NYT: Tony Awards Who Will/Should Win 2018 May 9
2018, 10:40:09 AM
I don't really buy much into Brantley's betting intuition. He was the one who insisted that Mary Beth Peil from "Anastasia" would win (and should win) Featured Actress in a Musical last year
Has any person ever got nominated for three out of the four main awards at the same year?
Or any actor, actually.
She will likely be an Emmy nominee for ROSEANNE. Incredible!"
Off the top of my head, Bob Fosse won the Tony (for directing and choreographing Pippin), Emmy (for directing Liza with a Z), and the Best Director Oscar all in 1973. As for nominations, I don't have a
I feel like TBV used unique instruments never before heard on a Broadway stage, Spongebob created a cohesive sequence of songs from different artists, and OOTI actually did a lot with lessening the instrumentations and layering vocals, so they're locks for me. Carousel has Jonathan Tunick with a full orchestra and Prince of Broadway has Jason Robert Brown stitching unrelated songs togethe
Post Your Final 2018 Tony Nomination Predictions! Apr 30
2018, 07:41:01 PM
How many nominations do you think HP and Angels can get? Can they tie for the record for plays (10)? It looks like with it being ineligible for Score, HP caps its noms to 10, tying the record. However, since Featured Actor for Angels has the potential to range from 2-3, plus getting all the design categories if it can snag Costumes (its least likely nomination in my opinion), it can break the record (11 or even 12).
2018 Tony Eligibility Rulings, Round #4 (FINAL) Apr 27
2018, 03:26:19 PM
HeyMrMusic said: "Let’s not forget that Howard Ashman was posthumously nominated for Aladdin even though he contributed no new material to the musical. (Tim Rice also didn’t contribute anything new and was nominated.)"
That's because they used 3 cut songs from the 1992 film written by Howard Ashman. Tim Rice also wrote a couple of reprises for songs from the original film that were new in the musical.
I guess. It wouldn't make sense to leave someone out since they technically all contributed the same percentage of the score. And Tom Kitt can't be the only nominee since he only did additional music and orchestrations. Anyway, there's precedent for this; Urban Cowboy had 30 composers and lyricists nominated for Best Original Song.
2018 Tony Eligibility Rulings, Round #4 (FINAL) Apr 27
2018, 02:04:40 PM
LesWickedly said: "Cursed Child will sadly not be eligible for score. According to Ryan McPhee, a Playbill.com editor, they confirmed it with a press representative directly. Would link the tweet but on mobile."
I love that Steven Tyler, Brendon Urie, T.I., and many more are pretty much now Tony nominees. :)
Best Actor in a Play Apr 27
2018, 01:54:09 PM
I think Garfield will easily take it. He's in a revival that's gotten universal raves that will also probably win Best Revival. It's a play that most people resonate with and is important today. He spends 3.5-7 hours a day baring his soul out to audiences. It'll be a cake-walk for him, in my opinion.
The problem with these other awards giving bodies is they don't have, or at least disclose, their rubrics to what constitutes "New Music" or an "Original Score". Like what percentage should be original? Wikipedia isn't helpful, I see, since it says "...is the Tony Award given to the composers and lyricists of the best original score written for a musical..." while we know they also nominate plays.
2018 Tony Eligibility Rulings, Round #4 (FINAL) Apr 27
2018, 01:32:57 PM
pointilismlight said: "I actually believe that HP is NOT eligible for Best Score since Imogen Heap is not credited with Original Music. Her credit in the HP Playbill is "Composer and Arranger" so I believe they would have had to rule it as an original score written for theater.
When Fences was nominated a few years back, Brandford Marsails was credited as "Original Music by" deeming him eligible.
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So is she "technically" eligib
2018 Tony Eligibility Rulings, Round #4 (FINAL) Apr 27
2018, 01:32:04 PM
If Louderman is now lead, I guess there is a possibility that the nominees for Mean Girls would be the Plastics (Louderman, Park, and Rockwell) and maybe Henson? That's kinda cool.
2018 Tony Eligibility Rulings, Round #4 (FINAL) Apr 27
2018, 01:21:07 PM
dramamama611 said: "As for the music for HP, of course it can/will be considered....it doesn't need to be petitioned to be considered. There have previously been nominees for score from play. (don't remember if any have actually won)"
I think the eligibility is due to the fact that, apparently, not all of the music is originally written by Heap for the play. The percentage is what matters for this case.
Way too early 2018 Tony Predictions Thread Apr 27
2018, 08:04:57 AM
I wouldn't know since I don't know if they released the music and I haven't seen the play. She was nominated for the Olivier but they'd have different rules regarding the percentage of the music used for a show and they conflate plays and musicals in that category, so that's also something to note.
Because if she's not eligible, Best Original Score looks to be:
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Way too early 2018 Tony Predictions Thread Apr 27
2018, 06:51:57 AM
Has there been any word if Imogen Heap's score in Cursed Child is eligible for Best Original Score or not? Because if a play is getting nominated in that thinly-spread category, it's gonna be this one.
