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The difference in that year was that there was not a united vote around any of the 3 women from Fun Home. And the campaign for that show didnt really do anything to say "you should vote for this one if you want to support the show." So Miles benefitted from a split race, where I imagine the vote tallies were all close.

This year, there is a strong consensus around Patten. I fully expecet her to get the lionshare of the votes, so vote splitting wont be in play

Well they did another one with a new set of journalists....and holy moly did no one teach these guys not to talk over someone when they're speaking??? Matt Windman, looking at you! Only Andy Humm waits his turn while the others bicker and the video session turns their overlapping dialogue into incomprehensible blabber. Hasn't everyone learned by now during this Zoom call saturated pandemic that you cant talk over people on these video services or the sound gets messed up?

Anyone working in his position will have plenty of horror stories. When you have a job like that and interview industry folks, you get to see how truly crazy and wretched some people in the biz can be. But you do also get the opposite, and learn who has kept a level head and kind heart. 

I do think he should differentiate the difference between exposing someone's poor behavior vs just sharing gossip. For instance, the part you quote about the sex party isn't bad/entit

It only appears as if many shows have gone "silent." Without any date for the voting period or ceremony, shows are not going to ramp up campaigning for a Tony. If they start that up too early (like if they had some big event now but the ceremony isn't until May) it wouldnt help them at all. Expect that side of things to snap into focus once the powers that be finally announce a date.

As for predictions, I agree that Moulin Rouge! is ahead. A big joyful spectacle is g

Anything seems fair game now, so I could see them having an early voting period long before the ceremony. But they would have to announce it far in advance rather than springing it on voters. I know for a fact that many nominee's teams are in a wait and see mode and haven't started much of a campaign yet. Because they are waiting on dates. Slave Play and A Soldier's Play have been the most active (there's interviews out with Ato Blankson-Wood, Lindsay Jones, Blair Underwood),

They have entirely botched any and all momentum/buzz for this ceremony by releasing the nominations and then going radio silent. There's no media coverage. The nominees aren't doing interviews or campaigning without any notion of a date. People are already forgetting who is nominated. Are they really going to ask voters to vote for things they saw 2 years ago? How will anyone truly remember the nuances of the nominated scores from plays? Or the composition of the sound design? Or

I did! Saw a bit of Grace McLean singing, Great Comet cast reunion, Cesar Alvarez, and Isaac Oliver. A few others were peppered in there, but I had to step away and do chores so I don't remember everyone else I heard. It was a pretty impressive feat overall for such a small organization. An event like that is not easy to organize and pull off technically. Of course, there were a few technical hiccups here and there, but that just meant we were treated to that delightfully funny "

My thoughts are with the CBS social media team, who are about to be flooded with messages now that Chad Kimball will assumedly be performing on the telecast. What timing!

In terms of Oscar chances, I'd say it has good odds for Lead Actress (Streep) and Original Song. Depending on how the year goes, it could also show up in Sound Mixing, Costume Design, and Production Design.

It is probably a long shot for anything beyond that. I cant envision it sneaking into Best Picture unless voters become desperate for a feel good tonic amid a national coronavirus shutdown....which I guess is a possibility at this point.

Another shutdown could obviously change everything. But as of now there is no plan to release In the Heights on HBO Max. 

Wonder Woman is a slightly different beast. It has wider appeal than a musical, and as someone already mentioned can help drive subscribers to the service. It also has already come close to exhausting its marketing budget thanks to multiple delays, and they want it released without launching a whole new campaign down the road. In the Heights did not yet ha

SouthernCakes said: "Is there any Oscar competition? Everything got bumped."

Lead Actress is actually the most competitive its been in a few years. In addition to Streep you have Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman), Viola Davis (Ma Rainey), Kate Winslet (Ammonite), Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit), Sophia Loren (Life Ahead), Andra Day (United States vs Billie Holiday) , Rashida Jones (On the Rocks). And possible contenders from Jessie Buck

I'm worried this is the end of the line for the Broadway run. Letts has been quite vocal about how he thought this piece was speaking directly to the Trump era...so I always worried that interest in bringing it back after his presidency would diminish. Would the play feel as immediate now? 

If it does come back, I expect they will lose Armie Hammer at the very least, he has no reason to wait around for Broadway to reopen and will undoubtedly be locked into a film contract when

The rumored date that folks were discussing when the nominations were announced was December 6th. But if that was the case, voting would need to be underway right now (I doubt they would want that to continue into Thanksgiving week). I have not heard of any Tony voters actually filling out online ballots yet, though their "portals" were due to be completed well before the nomination announcement. Has anyone heard from Tony voters on if they are actually voting yet? I have not.

The trailer does look surprisingly good. I'm still disappointed with a lot of the casting (were no gay men available for Barry? Are we supposed to believe someone as beautiful as Kidman has been an ensemble player all her life? They wanted an unknown for the lead but didn't want to cast the unknown who got a Tony nomination?), but I love the colorful tone. The tiny bit of the music we hear sounds like it has some adjusted orchestrations which sound great. Fingers crossed for this one<

I do have to wonder HOW it was eligible considering the sheer amount of previously existing music in the show. Obviously it was newly orchestrated...but I cant believe over 50% was new music

Where is BroadwayWorld getting this "likely happening in early December" info??? If you got a source spill it. Literally the only outlet reporting that. Press release says nothing about a ceremony date. 

Most deserving is hard because it sort of comes down to personal preference. Sweeney Todd is my favorite score ever, so I of course think its most deserving.

There have been times when I was thankful that a Best Score winner went to a show that didn't win Best Musical b/c I thought the score was better. Ragtime, The Bridges of Madison County, and Next to Normal come to mind as all having much better scores than the show they lost Best Musical to.

I do wonder how we will look

This has been discussed plenty in other threads, but: No. Broadway will not open in March and it will be much later.

Fauci recently explained that Fall 2021 is probably as early as possible for a new vaccine to be approved and widely distributed. And by and large, Broadway will not be able to reopen until that vaccine. 

There is no way for Broadway to implement proper social distancing while still being profitable. I do think there is a chance that non-profit houses open fi

The company sets the furlough for each individual employee. I have co workers who were furloughed for 2 months, others nine months. A furlough period can be as long as one year. 

 

In my org, a couple positions have already be "re-thought" meaning they have different duties, or positions were combined. I think a larger scale staffing change would depend on what it looks like when theatre comes back into operation. If demand is slow to build, companies will ob

The problem is the budget for these films. West Side Story has a reported budget of $100 million. And I dont even think that includes marketing. It is near impossible to make your investment back for a budget like that with just streaming platforms. They could go the Mulan route and charge a premium, but you still are only getting one purchase per group or family instead of all those individual tickets. And many movies also rely on 3D and/or Imax screenings in their finances, which obviously