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| re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical | |
| Posted by: Thom915 01:40 am EDT 04/06/18 | |
| In reply to: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical - bobby2 10:13 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
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| The Tony committee announced there would be no nominees for Best Actress that year because there was only one eligible performer. All the other performers were considered according to billing. Either no one petitioned to be considered in a different category or the requests were denied. In a direct slap to Ben Vereen, the committee announced there would be no Best Actor award because they did not consider any of the performances to be worthy of a nomination. Ditto for choreography. | |
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| re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 02:14 am EDT 04/06/18 | |
| In reply to: re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical - Thom915 01:40 am EDT 04/06/18 | |
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| I hated the way the Tonys handled this season. Even if they went purely by billing, they've always had the discretion to bump up performers. And Kurt Knudsen, now put in Featured, was playing Sid in ''Take Me Aong'' - a role that won Jackie Gleason a Tony for Best Actor in a Musical. As Michael 212 and I both noted below, they could've filled those categories. And it was a slap in the face to that season's choreographers, too. Possible nominees: MIchael Peters (''Leader of the Pack''), Dan Siretta (''Take Me Along''), Janet Watson (''Big River''), Lester Wilson (''Grind''). Nor were the Tonys locked into a mandatory 4 nominees, since they nominated only 3 shows for Score. (Could've included a 4th: ''Harrigan.'') |
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| re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical | |
| Posted by: allineedisthegirl 01:51 pm EDT 04/06/18 | |
| In reply to: re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical - WaymanWong 02:14 am EDT 04/06/18 | |
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| Take Me Along ran for one performance. Do the Tonys ever nominate a show or actors that the Tony voters had no chance to see? db |
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| re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical | |
| Posted by: Michael_212 10:17 pm EDT 04/06/18 | |
| In reply to: re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical - allineedisthegirl 01:51 pm EDT 04/06/18 | |
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| Yes. Kurt Knudsen was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Take Me Along that season. | |
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| 2 more shows that opened & closed in 1 night ... & still got Tony-nominated | |
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| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:40 am EDT 04/07/18 | |
| In reply to: re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical - Michael_212 10:17 pm EDT 04/06/18 | |
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| Also, ''The Moony Shapiro Songbook'' was Tony-nominated for Best Book, even though it closed on its opening night: May 3, 1981. And ''Father's Day'' opened and closed on March 16, 1971, but earned 2 Tony nods: Marian Seldes for Best Actress and Jo Mielziner for Scenery. |
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| re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical | |
| Posted by: bobby2 08:37 pm EDT 04/06/18 | |
| In reply to: re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical - allineedisthegirl 01:51 pm EDT 04/06/18 | |
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| I think Marian Seldes was nominated for a Tony for a play that only ran one performance. (I think the explanation is that the Nominating Committee was smaller back then and they saw stuff opening night or in previews.) | |
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