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Jordan Levinson said: "A lot of this has been underwhelming and low key. It’s almost as if B’way is really dead and the whole country won’t even mourn them."

People like you are why we can't have nice things.

Call_me_jorge said: "Maybe Lauren Pattens performance will help her win the tony award?"

Pretty sure she was going to win anyway.

I for one am so thankful to have this on my TV tonight. Would it be nice if they could showcase more shows? Sure. But the fact that this 2-hour special is on NBC in primetime on a Thursday night in December is pretty great as it is. Let's be real, we could be just getting 15 performances by the cast of Hamilton and stories from

Kad said: "I think folks are wildly overestimating the material's strength for the Oscars, even in a weird year. This is far lighter fare than the Academy goes for (and, imo, I thought the show itself was solidly B-tier stuff, too)."

Exactly. Will we see Meryl get a Golden Globe nomination? Almost certainly. But I'll be shocked if we see any Oscar nominations for this.

BJR said: "Wait, why are they using British performers? ... Don't we have plenty of American actors out of work? Is this filming in the UK?"

The second sentence literally says "from the Troubadour Theatre in London"...

Kitsune said: "There were two (alternating) young women who participated in the debate at the end. I vaguely recall that each wrote their own case as to why the Constitution should be Kept / Abolished, so I don't think it was totally scripted."

Actually, the text was fully scripted and the same for both girls. I saw each of them on two separate nights, and the text was exactly the same.

JBroadway said: "Surprised "A Christmas Carol" was eligible for score even though it was mostly just re-arranged versions of existing Christmas music. Also surprised it wasn't eligible for Best Orchestrations (if it had been eligible, there would have been 4 nominees instead of 3). I'm also surprised it got left out for Best Play in lieu of Grand Horizons"

Christmas Carol was eligible for Score because of all of the original music that underscores t

It's a little bit different with a play. Almost the entirety of the show was underscored by music that was original. While many of the sung songs were pre-existing, there's a whole instrumental score that people forget. Notice that he's not nominated as "Music and Lyrics by..." but "Music by..."

According to these guys, A Christmas Carol was ineligible for Best Score. Guess they were wrong.

sparksatmidnight said: "roseaddams said: "Has there been a single musical category where the nominees weren’t Moulin Rouge, Jagged Little Pill, and Tina?"

JLP and Tina weren't nominated for Best Actor..."

Which makes sense considering they weren't eligible in those categories.

Also, what does Paul Alexander Nolan have to do to get nominated for a Tony. Almost the entire cast of Slave Play was nominated, but not Paul

How did Kyle Soller not get in when they nominated 6 people for Leading Actor in a Play? That's nonsense.

imeldasturn said: "lol doesn't Betrayal have an author?"

It's been on Broadway before. Remember, they only list the authors for revivals now if those shows have never appeared on Broadway, making the authors also eligible for the Tony Award.

I fully thought Corden was Ross Mathews in the Sardi's photo.

Julia Murney looks like the highlight of this to be honest.

I really hated the Judith Ivey production, but she was very good in it. Conversely, the best production I have ever seen is the Cherry Jones production, but I thought she was the weakest in the cast (though that's not saying much since I thought all of them were extraordinary). But comparing her to other Amanda's, I think I like Cherry the best.

Hamilton wishes it were half as good as 1776.

Rudin wants a star to sell tickets? Get Meryl! 

Audra

I love Danny, but I cannot believe this is the role he wins a Drama League Aware for. This was definitely a "career" award.

This is specifically about Cameron Mackintosh's 4 shows, not the West End in general. They have made the active decision to keep those shows closed until 2021, even if the West End opens sooner.