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| re: 1985: The year they didn't give Tonys for Best Actor and Actress in a Musical | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 02:33 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 - bobby2 02:12 am EDT 04/06/18 | |
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| You are correct. Ben Vereen, Timothy Nolen and Stubby Kaye were all billed above the title, along with Leilani Jones, in ''Grind.'' But I've always understood that the Tony committee has the discretion to place performers where they see fit, petition or not. Groener and Hamill were below the title of ''Harrigan N' Hart,'' but since they're the title characters, they should've been leads. For the record, the Drama Desk Awards nominated both Groener and Hamill for Best Actor, alongside Jenkins & Richardson. And it nominated 4 actors from ''Big River'' for Featured: Auberjonois, Goodman, Gunton and Short. Plus, Nolen from ''Grind.'' |
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| Hamill and Groener .... | |
| Posted by: jdm 05:21 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 - WaymanWong 02:33 am EDT 04/06/18 | |
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| were both wonderful in the show and should have been eligible - and perhaps nominated - for leading actor. Never understood that year and its lack of Best Actress and Actor fiasco. Jim |
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| Throwing the book ... to Michael Stewart in 'Harrigan N' Hart' | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 09:52 am EDT 04/06/18 | |
| In reply to: Hamill and Groener .... - jdm 05:21 am EDT 04/06/18 | |
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| Baffling. The performers got better notices than the show, but the only aspect that got a Tony nomination was the Book, which was panned. And since the Tonys chose to nominate only 3 shows for Score, they could've nominated only 3 for Book ... but didn't. Go figure. |
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