Thanks, Mikem, for the feedback. ... By the way, it looks like ALL the 2016 Grammy nominees broke that 51% rule for ''principal soloists'':
* ''An American in Paris'': Leanne Cope, Max von Essen, Robert Fairchild, Jill Paice, Brandon Uranowicz
* ''Fun Home'': Michael Cerveris, Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, Beth Malone, Emily Skeggs
* ''The King and I'': Ruthie Ann Miles, Kelli O'Hara, Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora, Ken Watanabe
* ''Something Rotten'': Heidi Blickenstaff, Christian Borle, John Cariani, Brian D'Arcy James, Brad Oscar, Kate Reinders
But none of them abused that rule as much as ''Hamilton,'' which also listed twice as many ''principal soloists'' as the others.
Almost every year, there is something that bothers me about this category. Last year, the Grammys nominated the London cast album of ''Kinky Boots'' over the acclaimed Broadway cast of ''She Loves Me''? They also failed to nominate the terrific 2-CD score of ''Next to Normal.'' Etc., etc. |
