I wonder if, in the early days of the Tonys, there were rules that specifically pertained to revivals of work that predated the awards? Perhaps no one even envisioned that revivals would ever become enough of a thing to even consider such things. In any case, stars returning in new productions of shows they originated continues to be a rare phenomenon...Channing in HELLO, DOLLY!, Lansbury in MAME, Close in SUNSET BOULEVARD...any others?
Under today's rules, Merman would have been eligible in 1966 for ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, right? Because she would not have been eligible in 1946, because the award didn't exist.
Or would a special exception have been made to exempt her? |
