Thoughts of a colored man tony nominations11/29/2023 ![]() The 2021-22 season was an especially good one for new plays, and there were several surprising omissions in the Best Play category: Most shocking to me was Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu's Pass Over, which set the pace for the season by being the first Broadway play to open following the long pandemic shutdown. (As it turns out, three is a more acceptable number for this sort of thing, as all three of the actors in The Lehman Trilogy were nominated in the Leading Actor in a Play category, making that a seven-man race.) As my colleague David Gordon and I both predicted, the nominators were unable to select one or two of the women to elevate over the others, and putting all six of them in the category must have seemed like a bridge too far when considering all of the other talented musical leads this season. Unfortunately, none of them went to the six actors who play Henry VIII's six wives, all of whom were eligible for the Leading Actress category. Six: The Musical got a lot of love, with eight total nominations. All were eligible for a Tony for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical. Abby Mueller, Samantha Pauly, Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macasaet, Brittney Mack, and Anna Uzele star in Six on Broadway. Leaving him off the list would have been a crime. The single nomination went to Jared Grimes for his portrayal of Eddie Ryan and his remarkable tap routine. I predicted that enough of the nominators would agree with me that she would earn a nomination in the Leading Actress in a Musical category, but they did not.īeanie is in good company over at the August Wilson Theatre: Funny Girl was not nominated for Best Revival, nor was Ramin Karimloo for his performance as Nick Arnstein, nor was Jane Lynch for playing Mrs. The most polarizing performance of the year, Beanie has attracted hordes of haters, but also plenty of defenders (I was charmed by her comic timing and palpable vulnerability). It's not much of a surprise, but the biggest snub of the 2022 Tony nominations is Beanie Feldstein for Funny Girl. Alex Borstein (“The Marvelous Mrs.Beanie Feldstein and Ramin Karimloo lead the cast of the Broadway revival of Funny Girl.Murray Bartlett (“Welcome to Chippendales,” “The Last of Us”).Watch our lively chats with Jessica Chastain (“George and Tammy”) and 200+ other 2023 Emmy nominees… What Could Sneak In?: Jennifer Moeller- Clyde’s Sarafina Bush- for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Montana Levi Blanco- The Skin of Our Teeth What Could Sneak In?: Rae Smith- Girl From the North Country What Could Sneak In?: John Lee Beatty- Plaza Suite What Could Sneak In?: Brian MacDevitt- The Minutesĭerek McLane & Peter Nigrini- MJ the Musical What Could Sneak In?: Bradley King- Flying Over Sunset What Could Sneak In?: Justin Ellington- for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf ![]() What Could Sneak In?: Dan Moses Schreier- Flying Over Sunset What Could Sneak In?: Jason Robert Brown- Mr. This topic was modified 1 year, 4 months ago by Jeffrey Kare. I’ll be sure to have these updated as soon as more productions start performances on Broadway this season. Jiyoun Chang- for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enufīeowulf Boritt & 59 Productions- Flying Over SunsetĮs Devlin & Luke Halls- The Lehman Trilogy ![]() Mark Henderson- Girl From the North Country Nick Powell & Dominic Bilkey- The Lehman Trilogy Lee Kinney & Sanae Yamada- Is This a Room So here’s where my predictions for the below-the-line categories currently stand… I’m not taking into account any production that hasn’t started performances on Broadway yet (with the exception of A Strange Loop) because they’re all sights unseen at this point. As of now, I’m basing my guesses on what has already opened. Now that the predictions center has launchd for this year’s Tony nominations, I thought I’d start a thread dedicated to the categories Gold Derby isn’t letting us predict nominations for. ![]()
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