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Is Sara Bareilles eligible for an acting Tony?
Posted by: mikem 12:14 pm EDT 07/08/21
In reply to: WAITRESS Returns to Broadway Starring Sara Bareilles - Limited Engagement - Official_Press_Release 09:08 am EDT 07/07/21

Waitress closed before the pandemic, so this is a re-mounting. I know it's not eligible for a Tony for Best Revival because there has to be 3 years between closing of the original and the re-opening for that to happen, but are the actors Tony-eligible?
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re: Is Sara Bareilles eligible for an acting Tony?
Last Edit: writerkev 04:06 pm EDT 07/08/21
Posted by: writerkev 04:05 pm EDT 07/08/21
In reply to: Is Sara Bareilles eligible for an acting Tony? - mikem 12:14 pm EDT 07/08/21

Logic would say no. If a remount isn't a revival, then it must be considered the original production; therefore it's simply a recasting, and recast actors in long-running shows are never eligible. But the Tony committee went against that logic once before when they decided the new casts of remounts of "White Christmas" were eligible.

It was a truly bizarre decision, in my opinion. Recast actors in a long-running show aren't eligible. But if the show takes a hiatus, then they are? Crazy.

We shall see what they decide with "Waitress."
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