Hm...there's a good chance at least a couple of those shows won't make it to Broadway since that happens every year. There will likely be other musicals that open that still haven't been announced, and at least some casting changes are sure to shake things up. Not to mention none of the likely noms are even in shows that have opened.
Other than that, everything looks right.
Scratch and claw for every day you're worth!
Make them drag you screaming from life, keep dreaming
You'll live forever here on earth.
It would seem so perfect/prestigious for the Roundabout to open a new Kander and Ebb Musical with Chita starring.....wish that happened instead .
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
The Roundabout doesn't know what the words perfect and prestigious mean, though, unless Sondheim calls them and suggests a production from overseas to bring over.
Hey, she could be great. Andrea McArdle was good thirty some-odd years ago. Then again, Dorothy Loudon was better. And with Finneran as Hannigan...well, enough said.
My vote goes to nothing Kathie Lee Gifford is involved with. Can't we, like, I dunno, SEE the people onstage in action BEFORE we pick who should win or even be nominated?
And I'm justing giving fair warning, God forbid Kathie Lee Gifford wins Best Score, you will not hear the end of it from me. Especially when she thanks "her lord and savior, Jesus Christ." (I'm shuttering at the thought.)
Musto based his assumption on the fact that Cleo Laine was nominated as Best Actress for the same role in the original production. We don't know for sure what category she will be eligible for as we don't know how she will be billed and/or petitioned to be considered.
See, when you start making a list of something and have to fill it with abstract "person who plays..." instead of actual tangible human beings -- perhaps it's time to look for another column idea for the week. Even so, I think Woman Who Plays Betty Boop is a shoo-in for the 2015 Best Actress in a Musical Tony.
"Liza's at the Palace...! 2" will win Best Special Event in seven years when that category gets reinstated, competing against Kathy Griffin's one-woman show, "Rewriting History: An Evening of Idiocy with Michele Bachmann."
Hey, those are pretty good ideas! Call a producer!