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| re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 03:40 pm EDT 08/29/20 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 03:33 pm EDT 08/29/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' - WaymanWong 02:31 pm EDT 08/29/20 | |
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| Morse got very good reviews and his character is very important to the story, although the role is not really a lead. He and Merkel were both billed (in very small letters) as "also starring" but below the title. The decision wasn't an egregious one (like the Rose nomination), but coming in the same year as the Bosley situation, it makes the Tonys look bad. I'm guessing Merrick wanted 3 Best Musical Actor Nominations to promote the show as much as possible. There was a lot of competition that season. As it turned out, it took Take Me Along 17 years to recoup (according to Suskin). |
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| Tony nominations were rarely if ever advertised back then | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 04:59 pm EDT 08/31/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' - BroadwayTonyJ 03:33 pm EDT 08/29/20 | |
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| The Tonys were so much less important before the national telecasts. Some shows didn't even bother advertising major Tony wins, and nominations were rarely if ever advertised. I just checked the ABCs for a couple of days between the nominations and the awards ceremony, and Take Me Along did not advertise its nominations. | |
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| re: Tony nominations were rarely if ever advertised back then | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 06:55 pm EDT 08/31/20 | |
| In reply to: Tony nominations were rarely if ever advertised back then - AlanScott 04:59 pm EDT 08/31/20 | |
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| Oh, I believe you. I was thinking more of the coverage in all the daily newspapers (my parents subscribed to 4 of them) and the weekly magazines (at least 2 in my family that I read) in those days. I was just a kid in 1960, but I remember columnists writing of a supposed rivalry between Gleason and Bosley for the Tony, which I assume was something Gleason just imagined. For years afterward, whenever interviewed, he would always say, "You know, I did win a Tony. | |
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