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| re: Any gossip about west side story? | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 04:48 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 04:35 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Any gossip about west side story? - sirpupnyc 04:19 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
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| You're right. The Tony cutoff was Feb. 19, 2020. ''West Side Story'' opened on Feb. 20. Even though the Broadway shutdown happened March 12, it was determined that not enough of the Tony voters would've had a chance to see it. ''West Side Story'' caught a bad break. It was originally set to open Feb. 6. Its debut was delayed due to Isaac Powell's knee injury in December. Had it opened Feb. 6, maybe it might've made the 2019-20 cutoff and been the only Tony-eligible Musical Revival. (And Best Actor in a Musical would've been a head-to-head showdown between Powell and Aaron Tveit, instead of a one-man race for Tveit.) |
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| I assume rudin influenced that cut off date | |
| Posted by: dramedy 05:39 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Any gossip about west side story? - WaymanWong 04:35 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
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| So that his show wouldn’t qualify. I could be completely wrong, but the feb 19 date wasn’t announced until august so I think there was a lot of back room politicking on that date and I assume rudin was part of those discussions. | |
| Link | https://broadwaynews.com/2020/08/21/tony-awards-to-announce-february-eligibility-cutoff-date/ |
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| re: I assume rudin influenced that cut off date | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 06:51 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
| In reply to: I assume rudin influenced that cut off date - dramedy 05:39 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
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| It's a rather random date to have picked if not. And yet it's probably true that significant numbers of nominators and voters hadn't seen it yet. (Voters, at least.) Saying January 31 would have been less obviously "we're carving out WSS because Rudin told us to", though. And yet it's hard to see how it was really a plus for him. |
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| My guess is wws would compete with revival plays | |
| Posted by: dramedy 07:26 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
| In reply to: re: I assume rudin influenced that cut off date - sirpupnyc 06:51 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
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| I doubt that tony committee would have just allowed one show in the category. I think acting is a little different with Tveit. I think revival would be combined so that WSS would have taken the Frankie and Johnny slot. Betrayal and soldiers play got solid reviews. | |
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| re: My guess is wws would compete with revival plays | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 08:19 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
| In reply to: My guess is wws would compete with revival plays - dramedy 07:26 pm EDT 07/07/21 | |
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| I agree. If ''West Side Story'' were eligible, the Tonys would've reverted to a single revival category, encompassing plays and musicals. After all, that's how it was from 1977 to 1993. The Tonys only began have separate Best Play Revival and Best Musical Revival prizes in 1994. |
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