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| Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:14 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| TONY AWARDS ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE MEETS FOR SECOND TIME TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE 2021-2022 SEASON New York, NY (March 18, 2022) – The Tony Awards Administration Committee met today to confirm the eligibility status of seven Broadway productions for the 2021-2022 season. This was the second time the Tony Awards Administration Committee met to decide the eligibility for the 75th Annual Tony Awards. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. The 75th Annual Tony Awards will broadcast live coast to coast for the first time ever on Sunday, June 12th starting at 7:00 – 8:00 PM, ET/4:00 – 5:00 PM, PT with exclusive content streaming only on Paramount+, followed by the presentation of the American Theatre Wing’s 75th Annual Tony Awards from 8:00-11:00 PM, LIVE ET/5:00 – 8:00 PM, LIVE PT on the CBS Television Network, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+. The Tony Awards eligibility cut-off date for the 2021-2022 season is Thursday, April 28, 2022 for all Broadway productions which meet all other eligibility requirements. Nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards will be announced on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The productions discussed today were: Clyde’s; Mrs. Doubtfire; Company; Flying Over Sunset; Skeleton Crew; MJ and The Music Man. The committee made the following determinations: Rob McClure and Jenn Gambatese will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical categories for their respective performances in Mrs. Doubtfire. Patti LuPone will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical category for her performance in Company. Harry Hadden-Paton, Tony Yazbeck and Carmen Cusack will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical categories for their respective performances in Flying Over Sunset. Beowulf Boritt and 59 Productions will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Scenic Design of a Musical category for their work on Flying Over Sunset. Myles Frost will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical category for his performance in MJ. Derek McLane and Peter Nigrini will be considered jointly eligible in the Best Scenic Design of a Musical category for their work on MJ. Sutton Foster will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category for her performance in The Music Man. For more information on the Tony Awards, visit TonyAwards.com and follow @TheTonyAwards on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. #TonyAwards Press releases and high-res images are available at www.TonyAwards.com/presskit. ### About the Tony Awards The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. At The Broadway League, Lauren Reid is Chair and Charlotte St. Martin is President. At the American Theatre Wing, Emilio Sosa is Chair and Heather A. Hitchens is President & CEO. Sponsors for The Tony Awards include: Carnegie Mellon University – the first-ever, exclusive higher education partner; City National – official bank of the Tony Awards; MAC Cosmetics - official makeup partner; People/EW - official magazine partner; Playbill; Sofitel New York – the official hotel of the Tony Awards; Rainbow Room - official partner of the Tony Nominee Luncheon; and United Airlines – the official airline of the Tony Awards for over 20 years. |
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| Skeleton Crew? | |
| Posted by: oddone 08:27 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - Official_Press_Release 04:14 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Does this mean Skeleton Crew will be considered as a New Play, and not a Revival? I remember there being some talk here about how this could go either way, and I'm not 100% sure what the "default" would be - it's been around a bit with a bunch of regional productions, but it's the Broadway Premiere, etc. But the Committee didn't address it so that means...it's a New Play? |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 05:03 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - Official_Press_Release 04:14 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| I wonder why they had to make a ruling on Sutton Foster, since she is being considered in the category that corresponds to her billing. | |
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| all obvious rulings, except Patti | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 07:32 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 07:10 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - Singapore/Fling 05:03 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| I'm a bit surprised ANY of these rulings were even questions, outside of Patti's category. I assume most of this meeting was just a formality to confirm the obvious. I actually think Patti should 100% not be in Leading, Joanne is always a featured/supporting character and should be categorized as such for awards. The idea that she could beat the person playing Bobbie is bonkers... and given that Katrina has no chance of winning as Bobbie, it's very likely Patti will. I also think being in Leading *would have* substantially reduced the chances or foregone conclusion that Patti will win a Tony for Company. |
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| The Tony Committee agrees with you | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 07:20 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: all obvious rulings, except Patti - Chazwaza 07:10 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Despite being above the title, Patti will be competing in Featured. That’s what required a special ruling. | |
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| re: The Tony Committee agrees with you | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 07:25 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: The Tony Committee agrees with you - Singapore/Fling 07:20 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Lol. I misread/read too quickly! I hope my post reads as just waxing about Joanne in general ... i stand by it, but in was a reaction to thinking they put Patti in Leading. (shrug) |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: FrenchDip 05:08 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - Singapore/Fling 05:03 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| She is billed below the title. | |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: dreamawakening 05:20 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - FrenchDip 05:08 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Hardly anyone is listed above the title these days. Why didn't they "determine" Katerina Link would be in the leading category? It never makes sense. |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 05:25 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - dreamawakening 05:20 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Because it's KATRINA LENK PATTI LUPONE COMPANY By billing, both would be leading. The Music Man is HUGH JACKMAN in THE MUSIC MAN also starring SUTTON FOSTER So by billing Sutton would be supporting. |
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| Another famous example (also from a Meredith Willson show) | |
| Posted by: carolinaguy 08:59 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - sirpupnyc 05:25 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Tammy Grimes won as Featured Actress playing the title character in UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN due to billing. | |
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| but also, look at 1961 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 11:08 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: Another famous example (also from a Meredith Willson show) - carolinaguy 08:59 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Chita Rivera wasn't nominated in leading actress either... in Bye Bye Birdie, Rosie is clearly the female lead with Kim as Featured ("Kim" wasn't nominated for either). We can easily say Tammy won Featured "due" to billing... but would she have beaten Elizabeth Seal who won the award (for Irma La Douce) and if not Seal, the other nominees... Julie Andrews – Camelot Carol Channing – Show Girl Nancy Walker – Do Re Mi I have no idea! In this case I bet she might have, which is too bad. But in Featured her only other competition because Chita in BBB was Nancy Dussault in Do Re Mi. |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 07:19 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 07:17 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - sirpupnyc 05:25 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Does billing someone above the title mean they *must* be nominated in Leading? / Does billing someone "below" the title in the playbill (their advertising doesn't count as her below the title, if you're on the billboard and your name is as big as the "star" and as big as the title, just placed under the title for the visual of it... you are still the equivalent of "above the title" for all intents and purposes of what "above the title" means) ... mean they *must* be put in Featured? Or only that they don't have to automatically be put in Leading? |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 07:20 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - Chazwaza 07:17 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Yes. Tony eligibility is entirely based on billing. | |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: twiceroyale 12:16 pm EDT 03/19/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - Singapore/Fling 07:20 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| with exceptions - Rita Moreno won supporting (though above the title) for THE RITZ | |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Last Edit: Chazwaza 07:34 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 07:24 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - Singapore/Fling 07:20 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| But what about all the stories of producers petitioning actors to be put in counter-intuitive categories to strength their chances of winning (or being nominated even)? Am I confusing the Tonys with other awards? I feel very sure there's a history of this with the Tonys... I mean the committee can rule against the producers' petition, but the producers don't always want the billing to dictate the categorizing, right? And sometimes they win that petition. -- I guess, now that I'm realizing i misread the Patti ruling, that what I said above does happen, as this is an example of her being default put in Leading due to billing, but the producers petitioning for her to be considered Featured? OR did the Tony committee independently decide to take her out of the presumed Leading category? |
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| 1999 article on producers’ petitions. | |
| Posted by: kieran 08:26 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - Chazwaza 07:24 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Link | NY Times |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: dreamawakening 05:39 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - sirpupnyc 05:25 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Sorry, I didn't realize Katrina was above the title. A little shocked by that but ok! |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 07:22 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - dreamawakening 05:39 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Me too. Katrina, whether you absolutely love her in this or not, is not the main attraction of the show for most people. And I'd think she is less than Patti even. But why would producers want to be obligated to give refunds if either is out that day, but especially if it's Katrina (because she isn't famous like Patti, I mean)? I'd think they'd be selling it as STEPHEN SONDEIM'S Company starring Katrina Lenk and Patti Lupone also starring: (the cast) with a book suggested by the work of George Furth ;) |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: Thom915 04:30 pm EDT 03/20/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - Chazwaza 07:22 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| True though on the basis of what sells, I would put Patti's name first before Katrina (I think they were both wonderful) and yes, the "book suggested by George Furth" is spot on. I might add directed by Marianne Elliot. I think she is becoming a saleable name. | |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 09:07 pm EDT 03/20/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - Thom915 04:30 pm EDT 03/20/22 | |
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| "all blame to be directed to" makes more sense to me than "directed by", but I can't deny that she's become one of the star names of this production. | |
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| re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 05:09 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - FrenchDip 05:08 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Indeed, as per the marquee: | |
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| The marquee / advertising doesn’t count. Only the Playbill (nm). | |
| Posted by: earlybird 05:26 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Awards Administration Committee Meets to Determine Eligibility for 2021-2022 Season - MockingbirdGirl 05:09 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Nm | |
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| Sutton Foster is Below the Title in the Playbill (nmi) | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:37 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: The marquee / advertising doesn’t count. Only the Playbill (nm). - earlybird 05:26 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Barbara Cook also was below the title of 'The Music Man' (1957) | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 08:12 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: Sutton Foster is Below the Title in the Playbill (nmi) - BroadwayTonyJ 05:37 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| And she won her Tony for Featured Actress for playing Marian in that show. Above Cook, but also below the title was Robert Preston, but he won his Tony for Best Actor in a Musical. And in the 2000 Broadway revival, both Craig Bierko and Rebecca Luker were billed above the title. |
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| Link | Playbill Vault: 'The Music Man' Playbill (1957) |
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| re: Barbara Cook also was below the title of 'The Music Man' (1957) | |
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| Posted by: PlayWiz 09:01 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: Barbara Cook also was below the title of 'The Music Man' (1957) - WaymanWong 08:12 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| It does say "Starring Robert Preston" though -- isn't that just about as good as being billed above the title for prestige and for Tony purposes? Maybe not as far as having to giving refunds for a no-show star, or has that been legally defined by now? | |
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| That is weird, thanks all! (nmi) | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 06:46 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: Sutton Foster is Below the Title in the Playbill (nmi) - BroadwayTonyJ 05:37 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| The mind boggles | |
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| how grossly manipulative/misleading of the producers | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 07:15 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: That is weird, thanks all! (nmi) - Singapore/Fling 06:46 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| To sell the show, 100% without exception, as starring and giving equal billing in all advertising and billboards to Hugh AND Sutton... and then rely on this f*ckery to make it not necessary to give refunds when Sutton is out ... wow. Lucky for audiences she is almost never out when she's doing a show (at least as far as I recall over the years, and certainly doesn't have a reputation for it)... but still. | |
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| re: That is weird, thanks all! -- I agree | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 06:51 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: That is weird, thanks all! (nmi) - Singapore/Fling 06:46 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| I agree and I saw the show in February. I actually did not pay attention to my Playbill at the time. I assumed Sutton was above the title. I had to pull my Playbill out when I read the Tony Committee's decision because, like you, I didn't think it made sense. | |
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| In the 'Company' of unusual billing | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 08:44 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 08:34 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
| In reply to: re: That is weird, thanks all! -- I agree - BroadwayTonyJ 06:51 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| The 1970 Playbill of ''Company'' appears to put the entire cast above the title; the names run down the left-hand side of the page. Larry Kert's name tops the list and is the largest one and in bold face. Followed by Barbara Barrie in slightly smaller type size and in bold face. The other names follow in slightly smaller type size, except for Elaine Stritch, whose name is the same size as Barrie's (but it's not bold-faced). At Tony time, Elaine Stritch (Joanne) and Susan Browning (April) were nominated for Best Actress. And Barbara Barrie (Sarah) and Pamela Myers (Marta) were nominated for Featured Actress. Frankly, all the women in ''Company'' should be in Featured. It made no sense to put Stritch and especially Browning in Leading. April has the ''Barcelona'' scene with Bobby and sings in the ''You Could Drive a Person Crazy'' trio, and that's a Leading role? Go figure. |
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| Link | Playbill Vault: 'Company' Playbill (1970) |
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| re: In the 'Company' of unusual billing | |
| Posted by: lordofspeech 09:52 pm EDT 03/19/22 | |
| In reply to: In the 'Company' of unusual billing - WaymanWong 08:34 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| I suggest that Stritch and Browning were up for Best Leading Actress because they were SO GOOD. i think Broadway expected Brownkng to have quite the career after COMPANY. It was surprising she didn’t. Audiences fell in love with April and her monologue...because Browning was so genuinely innocent. We really wanted her to win Bobby. | |
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| re: In the 'Company' of unusual billing | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 09:22 am EDT 03/19/22 | |
| In reply to: In the 'Company' of unusual billing - WaymanWong 08:34 pm EDT 03/18/22 | |
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| Very strange billing set-up. Of course, with Larry Kert in the cast, it's not the opening night playbill. I agree that Bobby is the only lead role in the show. Every other role should be featured. Although I still enjoy talking about the Tonys and am fascinated by Tony trivia, I have a difficult time taking them seriously. Their history is too flawed. |
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