The Tony Awards - nominations

Saw "Billy Elliott" in London and thought it was among the worst evenings I've ever endured at the theater.
If that's the best they're doing this season, I don't feel so bad about having been away from NYC since last May.

 

Nice to see that a lack of original ideas doesn't afflict only Hollywood:

Billy Elliot, The Musical
9 to 5: The Musical
Shrek The Musical

And is it just me, or do plays routinely have more producers than the Duggars have kids?

Rock of Ages
Producers: Matthew Weaver, Carl Levin, Jeff Davis, Barry Habib, Scott Prisand, Relativity Media, Corner Store Fund, Janet Billig Rich, Hillary Weaver, Toni Habib, Paula Davis, Simon and Stefany Bergson/Jennifer Maloney, Charles Rolecek, Susanne Brook, Israel Wolfson, Sara Katz/Jayson Raitt, Max Gottlieb/John Butler, David Kaufman/Jay Franks, Mike Wittlin, Prospect Pictures, Laura Smith/Bill Bodnar, Happy Walters, Michele Caro, The Araca Group

Mary Stuart
New Version: Peter Oswald
Producers: Arielle Tepper Madover, Debra Black, Neal Street Productions/Matthew Byam Shaw, Scott Delman, Barbara Whitman, Jean Doumanian/Ruth Hendel, David Binder/CarlWend Productions/Spring Sirkin, Daryl Roth/James L. Nederlander/Chase Mishkin, The Donmar Warehouse

The Norman Conquests
Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Dede Harris, Tulchin/Bartner/Lauren Doll, Jamie deRoy, Eric Falkenstein, Harriet Newman Leve, Probo Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Michael Filerman/Jennifer Manocherian, Richard Winkler, Dan Frishwasser, Pam Laudenslager/Remmel T. Dickinson, Jane Dubin/True Love Productions, Barbara Manocherian/Jennifer Isaacson, The Old Vic Theatre Company

Hair
Producers: The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Andrew D. Hamingson, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Kathleen K. Johnson, Nederlander Productions, Inc., Fran Kirmser Productions/Jed Bernstein, Marc Frankel, Broadway Across America, Barbara Manocherian/Wencarlar Productions, JK Productions/Terry Schnuck, Andy Sandberg, Jam Theatricals, The Weinstein Company/Norton Herrick, Jujamcyn Theaters, Joey Parnes, Elizabeth Ireland McCann

 

For the longest time, I thought Rita Moreno was the only person to win all four major entertainment awards, but turns out a few others have done it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_persons_who_have_won_Academy,_Emmy,_Grammy,_and_Tony_Awards

A couple of them have all four awards and a Pulitzer. Major effin' studs.

 

Thanks for posting that, that's pretty cool. I also hadn't heard of anyone other than Rita Moreno who had done it all.

Hers might still be the most significant achievement, because she did it in a span of only 16 years and was only 46 when she capped it, but it's still remarkable when anyone can win all four, no matter how long it takes them or how old they are.

And yeah, Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch are most definitely studs for pulling off The Big Four plus the Pulitzer. Most definitely.

 

"Rock of Ages"? I haven't seen it, and it got a great review from the NY Times, but it's a jukebox musical based on the big-hair metal bands of the 80s. ("Sister Christian" plays a big part in it.)

I get that it's probably a lot of fun, but up for Best Musical? Wow.

 

My niece -- who will be majoring in Theater production/management at Fordham in the fall -- absolutely loved Billy Elliot and Hair.
She and her friend even ended up on stage for the finale of Hair when they invite people from the first five or 10 rows to join in.

 

Now that Charlton Heston is dead, I can't think of anyone who leans far enough to the right to get the nod.

Oops, sorry.

Wrong Tony.

 

Did Scarsdale Surprise get nominated?

 

In the theater...I think they were in the third row.