Tony Voters
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#1Tony Voters
Posted: 5/12/16 at 8:36am
Do they vote in every category or only their specialty area(s)?
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#2Tony Voters
Posted: 5/12/16 at 10:08am
They vote in every category. They are instructed to abstain voting in a category in which they did not see every nominee, though I'd be willing to bet that not all of them do that.
#3Tony Voters
Posted: 5/12/16 at 10:22am
AEA AGMA SM said: "They vote in every category. They are instructed to abstain voting in a category in which they did not see every nominee, though I'd be willing to bet that not all of them do that.
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I can see this works for general, performance, and perhaps book and score categories, but I feel it might be a little unfair to engineers working in this industry when it comes to more technical categories such as sound design. Sure everyone can gauge the quality of sound mixing in a theater. I'm just wondering, would it be better if the majority of voters in such categories can professionally assess the specific design as opposed to, I assume, going to a show and just choosing the feel-good one, for the sake of encouraging technological advancement in theater?
#4Tony Voters
Posted: 5/12/16 at 10:33am
^ I'm going to take a guess that's why they got rid of the sound design category.
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#5Tony Voters
Posted: 5/12/16 at 10:49am
Do they vote twice: once for nominations and again for wins? I've always wondered about that. I also assume that you forgo your voting rights if you are working on a show that season. Is that the case?
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#6Tony Voters
Posted: 5/12/16 at 10:51am
Different people. The nominators are a much smaller group. The voters are some 800+ peeps. (No idea how many nominators there are.
(I should add, I don't know if the nominating committee ALSO votes, but they would be a tiny percentage of the voting group.)
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#7Tony Voters
Posted: 5/12/16 at 10:58am
There are 51 nominating committee members and 800+ Broadway League members who vote for the winners.
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#8Tony Voters
Posted: 5/12/16 at 10:59am
Thank you for clearing that up!
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