Photo Flash: ROCK OF AGES Asks for Best Tony Revival Nod

After a brief hiatus, ROCK OF AGES re-opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway on March 24. Just released is this cute promo as the show (which closed just 3 months ago) asks to be considered for a Best Revival of a Musical Tony nomination (for which you must be closed for 3 years). The five-time Tony Award nominated musical played its final performance at The Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Sunday, January 9, 2011. The official Tony rules on the subject are listed below. 

 

(h) Revivals. Each year the Tony Awards Administration Committee shall determine whether there shall exist in quality and quantity a sufficient number of Revivals to merit the granting of an Award for Best Revival of a Play or Musical and, if so, the Tony Awards Administration Committee shall also determine whether there shall be a separate Play and Musical Revival category; provided, however, that if there are at least three such plays and three such musicals, there shall automatically be separate Play and Musical Revival categories. A "Revival" shall be any production in an eligible Broadway theatre of a play or musical that: (A) is deemed a "classic" or in the historical or popular repertoire in accordance with paragraph 2(g) above; (B) was previously presented professionally at any time prior to the 1946-47 Broadway season in substantially the same form in the Borough of Manhattan (other than as a showcase, workshop or so-called "letter of agreement" production) and that has not had a professional performance in the Borough of Manhattan at any time during the three years immediately preceding the Eligibility Date; or (C) was previously presented professionally at any time during or after the 1946-47 Broadway season in substantially the same form in an eligible Broadway theatre and that has not had a professional performance in the Borough of Manhattan at any time during the three years immediately preceding the Eligibility Date. The determination that a play or musical is ineligible in the category of Best Play or Best Musical shall not, in and of itself, make the play or musical eligible in a Best Revival category unless the play or musical also meets the requirements of this paragraph. Regardless of whether a production of a play or musical is eligible for a Best Revival category, the elements of the production shall be eligible in those categories in which said elements do not, in the judgment of the Tony Awards Administration Committee, substantially duplicate any prior presentation of the play or musical, except as prohibited by paragraph 2(l) of these Rules; provided, that the play or musical otherwise meets all the requirements set forth herein for Revivals.