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Posted by:	dramedy 02:10 pm EDT 05/06/15
In reply to:	re: Michael Riedel Today: Critics tired of Broadway shows opening right before Tony cutoff - writerkev 01:03 pm EDT 05/06/15

All nominated for best category opened in the spring. Best play has curious incident from last fall. And revival play have several from from. It will be interesting if skylight wins over elephant man and whether being open helps--but that we would never know. I'm actually surprised there has been no mention by elephant man producers of bringing the show back to Broadway after London, which I thought they stated when it closed.

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Posted by:	mikem 05:20 pm EDT 05/06/15
In reply to:	For musicals - dramedy 02:10 pm EDT 05/06/15

Three new musicals opened before April 12, and they received a total of two nominations between them (Score and Orchestrations for The Last Ship, nothing for Honeymoon in Vegas or Holler If Ya Hear Me). I don't think it's likely that producers are going to start opening shows earlier if that trend continues. Interestingly, of the 10 new musicals this season, half of them didn't get any nominations at all. (Add Finding Neverland, Dr Zhivago, and It Shoulda Been You to the above list.) At least in recent years, it's rare for half of the musicals to be completely shut out, although this year had a fairly large number of critically drubbed musicals.

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