - A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder (Nominated)
4. Steven Pasquale - The Bridges Of Madison County [Bryce Pinkham - A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder]
5. Ramin Karimloo - Les Miserables (Nominated)

Lead Actress In A Musical: 4/5 Matches
1. Sutton Foster - Violet (Nominated)
2. Jessie Mueller - Beautiful (Nominated)
3. Kelli O'Hara - The Bridges Of Madison County (Nominated)
4. Michelle Williams – Cabaret [Mary Bridget Davies - A Night With Janis Joplin]
5. Idina Menzel - If/Then (Nominated)

Featured Actor In A Musical: 4/5 Matches
1. Jarrod Spector - Beautiful (Nominated)
2. Danny Burstein - Cabaret (Nominated)
3. James M. Iglehart - Aladdin (Nominated)
4. Nick Cordero - Bullets Over Broadway (Nominated)
5. Terence Archie – Rocky [Joshua Henry – Violet]

Featured Actress In A Musical: 3/5 Matches
1. Margo Seibert - Rocky [Adriane Lenox – After Midnight]
2. Linda Emond - Cabaret (Nominated)
3. Lena Hall - Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Nominated)
4. Marin Mazzie - Bullets Over Broadway [Lauren Worsham - A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder]
5. Anika Larsen - Beautiful (Nominated)


Plays (20/29)
New Play: 4/5 Matches
1. All The Way (Nominated)
2. Act One (Nominated)
3. The Realistic Joneses [Outside Mullingar]
4. Casa Valentina (Nominated)
5. Mothers & Sons (Nominated)

Revival Of A Play: 3/4 Matches
1. The Glass Menagerie (Nominated)
2. The Cripple Of Inishmaan (Nominated)
3. Twelfth Night (Nominated)
4. Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill [A Raisin In The Sun]

Lead Actor In A Play: 2/5 Matches
1. Bryan Cranston - All The Way (Nominated)
2. Daniel Radcliffe - The Cripple of Inishmaan [Mark Rylance – Richard III]
3. Denzel Washington - A Raisin In The Sun [Samuel Barnett - Twelfth Night]
4. Zachary Quinto - The Glass Menagerie [Tony Shalhoub - Act One]
5. Chris O'Dowd - Of Mice And Men (Nominated)

Lead Actress In A Play: 4/5 Matches
1. Audra McDonald - Lady Day At Emerson's Bar & Grill (Nominated)
2. Cherry Jones - The Glass Menagerie (Nominated)
3. Tyne Daly - Mothers And Sons (Nominated)
4. Toni Collette - The Realistic Joneses[Estelle Parsons – The Velocity Of Autumn]
5. LaTanya Richardson Jackson - A Raisin In The Sun (Nominated)

Featured Actor In A Play: 3/5 Matches
1. Mark Rylance - Twelfth Night (Nominated)
2. Brian J. Smith - The Glass Menagerie (Nominated)
3. Reed Birney - Casa Valentina (Nominated)
4. Patrick Page - Casa Valentina [Stephen Fry - Twelfth Night]
5. Bobby Steggert - Mothers and Sons[Paul Chahidi - Twelfth Night]

Featured Actress In A Play: 4/5 Matches
1. Celia Keenan-Bolger - The Glass Menagerie
2. Andrea Martin - Act One [Sarah Greene - The Cripple Of Inishmaan]
3. Anika Noni Rose - A Raisin In The Sun
4. Mare Winningham - Casa Valentina
5. Sophie Okonedo - A Raisin In The Sun

The new poll is also up! Vote here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_lmmGAqv0oZWZav8gyRdO7VTe8VHTBq-B5IBRIL79l0/viewform

Results can be viewed at any time here:


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[Mr Roxy]

Question

How can someone be a great actress in a show with no characters and mostly dancing and singing? Just curious

[Sauja]

Have you seen her performance? You can't tell me she doesn't act the hell out of "Women Be Wise."

[PJPan]

There's a precedent of performers in reviews such as "John Murray Anderson's Almanac", "Swing!", "It Ain't Nothing Like the Blues", "Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood" etc. garnering nominations and wins. If they evoked a response and did a great job of performing in the eyes of the nominating committee, then they warrant a nom just like a scripted show.

[Blackbird3]

Just wanted to bump this thread up since we have under a week to go for the ceremony. Thanks to all of those who have voted so far!


Tony Award Nominations Poll

[JayGatsby]

I actually found think Jessie Muller will win a la JLY. I also hope After Midnight will win (won't happen) but I can hope. I feel really sorry for Kelli I do not think its her year. Can someone explain why Aladdin got a best book nom?

[Blackbird3]

Tonight is the big night! Just wanted to bump this thread one final time. Thanks to all of those who have voted! I will close the poll and post the results tonight!


Tony Nominations Poll

[Diamonds3]

Looks like Sutton is finally winning a poll!