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do you know who else was nominated

Posted by:	dramedy 11:18 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to:	re: I believe .... - BroadwayTonyJ 10:39 am EST 11/19/14

the tonys.org only shows winner and maybe the nominees weren't announced. Looking at the winners, Wonderful Town was the big new musical and that doesn't have much of a male lead, so i can see how a male lead in another musical could win. supporting roles went to musicals Wish You Were Here and Two's Company, two more muscials i've never heard of. I guess there were weak seasons for musicals back in the hey days of Broadway.

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re: do you know who else was nominated

Posted by:	BroadwayTonyJ 12:06 pm EST 11/19/14
In reply to:	do you know who else was nominated - dramedy 11:18 am EST 11/19/14

They didn't start announcing the nominees until 1956. Thomas Mitchell played the role of Enoch Downer, the doctor, who was sort of a character lead in Hazel Flagg. I imagine that his co-star John Howard, the romantic lead, was Mitchell's main competition for the Tony. George Gaynes was the male lead in Wonderful Town, and Jack Cassidy was the male lead in Wish You Were Here, but since both were below the title, it's hard to know if they were considered candidates for Best Actor in a Musical. Maybe Mitchell got the award by default.

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