New York Times TONY voter poll?
New York Times TONY voter poll?
#1New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 10:52amDoes anyone know if they’re doing that again this year? I’d imagine it would have come out already, or is it coming later today or tomorrow?
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#2New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 10:57am
It usually comes out the Thursday (or sometimes Friday) before the Tonys, right as voting is closing. If they're still doing it this year, I'd expect to see it today or tomorrow.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#3New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 11:17amIt’s been the Thursday before for the last two years. Waiting for it eagerly today!
#4New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 4:15pm
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/theater/2018-tony-awards-predictions-harry-potter.html
It's up!
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#5New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 4:22pm
Wow, what a bizarre response for Best Actor in a Musical. Guess it's much more of a toss-up than any of us think.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#6New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 4:24pm
Also worth noting that they got a much bigger pool this year than last. It says they interviewed 110 voters for this year's piece; last year, they only spoke to 67.
TexanAddams18
Stand-by Joined: 7/19/11
#7New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 4:28pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "Also worth noting that they got a much bigger pool this year than last. It says they interviewed 110 voters for this year's piece; last year, they only spoke to 67."
I actually wish it was closer to last years number. Last year they said Ben Platt had 2 votes to 1 over Karl and it left more to the imagination since it was under 10% of the voters. That being said, I'm completely shocked that Shalhoub is in the lead.
VotePeron
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/13
#8New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 4:32pm
I'd understand, but be dissapointed, if Shaloub won for Best Leading Actor. On the other hand, I'd be furious if Henry won. I just don't understand how you don't award Slater.
Really wishing Groundhog Day would've held off; Andy could finally have gotten the Tony he was robbed of.
Wayman_Wong
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#9New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 4:49pm
Anyone remember how accurate last year's Times Tony poll was?
Or the year before? But I agree with VotePeron. It's a shame ''Groundhog Day'' didn't open THIS season. Andy would've won!
GeorgeandDot
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#10New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 4:53pm
Karl would've won this year. Last year, he was third on my list. Don't really think he was robbed. It's not like Ben Platt winning was any big surprise.
I'd be perfectly happy with Shalhoub winning. He gives a beautiful acting performance. Both him and Katrina bring such brilliant complexity to their roles. I'd be happy if they both win. Although, I think Slater gives a brilliant, triple threat performance.
I wish they spoke about the supporting categories. I think those are the categories that are almost completely open right now.
#11New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 4:53pm
The Leading Actor in a Musical race really is fascinating. I'm pulling for Slater personally... but I'm mostly shocked that HHP wasn't mentioned at all. I feel like so many people I've talked to have him as their favorite!
#12New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:03pmWhat the hell is with abstaining. Your a tony voter your job is to see the nominated musicals and vote on the ones eligible. How hard is that best of the 4 nominated. Spoiled pretentious idiot. If you cant handle the job decline it and let others do it.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#13New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:04pm
Wayman_Wong said: "Anyone remember how accurate last year's Times Tony poll was?
Or the year before? But I agree with VotePeron. It's a shame ''Groundhog Day'' didn't open THIS season. Andy would've won!"
These polls are known for being pretty dead-on. There's a reason we wait eagerly for them and don't scoff 
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/22/14
#14New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:13pm
Interesting. The real race is in the revival category as it's close between MFL and OoTI. Sad to see Harry Hadden-Paton looking like he has no chance to win Best Actor in a Musical as I thought he gave an astounding performance as Henry Higgins and changed my standard of how Higgins should be portrayed as I much preferred his portrayal to Rex Harrison's classic portrayal.
I really wish it was closer between Ambrose and Lenk but I cannot begrudge Lenk for taking this one. She gives a luminous performance in a role that is tailor-made to fit her strengths. Ambrose was a total revelation as Eliza and really gave a distinct and different portrayal than the usual young sassy girl and thus provided Eliza with more depth and feeling. However, the difference between Lenk and Ambrose despite giving such outstanding performance is that Lenk is totally comfortable on that stage and gives a natural and nuanced performance as only a seasoned stage performer can give while I think Ambrose some times inadvertently reveals she's new to musical theatre. I have no doubt that she will get stronger with more experience, though I think that was what made her so exciting in the role as she was not cut from the same cloth as most theater actors and she's way too cool for school off-stage in her interviews.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#15New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:16pm
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Sad to see Harry Hadden-Paton looking like he has no chance to win Best Actor in a Musical as I thought he gave an astounding performance as Henry Higgins and changed my standard of how Higgins should be portrayed as I much preferred his portrayal to Rex Harrison's classic portrayal."
Part of me wonders if he'll be this year's "upset" or surprise. If I were a Tony voter, I'd be voting for him in a heartbeat. He's generating such little awards attention—and yet I think he can still pull it off.
I also still wish Lenk and Ambrose could tie, somehow!
#16New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:18pm
GeorgeandDot said: "Karl would've won this year. Last year, he was third on my list. Don't really think he was robbed. It's not like Ben Platt winning was any big surprise.
I'd be perfectly happy with Shalhoub winning. He gives a beautiful acting performance. Both him and Katrina bring such brilliant complexity to their roles. I'd be happy if they both win. Although, I think Slater gives a brilliant, triple threat performance.
I wish they spoke about the supporting categories. I think those are the categories that are almost completely open right now."
This. I opened it really wanting to see how voters were feeling on the featured actor/actress in a musical nominations.
#17New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:21pm
BroadwayConcierge said: "These polls are known for being pretty dead-on."
After the last election, I think I'll just wait for Sunday... rather than trust any polls. Especially in the NYT. 
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/22/14
#18New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:34pm
How long has the NYTimes done this survey? I found some past ones, but they are actually not as easy to find as I thought they'd be.
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#19New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:36pm
The 2013 article claimed it was a race between Tom Hanks and Nathan Lane for Best Actor, and then Tracy Letts won. At this point, I think anything could happen in the Best Actor in a Musical and Best Musical Revival categories.
#20New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:43pm
Honestly thrilled too see that Once on this Island has a shot. I thought it was the best of the three revivals this year by far.
-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."
MadsonMelo
Broadway Star Joined: 3/24/14
#21New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:44pm
I've said before and I will say it again, now with this poll as a support, Henry is a BIG THREAT to win.
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/22/14
#22New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:46pm
In 2016, 171 voting members participated and it was dead-on:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/09/theater/Survey-of-Tony-Award-Voters.html
Surprisingly, it was close between Jessica Lange and Lupita Nyong'o. For some reason I thought Lange was the expected winner that year.
Also, I know it's a joke, but using the 2016 election to gauge the trustworthiness of the poll isn't completely fair. A lot of the races in the states that flipped were close and within the margin of error. The polls did get the national vote correct as more people did vote for Hillary nationally than Trump. And unlike say Donald Trump, I don't know if people would be embarrassed to publicly admit that they would vote for Katrina Lenk and that's what people in polling call social desirability. Some people just give an answer they think the pollster wants to hear or is socially acceptable. And one final and important thing, many people conducting polls in the election randomly dial numbers and anybody could pick up, even people who ultimately will not show up to the poll and there's been writing about how way more people who said or were most likely going to vote for Hillary in those key states that flipped did not show up than for Trump. It's much less of a controlled sample. I think surveying about 1/8 of the voting members as it happened this year give us a pretty good direction of where these races are going. Also, the likelihood that they will send in a ballots is high because for one it's a much more convenient and easy process than voting in the Presidential election, and if they are Tony members and were willing to participate in this survey, most likely they are passionate members who live and breathe theatre and want to vote for the Tonys. Plus, there hasn't been on-going and constant polling going on making people feel like certain races are done deals so they don't have to vote.
I'm not saying they won't be wrong in certain categories, but I do think one has to consider a lot of factors before dismissing something.
#23New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:49pmI have a feeling, based on nothing scientific, that Joshua Henry is going to win.
#24New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:50pm
VotePeron said: "I'd understand, but bedissapointed, if Shaloub won for Best Leading Actor. On the other hand, I'd be furious if Henry won. I just don't understand how you don't award Slater.."
I'd actually be furious if Shaloub won. The role is beautiful and I didn't see Shaloub, but I imagine that Patton, Henry, and certainly Slater have meatful performances. And yes, like you said, I don't understand how you youldn't vote for him
#25New York Times TONY voter poll?
Posted: 6/7/18 at 5:55pm
adamgreer said: "I have a feeling, based on nothing scientific, that Joshua Henry is going to win."
I was talking to a Tony voter this morning who voted for Henry. Took everything in me to just smile and nod.
(FWIW, I happen to really like Joshua Henry... just not in this. And not compared to Slater or HHP.)
