I think either Ghost or Leap of Faith will be snubbed but it depends which one gets the worse reviews. I could see Raul getting a nomination but not the show.
Newsies I think Jeremy and Kara will be nominated in the acting catergories and possibly Capathia Jenkins, it's sort of a shame there isn't a best ensemble award as they'd win that hands down. Other nominations I think they'll get are Best Musical, Best Choreography and Best Director. Cant see the book or the set design being nominated.
I don't think there'd be a noticeable difference at the box office if Roger doesn't get nominated. The big draws now are the Evita name and Ricky Martin. I don't think many people will see or not see the show based on Roger. If Ricky Martin gets a nomination, on the contrary (probably not likely but we'll see what happens), sales would explode.
No, I do not think it would impact the box office. She really SHOULD be nominated though. I have a feeling the best actress category this year will be like the best actor category last year where we thought there were some definite locks who turned out to not even get nominated.
I think Elena deserves a nomination. To be fair, the category is for best ACTRESS in a musical. Singing voice aside, her acting was pretty spectacular. I don't think she deserves to win, but she should get a nod.
Best Musical: Ghost Nice Work if You Can Get It Newsies Once
Best Revival of a Musical: Evita Follies The Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Jesus Christ Superstar
Best Score: Ghost Leap of Faith Newsies Once
Best Book: Lysistrata Jones Nice Work if You Can Get It Newsies Once
Best Director of a Musical: Jeff Calhoun, Newsies Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work if You Can Get It Eric Schaeffer, Follies John Tiffany, Once
Best Actor in a Musical: Danny Burstein, Follies Raul Esparza, Leap of Faith Jeremy Jordan, Newsies Norm Lewis, Porgy and Bess Steve Kazee, Once
Best Actress in a Musical: Jan Maxwell, Follies Audra McDonald, Porgy and Bess Cristin Milioti, Once Kelli O'Hara, Nice Work if You Can Get It Elena Roger, Evita
Best Featured Actor in a Musical: Phillip Boykin, Porgy and Bess Michael Cerveris, Evita Tom Hewitt, Jesus Christ Superstar Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Newsies Michael McGrath, Nice Work if You Can Get It
Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Jayne Houdyshell, Follies Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Ghost Judy Kaye, Nice Work if You Can Get It Jessie Mueller, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever Elaine Paige, Follies
It would be cool to see something like this happen:
Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Jayne Houdyshell, Follies Elaine Paige, Follies Rosalind Elias, Follies Terri White, Follies Judy Kaye, Nice Work If you Can Get it
Best MUSICAL Newsies Once Nice Work if you can get it Lysistrata Jones
Best Play Other Desert Cities Clyborne Park One Man Two Guvnors Peter and the Starcatcher
Best Revival of a Musical Follies Porgy and Bess Evita Godspell( I know people a going to hate me for this but I hated JCSS)
Best Revival of a Play Death of a Salesman The Best Man Wit A Streetcar Named Desire (because it didn't get panned as badly as everyone expected it to be)
Best Director of a Musical: Jeff Calhoun, Newsies Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work if You Can Get It Eric Schaeffer, Follies John Tiffany, Once
Best Director of a Musical: Jeff Calhoun, Newsies Kathleen Marshall, Nice Work if You Can Get It Eric Schaeffer, Follies John Tiffany, Once
Choreography NEWSIES NICE WORK EVITA FOLLIES vs Once (not sure about this because neither isn't a dance heavy show but both are loved by the community)
Best Score Newsies Leap of Faith Lysistrata Jones Ghost/Bonnie and Clyde...I would bet on Bonnie sadly because according to most it's his best score Honestly I would throw One Man Two Guvnors in there
Best Orchestrations Newsies Once Follies (not sure if their new they are by the same orchestrator as the original) Nice Work/Godspell
Best Book of a Musical Newsies Lysistrata Jones Once Nice Work
Best Actor in a Musical Danny Burstein Follies Jeremy Jordan Newsies Steve kazee Once Raul Esparza Leap of Faith Norm Lewsies Porgy and Bess
Best Actress in a Musical Audra McDonald Porgy and Bess Jan Maxwell Follies Christin Miloti Once Pick 2 Elena Rogers EVITA/ Bernadette Peters Follies/ Kelli O'Hara Nice work
Best Featured Actor in a Musical: (this is a weak feint I had a tough time remembering performances) David Alan Greer, Porgy and Bess Michael Cerveris, Evita Josh Young, Jesus Christ Superstar if he was at enough performances Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Newsies Michael McGrath, Nice Work if You Can Get It
Best Featured Actress in a Musical: Kara Lindsay Newsies Judy Kaye Nice Work NaTasha Yvette Williams Porgy and Bess Elaine Paige Follies Lindsay Nicole Chambers Lysistrata Jones because I love her
Best Actor in a Play Philip Seymor Hoffman Death of A Salesman James Cordan One Man Two Guvnors John Laroquette The Best Man Adam Chandler Berat Peter and the Starcatcher John Lithgowe The Columnist/ Alan Rickman Seminar
Best Actress in a Play Nina Arianda Venus in Fur Linda Edmund Death of a Salesman Cynthia Nixon Wit Stockard Channing Other Dessert Cities Tony Bennett End of the Rainbow
Best Featured Actor in a Play Christian Borle Peter and the Starcatcher Tom Edden One Man Two Guvnors Eric McCormick The Best Man Andrew Garfeild Death of a Salesman James Earl Jones The Best Man
Best Featured Actress in a Play Judith Light Other Dessert Cities Celia Kennan-Bolger Peter and the Starcatcher Candice Bergan The Best Man Angela Lansbury The Best Man Daphne Rubin-Vega A Streetcar Named Desire
Scenic Design Musical Once Newsies Follies Nice Work (Spiderman can easily slip in here)
Scenic Design Play Peter and the Starcatcher Clyborne Park One Man Two Guvnors The Best Man
Costume Design Musical Spiderman Follies Nice Work On a Clear Day
Costume Design Play Peter and the Starcatcher Are their any other plays with actual costumes that arn't everyday clothes or basic period wear
Sound Design Musical Once Newsies Porgy and Bess Lysistrata Jonesi
Sound Design Play One Man Two Guvnors Peter and the Starcatcher Magic / Bird The Best Man
Lighting Design Musical Once Newsies Ghost Follies
Lighting Design Play Peter and the Starcatcher One Man Two Guvners Magic/ Bird Seminar
saw newsies a few weeks ago, LOVED it. Everybody is feeling the love for Andrew Keenan-Bolger, which is totally fine with me, but if we're looking at Newsies beyond Jeremy Jordan, I've got to throw Ben Fankhauser's name in there. This is his Broadway debut & he leads one of the more recognizable songs from the show/movie "Seize the Day" with total confidence & holds his own during Kings of New York with an incredibly talented group of dancers. would love to see him get some love bc he was awesome.
@mmh1019 I would say Ben frankhauser but when I saw they show and loved it I thought he was the weakest part of the show. He may lead the largest number, but he constantly dropped his accent, and he was always shown up by the kid who plays Les.
Would Andrew Keenan Bolger be nominated for Crutchie, he's great but he's only in it for Act 1 and the end of Act 2, Davey's the bigger role but I can't see Ben Faunkhauser being nominated.
I must have caught Ben on a good night because I really liked him. The 2 kids playing Les are both great & adorable so I think it would probably be tough not to be upstaged by them. I loved Andrew Keenan-Bolger & I definitely think he has the better shot of being nominated of the 2 (other than Jeremy) but Ben deserves some props bc he does a really nice job.
I agree with mmh. Ben was fantastic - innocent, genuine, you saw his character growth. I've seen the show a couple times and enjoyed his performance equally both times.
As for the accents, I noticed them all drop it a couple of times. I even thought Andrew Keenan-Bolger's was too heavy and put-on at times(his "and the things we do today will be tomorrow's news" on the recording irks me to no end, which is unfortunate because it's a great line).
With that said, I think Andrew gives a wonderfully endearing performance as Crutchie. I never thought it'd be a Tony nominated part, but with his Outer Critics Circle Award nomination announced today, who knows at this point. I would like for him to get nominated to show that it's not the number of lines that make a part, but the impact one makes with the amount of time spent onstage.
But back to mmh's thought. Yes, Ben is great, but I think it's a role that is easily overlooked. In a show with big voices, numbers, and dances, it is difficult for the grounded character to be the one to stand out at the end.
Best Score is going to be one weird category this year. With Once out and Ghost getting hit hard with reviews, I can see LJ being nominated. Let's see what Thursday holds for Leap.
Since everything except Newsies and Once have been or are expected to be panned...Nice Work, whose cast will get some notices alla Nathan Lane and Bebe Newurth in Addams Family, and Leap of Faith I think LJ might just be resurected from the dead..not to win anything, but to be nominated its book is a lock, and its score is looking more like a lock each time another review comes out
If NEWSIES wins for Score, which it almost certainly will (I still don't get why it's eligible if ONCE isn't, but whatever), I'd LOVE to see ONCE take the gold for Best Musical.
I'm really, really pulling for ONCE over NEWSIES this year. It's a far better show in nearly every way. But since when does that matter..?
Newsies will win score, but Once will win Orchestrations Newsies wins book, Once wins sound design Newsies Wins choreography, Once wins set design Newsies and Once fight over director, but i think Newsies will take that then comes best musical...i honestly think it is all dependent on momentum from the the previous awards so who ever wins the outer critics circle since it will be the first to be announced will likely sweep the rest alla Memphis
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