| re: Keeping score of '1776' at the Tonys |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 09:41 pm EDT 07/09/21 |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 09:40 pm EDT 07/09/21 |
| In reply to: re: Keeping score of '1776' at the Tonys - WaymanWong 06:43 pm EDT 07/08/21 |
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| From 1947 through 1970 (for certain), fewer than 50% of the actors who were nominated for or won the Tony for a lead role were actually billed above the title. There was even one actor (during this time range) who was solo billed above the title in a Best Musical nominee and yet was nominated for featured rather than lead. I have no idea if producers back then could petition the Tony committee. I assume in all these cases, the Tony people just put actors in the category that made the most sense. |
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