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| Posted by: EvFoDr 12:22 pm EDT 08/21/20 | |
| In reply to: NOT even the nominating committee has seen ALL the shows. - ShowGoer 12:08 pm EDT 08/21/20 | |
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| This is very surprising to me, but since you are quoting a friend on the committee, I have no better information to refute it! It seems to be me given the frequency with which shows close quickly that the nominating committee would be sent to a press preview if not sometime during the first week of performances. How then are the Tonys riddled with examples of shows/performances that get nominated (and sometimes win) with very short runs, that logically would have closed before the committee had a chance to see them and make a decision about them? |
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| re: NOT even the nominating committee has seen ALL the shows. | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 01:41 pm EDT 08/21/20 | |
| In reply to: re: NOT even the nominating committee has seen ALL the shows. - EvFoDr 12:22 pm EDT 08/21/20 | |
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| Oh you’re absolutely right- they TRY to get them in sooner... and the voters themselves try to GO as soon as possible - especially as the season is so back-loaded, they want to get to everything before the month of April when there are almost always 15-20 openings in the space of 3-4 weeks. But the other requirement is that they also see the show with the entire original cast... so if, for example (as was the case) principals from West Side Story were missing performances around opening due to illness or injury, those nominators would then have to be rescheduled to another date, and sometimes even more than once. (I have one friend who showed up 3 times to a show in a previous season and was basically sent away with an apology the first 2 times, due to a last-minute absence.) | |
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| re: NOT even the nominating committee has seen ALL the shows. | |
| Posted by: mikem 01:47 pm EDT 08/21/20 | |
| In reply to: re: NOT even the nominating committee has seen ALL the shows. - ShowGoer 01:41 pm EDT 08/21/20 | |
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| There are only 5 potentially eligible shows that could re-open: Moulin Rouge, Tina, Jagged Little Pill, West Side Story, and Girl from the North Country. A Soldier's Play and The Inheritance closed a few days early but aren't re-opening. A nominating committee member presumably has seen all of the other shows. If West Side Story and Girl from the North Country withdraw, I would think that the nominating committee has generally seen the other 3 (with some exceptions, of course). |
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