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Post by missthelma on Apr 25, 2019 18:47:45 GMT
The Drama Desks have always been a little, well, individual in their picks but they really are all over the place this year. Or maybe it's just been a great season on and off Broadway so lots of deserving people. Let's go with that
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 25, 2019 18:52:36 GMT
The Drama Desks have always been a little, well, individual in their picks but they really are all over the place this year. Or maybe it's just been a great season on and off Broadway so lots of deserving people. Let's go with that I agree, these awards tend to go a bit out there. I'm excited for Leslie Kritzer! I like her alot and she's got nominations in all the places she needs to so it looks like she's a lock for Beetlejuice and likely the only nomination in the acting catagories for that show. Based on prior nominations, it looks like Beetlejuice can look at nominations for Leslie, Set Design and Costume Design.
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Post by ampersand on Apr 26, 2019 15:25:48 GMT
Well the nominations are on Tuesday so here are my predictions. I haven't actually seen any of the shows this season but I think this is fun. Last year I did this I got about 75% of my nomination predictions correct, although I only did the 15 musical categories and overall I found it tougher this year so I'm expecting not to be so accurate.
Best Play To Kill a Mockingbird Choir Boy Ink The Ferryman Network
Best Musical Hadestown The Cher Show Tootsie The Prom Beetlejuice
Best Revival of a Play The Waverly Gallery The Boys in the Band All My Sons Torch Song
Best Revival of a Musical Kiss Me, Kate Oklahoma!
Best Book of a Musical Robert Horn - Tootsie Bob Martin & Chad Beguelin - The Prom Scott Brown & Anthony King - Beetlejuice Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown Rick Elice - The Cher Show
Best Original Score Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown Jason Michael Webb - Choir Boy Matthew Sklar & Chad Beguelin - The Prom David Yazbeck - Tootsie Joe Iconis - Be More Chill
Best Direction of a Play Lila Neugebauer - The Waverly Gallery Sam Mendes - The Ferryman Ivo van Hove - Network Rupert Goold - Ink Bartlett Sher - To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Direction of a Musical Rachel Chavkin - Hadestown Scott Ellis - Tootsie Casey Nicholaw - The Prom Jason Moore - The Cher Show Des McAnuff - Ain't Too Proud
Best Choreography Warren Carlyle - Kiss Me, Kate Sergio Trujillo - Ain't Too Proud Camille A. Brown - Choir Boy Casey Nicholaw - The Prom Christopher Gattelli - The Cher Show
Best Orchestrations Daryl Waters - The Cher Show Daniel Kulger - Oklahoma! Larry Hochman - Kiss Me, Kate Harold Wheeler - Ain't Too Proud Michael Chorney & Todd Sickafoose - Hadestown
Best Leading Actor in a Play Brian Cranston - Network Jeremy Pope - Choir Boy Tracy Letts - All My Sons Adam Driver - Burn This Ethan Hawke - True West
Best Leading Actress in a Play Janet McTeer - Bernhardt/Hamlet Elaine May - The Waverly Gallery Annette Bening - All My Sons Glenda Jackson - King Lear Laurie Metcalf - Hillary & Clinton
Best Leading Actor in a Musical Santino Fontana - Tootsie Alex Brightman - Beetlejuice Andy Karl - Pretty Woman Brooks Ashmanskas - The Prom Reeve Carney - Hadestown
Best Leading Actress in a Musical Stephanie J. Block - The Cher Show Kelli O'Hara - Kiss Me, Kate Samantha Barks - Pretty Woman Beth Leavel - The Prom Sophia Anne Caruso - Beetlejuice
Best Featured Actor in a Play Bertie Carvel - Ink Gbenga Akinnagbe - To Kill a Mockingbird Gideon Glick - To Kill a Mockingbird Brandon Uranowitz - Burn This David Cromer - The Waverly Gallery
Best Featured Actress in a Play Celia Keenan-Bolger - To Kill a Mockingbird LaTanya Richardson Jackson - To Kill a Mockingbird Marylouise Burke - True West Mercedes Ruehl - Torch Song Francesca Carpanini - All My Sons
Best Featured Actor in a Musical Patrick Page - Hadestown Jeremy Pope - Ain't Too Proud André de Shields - Hadestown Jarrod Spector - The Cher Show Jason Tam - Be More Chill
Best Featured Actress in a Musical Amber Gray - Hadestown Sarah Stiles - Tootsie Leslie Kritzer - Beetlejuice Julie Halston - Tootsie Ali Stroker - Oklahoma!
Best Scenic Design of a Play David Zinn - The Boys in the Band Miriam Buether - To Kill a Mockingbird Bunny Christie - Ink David Zinn - Torch Song Santo Loquasto - Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus
Best Scenic Design of a Musical David Korins - Beetlejuice David Rockwell - Kiss Me, Kate Rachel Hauck - Hadestown Christine Jones, Brett J. Banakis & Darrel Maloney - The Cher Show Peter England - King Kong
Best Costume Design of a Play Clint Ramos - Torch Song David Zinn - The Boys in the Band Ann Roth - To Kill a Mockingbird Ann Roth - The Waverly Gallery Toni-Leslie James - Bernhardt/Hamlet
Best Costume Design of a Musical Bob Mackie - The Cher Show William Ivey Long - Beetlejuice Jeff Mahshie - Kiss Me, Kate Arianne Phillips - Head Over Heels Michael Krass - Hadestown
Best Lighting Design of a Play David Lander - Torch Song Jan Versweyveld & Tal Yarden - Network Jennifer Tipton - To Kill a Mockingbird Jane Cox - King Lear Neil Austin - Ink
Best Lighting Design of a Musical Bradley King - Hadestown Kenneth Posner - Beetlejuice Peter Mumford - King Kong Scott Zielinski - Oklahoma! Donald Holder - Kiss, Me Kate
Best Sound Design of a Play John Gromada - Torch Song Scott Lehrer - King Lear Dan Moses Schreier - Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Eric Sleichim - Network Scott Lehrer - To Kill a Mockingbird
Best Sound Design of a Musical Peter Hylenski - King Kong Peter Hylenski - Beetlejuice Brian Ronan - The Prom Nevin Steinberg & Jessica Paz - Hadestown Drew Levy - Oklahoma!
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Post by raider80 on Apr 26, 2019 16:04:49 GMT
Hadestown, Tootsie, and The Prom will definitely get the best musical nomination, the other one or two slots are up for grabs.
I think Ink will be the shut out this year. It hasn’t gotten a lot love at any of the other award ceremonies.
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 26, 2019 16:43:51 GMT
Not that it makes a difference, but the Chita Rivera Dance Awards have been announced too:
BROADWAY NOMINATIONS: Outstanding Choreography in a Broadway Show Warren Carlyle, Kiss Me Kate Denis Jones, Tootsie David Neumann, Hadestown Casey Nicholaw, The Prom Sergio Trujillo, Ain’t Too Proud
Outstanding Male Dancer in a Broadway Show Corbin Bleu, Kiss Me Kate Rick Faugno, Kiss Me Kate James T. Lane, Kiss Me Kate Jeremy Pope, Ain’t Too Proud Ephraim Sykes, Ain’t Too Proud
Outstanding Female Dancer in a Broadway Show Ashley Blair Fitzgerald, The Cher Show Gabrielle Hamilton, Oklahoma! Amber Gray, Hadestown Leslie Kritzer, Beetlejuice Angie Schworer, The Prom
Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show Ain’t Too Proud Hadestown King Kong Kiss Me Kate The Cher Show The Prom
OFF-BROADWAY NOMINATIONS: Outstanding Choreography Joshua Bergasse, Smokey Joe’s Cafe Raja Feather Kelly, If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a Muhf***a Rick and Jeff Kuperman, Alice By Heart Lorin Latarro, Merrily We Roll Along Shea Sullivan, Neurosis
Outstanding Male Dancer Brennan Caldwell, Neurosis Zachary Downer, Alice By Heart Brendan Henderson, Cleopatra Jelani Remy, Smokey Joe’s Cafe Wesley Taylor, Alice By Heart
Outstanding Female Dancer Emma Degerstedt, Smokey Joe’s Cafe Mia Dilena, Alice By Heart Irina Dvorovenko, The Beast in the Jungle Dionne D. Figgins, Smokey Joe’s Cafe Naomi Kakuk, The Beast in the Jungle
Outstanding Ensemble Alice By Heart Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a Muhf***a Smokey Joe’s Café Twelfth Night
FILM NOMINATIONS: Theatrical Release Isn’t It Romantic – (Release date, February 13, 2019, Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth) Choreographer: Christopher Gattelli; Assistant Choreographer, Jon Rua Mary Poppins Returns – (Release date, December 19, 2018, Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda) Choreographers: Rob Marshall & John DeLuca; Co-Choreographer, Joey Pizzi; Associate Choreographer, Tara Nichole Hughes, Assistant Choreographer: Marlon Pelayo
Shine – (Release date, October 6, 2018, Alysia Reiner, David Zayas) Director of Choreography: Anderson Cruz, Choreographers, Charlie Garcia, Osmar Perrones, Grisselle Ponce
Swimming with Men – (Release date, December 7, 2018, Rob Brydon, Rupert Graves) Choreographer: Caroline Pope The Nutcracker and The Far Realms – (Release date, November 2, 2018, Misty Copeland) Choreographer: Liam Scarlett
Documentaries Ballet Now – (Release date, July 20, 2018; Tiler Peck) Director: Steven Cantor
Bathtubs Over Broadway – (Release date, November 30, 2018; Tribeca Film Festival Award Winner prior and other festivals, Chita Rivera, Martin Short, etc.) Director: Dava Whisenent
Hot to Trot – (Release date, NY, August 24, 2018, nationwide rollout to follow) Director: Gail Freedman
If The Dancer Dances – (Release date, July 24, 2018, Dance on Camera Festival) Director, Maia Weschler
Moving Stories, Lives Transformed By Dance – (Release Date, August 11, 2018, Battery Dance Festival, MoMa) Director: Rob Fruchtman, Wilderness Films, Producer
Productions Nomination Count: Broadway: Kiss Me Kate—5 Ain’t Too Proud—4 Hadestown—3 The Prom—3 The Cher Show—2 Beetlejuice—1 King Kong—1 Oklahoma!—1 Tootsie—1
Off-Broadway: Alice By Heart—5 Smokey Joe’s Café—5 If Pretty Hurts, Ugly Must Be a Muhf***a—2 Neurosis—2 The Beast in the Jungle—2 Cleopatra—1 Fiddler on the Roof—1 Merrily We Roll Along—1 Twelfth Night—1
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Post by Fleance on Apr 26, 2019 16:57:03 GMT
Here's a chart indicating what the Drama Desk nominations might mean for the Tony nominations. The connections seem to be inching up. Off-Broadway shows are discounted from this compilation, which was prepared by Broadway World.
Year/Eligible DD Nominees That Earned Tony Nominations/Percentage
2018 60 of 72 83% 2017 52 of 75 69% 2016 50 of 71 70% 2015 48 of 69 70% 2014 60 of 83 72% 2013 50 of 75 67% 2012 46 of 74 62% 2011 52 of 75 69% 2010 51 of 85 60% 2009 52 of 89 58% 2008 49 of 83 59%
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Post by romeo94 on Apr 26, 2019 20:47:27 GMT
Which performances would you say are unmissable on Broadway right now?
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Post by musicalmarge on Apr 26, 2019 23:22:39 GMT
Which performances would you say are unmissable on Broadway right now? Everyone in THE PROM!
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Post by raider80 on Apr 26, 2019 23:53:17 GMT
Which performances would you say are unmissable on Broadway right now? Oklahoma!
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Post by musicalmarge on Apr 27, 2019 15:00:39 GMT
Which performances would you say are unmissable on Broadway right now? Oklahoma! Words do not say how much I HATED that Oklahoma with the house lights on. Good performances yes but even the free Chili couldn’t save this strange, odd, drunken version of a classic show! NO!
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 29, 2019 19:34:28 GMT
Some of my predictions for the musical catagories.
BEST MUSICAL - Be More Chill - Hadestown - The Prom - Tootsie
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL - Kiss Me, Kate - Oklahoma!
BEST ACTOR - Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom) - Reeve Carney (Hadestown) - Damon Daunno (Oklahoma!) - Santino Fontana (Tootsie)
BEST ACTRESS - Stephanie J. Block (The Cher Show) - Beth Leavel (The Prom) - Rebecca Naomi Jones (Oklahoma!) - Kelli O'Hara (Kiss Me, Kate)
BEST FEATURED ACTOR - John Behlmann (Tootsie) - André De Shields (Hadestown) - George Salazar (Be More Chill) - Patrick Vaill (Oklahoma!)
BEST FEATURED ACTRESS - Leslie Kritzer (Beetlejuice) - Sarah Stiles (Tootsie) - Ali Stroker (Oklahoma!) - Mary Testa (Oklahoma!)
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 12:54:19 GMT
Well... Beetlejuice has certainly slayed in terms of nominations, wow!
Glenda Jackson not getting nominated is stunning!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 13:03:08 GMT
Ali Stroker is the first person in a wheelchair to get nominated. She also was not type casted. Well done to her
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Post by poster J on Apr 30, 2019 13:07:06 GMT
To Kill A Mockingbird not getting a Best Play nomination is utterly ridiculous!
At least Celia will probably win. Best Actress in a play is exceptionally hard to call (fingers crossed for Laura Donnelly, though I'm not expecting her to win), but Celia seems to be the clear front-runner for Featured Actress.
I'm not surprised Glenda Jackson hasn't been nominated, it sounds like plenty of people have hated that production!
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 13:11:13 GMT
Final Tally:
Hadestown - 14 Ain't Too Proud - 12 Tootsie - 11 The Ferryman - 9 To Kill a Mockingbird - 9 Beetlejuice - 8 Oklahoma! - 8 Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus - 7 The Prom - 7 Ink - 6 Network - 5 Choir Boy - 4 Kiss Me, Kate - 4 All My Sons - 3 Burn This - 3 The Cher Show - 3 King Kong - 3 Bernhardt/Hamlet - 2 The Boys in the Band - 2 Torch Song - 2 The Waverly Gallery - 2 What the Constitution Means to Me - 2 Be More Chill - 1 Hillary and Clinton - 1 King Lear - 1
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 13:11:34 GMT
Glenda Jackson not getting nominated is stunning! It's a disgrace. Tony scum. I'm all for Annette Bening now but I think Elaine May might sneak it.
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Post by raider80 on Apr 30, 2019 13:19:16 GMT
Did the nominators see a different Beetlejuice then I did? I’m shocked Beetlejuice got so much love, it’s not a good show!
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 13:25:12 GMT
I'm also really surprised at the lack of Be More Chill, which I thought would do better than just ONE nomination. I'm low-key thrilled and shocked by Beetlejuice though, especially as Leslie Kritzer has got nominated at every awards show thus far when only the sets and costumes had been getting any love, and now everything but her have been nominated.
Also, I won't get into how gutted I am for Pretty Woman, but I suppose it's still doing great at the box office so I can't be too sad. 😂
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Post by ampersand on Apr 30, 2019 13:30:20 GMT
Well I got 64.3% right. Mockingbird and Glenda Jackson are the most surprising omissions for sure.
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Post by Jon on Apr 30, 2019 13:47:28 GMT
Ain’t Too Proud seems to become a sleeper hit, it could pull an upset by winning Best musical.
Mockingbird not being nominated is a surprise but Network wasn’t nominated either
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 13:54:42 GMT
I'm just saying, they're going to need to make that stage wheelchair-accessible before June.
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Post by Fleance on Apr 30, 2019 14:10:29 GMT
Glenda Jackson not getting nominated is stunning! Not so stunning. The production was panned by critics and theater-goers alike, and although some critics felt obliged to say that Jackson was good, most didn't bother. Elaine May is the winner in that category.
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 14:27:05 GMT
I'm just saying, they're going to need to make that stage wheelchair-accessible before June. it's an interesting question isn't it? Ali Stroker and Amber Grey are presumed to be the front runners, so what do they do? will the front of the stage be wheelchair accessible (in which case, that'll be a steep ramp to get up there!), or do they do the Oklahoma performance and have her catagory directly after ala Kristin Chenoweth, then she is already backstage and can just come on from the wings?
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Post by missthelma on Apr 30, 2019 14:51:22 GMT
That nomination 'ceremony' was shameful. I didn't think anything could beat the toe curling Oscar one earlier in the year but this was dreadful. It was like three embarrassed local nobodies calling the bingo numbers in a church hall. Come on, these are the awards for glitzy Broadway, you know the date and time in advance, put a bit of effort in, at least the Oscar one is crack of dawn so a little leeway can be given.
Gayle King looked like she hardly knew her own name let alone what a 'Broadway' was and that not heard call back to the studio at the end, cringe worthy. Bebe Neuwirth and Brandon Victor Dixon looked like they'd rather be queuing up at the STI clinic than be where they were. Why did they stop off after doing 8 categories, totally disrespectful to all the other nominees. And why did Gayle King keep coming forward like a terminally awkward MC to say 'best actress' then step away, come back, 'best actor'.
I've yet to process the nominees as I had to take the dogs out and I just can't believe how crap that was
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Post by poster J on Apr 30, 2019 15:38:35 GMT
I'm just saying, they're going to need to make that stage wheelchair-accessible before June. it's an interesting question isn't it? Ali Stroker and Amber Grey are presumed to be the front runners, so what do they do? will the front of the stage be wheelchair accessible (in which case, that'll be a steep ramp to get up there!), or do they do the Oklahoma performance and have her catagory directly after ala Kristin Chenoweth, then she is already backstage and can just come on from the wings? Probably the latter as that doesn't require them to actually make any effort on accessibility... And the worst thing is it won't seem strange if that is what they do as she wouldn't be the first. Adrienne Warren was also backstage when her category was announced a couple of years ago.
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Post by Mark on Apr 30, 2019 16:18:44 GMT
Surprised to see all the love for Ain’t Too Proud. I kinda wish I’d seen it now, although it seems it may be one of those shows we eventually get in London.
Pleased that Kong was nominated for some of the technical categories - they are well deserved.
Best Actress in a Musical has Stephanie’s name on it already.
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Post by sf on Apr 30, 2019 16:22:02 GMT
Shocked - SHOCKED! - to see that Mr. Reeve Carney's four co-stars in Hadestown are all nominated, and he isn't.
Oh, wait. I saw the show. No I'm not.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2019 16:24:20 GMT
Shocked - SHOCKED! - to see that Mr. Reeve Carney's four co-stars in Hadestown are all nominated, and he isn't.
Oh, wait. I saw the show. No I'm not.
Ha! I noticed that. I thought he was the best one of the main five myself. It's not like Eva Noblezada really deserves a nomination either to be fair . .
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Post by danieljohnson14 on Apr 30, 2019 16:24:35 GMT
Shocked - SHOCKED! - to see that Mr. Reeve Carney's four co-stars in Hadestown are all nominated, and he isn't.
Oh, wait. I saw the show. No I'm not.
I haven't even seen it and I'm not surprised. 😂
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Post by ali973 on Apr 30, 2019 16:30:41 GMT
Amber, Andre and Patrick were all obvious nominees. Excellent. I have to say I'm surprised Eva was nominated. She was just fine and I cannot fault her performance, but I'm not sure her performance warrants a nomination for the highest degree in theatre excellence. Reeve Carney is shockingly bad, and I am shocked he was not fired since Canada, let alone transfer the show to London and Broadway.
Queen SJB will win it because everyone wants to give it to her. She's generally fantastic but she is straight up drag show in the CC.
Why is Lili Cooper in any category to begin with? Quite an average performance in a really badly written role. And why is she in the supporting category? Her part is obviously the lead female role in that show. The real Supporting Actress in a Musical race is between Ali Stoker, Amber Grey and Sarah Stiles. Amber and Sarah were absolutely stunning and both deserve it. I'm sure Ali is pretty good too. Mary Testa and Lili don't stand a chance.
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