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Tony Award Picks -- YOUR Preferences, not Predictions  May 11 2018, 12:58:53 AM

Georgeanddot

It's actually looking like it may be so. I've never seen the front runners so far ahead. And almost all these choices were also the picks of the critics who've expressed their preferences so far (such as the Times's Brantley and Green.) Of course, public taste and critical taste don't necessarily coincide with Tony voter taste. 



Tony Award Picks -- YOUR Preferences, not Predictions  May 9 2018, 08:52:12 AM

Here are the results of the survey, as promised

2018 Tony Awards – Who YOU Want As Winners



Tony Award Picks -- YOUR Preferences, not Predictions  May 8 2018, 11:44:48 AM

At this point, just to update, Denise Gough has now scooted ahead in best featured actress in a play, with Nova Dumerzweni of Harry Potter second, and Laurie Metcalfe third.

I don't understand this. I thought Metcalfe provided a looseness to Three Tall Women that was a nice counterpoint to Glenda Jackson's gravity.

 

As for best featured actor in a musical, Gavin Lee of SpongeBob is only a little ahead of Norbert Leo Butz of My Fair Lady. This too surpri


Tony Award Picks -- YOUR Preferences, not Predictions  May 8 2018, 12:58:50 AM

I'll post the results May 9th. As of now, the front runner is way ahead in every category except numbers 10 and 11 (best featured actor in a musical, and best featured actress in a play)



Tony Award Picks -- YOUR Preferences, not Predictions  May 6 2018, 04:39:48 PM

BConcierge, the software doesn't allow automatic posting of the results. I'll post the results after enough people have taken the survey.

Feel free to use this thread to state some of your preferences and start a debate.



Tony Award Picks -- YOUR Preferences, not Predictions  May 6 2018, 04:26:28 PM

 2018 Tony Awards -- YOUR Picks?

Make your pick in the survey for 15 of the 26 categories in the 72nd annual Tony Awards.

This is for who and what YOU want to win, not who you think the Tony voters will pick — preference, not prediction.

 

 



Tony Award Quiz  May 6 2018, 12:08:31 AM

Only 26 percent have answered Question 6 correctly - and it's not the top answer.



Tony Award Quiz  May 3 2018, 11:40:21 PM

ok, I made the wording clearer.



Tony Award Quiz  May 3 2018, 10:02:17 PM

You did a lot better than most of the quiz-takers. This month's is apparently a tough one.



Tony Award Quiz  May 3 2018, 12:14:48 AM

2018 Tony Award Nominations Quiz

Test yourself with these 13 questions about the Tonys, the nominations, the nominees, and the season.

Lack of LGBT Protagonistse  Apr 18 2018, 11:34:56 PM

Interesting thread.

I'm sure many of you read Jesse Green's long piece about the history of gay plays.

A Brief History of Gay Theater, in Three Acts

Here's a quote from it:

Can it be that “Angels” — the play that proclaims “The great work begins!” — is actually the end of the line? After 25 years without a similarly t


How To Get Discounts to Broadway’s Newest Shows This Season  Apr 18 2018, 11:11:58 PM

How To Get Discounts to Broadway’s Newest Shows This Season

I go one by one through the 15 Broadway shows with openings in March and April, and list the various lotteries and rushes they offer.

Regular theatergoers will notice that almost all the rush and lottery tickets have been bumped up to $40. Considering how iffy most of these opportunities ar


New York Theater Quiz March 2018  Apr 1 2018, 05:39:16 AM

Which Broadway show opened the day after a blizzard?

More people should hav gotten this, because the answer is ironic



New York Theater Quiz March 2018  Mar 30 2018, 10:52:21 PM

How well were you paying attention to New York theater this month?

Answer these 14 questions and see.

New York theater Quiz March 2018



New York Theater Quiz Winter 2018  Mar 5 2018, 03:41:50 PM

Now, the question with the lowest number of correct responses is question 7: In what theater piece that opened in January or February was not a single word spoken by any of the cast?



New York Theater Quiz Winter 2018  Mar 3 2018, 11:32:59 PM

Question 4 has the highest number of correct responses.

Question 10, to my surprise, has the lowest number



New York Theater Quiz Winter 2018  Mar 3 2018, 08:36:57 AM

How much theater did you see in the first two months of 2018? How well were you paying attention to the theater news? Test your theater IQ with these 11 questions, two of them about performers up for Academy Awards.



Broadway During 1/4/18 Blizzard  Jan 4 2018, 12:24:18 AM

Broadway and the Blizzard: Questions and Answers

(I'm not saying there will be a blizzard, but this addresses the four questions that NY theatergoers ask when a blizzard threatens:

1. How bad will it get?

2. Will the shows be canceled?

3. Will shows offer a snow day discount?

4. What if I can’t make it to a show that hasn’t been canceled?<


Off-Broadway Spring 2018 Preview Guide. What will you see?  Jan 3 2018, 07:05:31 PM

The Spring 2018 season Off-Broadway promises some thrilling shows, as the preview guide should make clear. There are new plays by superstar playwrights — Caryl Churchill (about revolution) Terrence McNally (about Nijinsky) Bruce Norris (about slavery), Adrienne Kennedy (about Jim Crow and Nazism), Lynn Nottage (about an elephant)…as well as New York premieres of plays by Tracy Letts, Martin McDonagh, Dominique Morisseau, and Aristophanes (in Greek!).

I think it's gross Broadway shows boast about their  Jan 2 2018, 08:45:01 PM

I cry uncle, Uncle.

I was making an analogy, obviously not a very good one if it could be interpreted as my equating homelessness with Hello, Dollylessness.

Yes, I agree that theatergoers have other options besides Broadway -- and they'll take them



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