Threaded Order Chronological Order
| THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: Beuks (davidbeukema@gmail.com) 10:02 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| The Gilded Age wrapped up its first season on HBO last night, and if the show itself seemed like a pale imitation of Downton Abbey, the parade of New York theater actors the show employed was incredibly fun. I was struck from the very first episode just how stacked the cast was, and I kept a tally all season long. I thought some here might find it fun, too. Over 9 episodes, The Gilded Age featured 20 Tony nominated actors, who have accumulatively earned 68 Tony nominations and 25 Tony wins! An embarrassment of riches, to be sure. Here is the full list: Carrie Coon (1 nom.) Denée Benton (1 nom.) Cynthia Nixon (4 nom., 2 win) Christine Baranski (2 nom., 2 win) Audra McDonald (9 nom., 6 win) Michael Cerveris (6 nom., 2 win) Katie Finneran (2 nom., 2 win) Celia Keenan-Bolger (4 nom., 1 win) Debra Monk (4 nom., 1 win) Donna Murphy (5 nom., 2 win) Kristine Nielsen (2 nom.) Kelli O’Hara (7 nom., 1 win) Patrick Page (1 nom.) Ron Raines (1 nom.) Douglas Sills (1 nom.) Linda Emond (3 nom.) Bill Irwin (5 nom., 1 win) John Douglas Thompson (1 nom.) Nathan Lane (6 nom., 3 win) Stephen Spinella (3 nom., 2 win) Can't wait to see who will pop up in Season 2! |
|
| reply to this message |
| re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: Showtunegal 07:22 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - Beuks 10:02 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| Thank you for this! When did Stephen Spinella appear? I must have blinked and missed him. | |
| reply to this message |
| re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: showtunesoprano 10:42 am EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - Showtunegal 07:22 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| He was in the final episode. He had some business dealings with Mr Russell, and then he was invited (forced) to attend the ball. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: dbarnum 08:32 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - Showtunegal 07:22 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| I was wondering the same thing, so I checked IMDb. It seems he was in the final episode (last night). We have not watched it yet. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 03:31 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - Beuks 10:02 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| My husband and I play the game of who on screen doesn't have a Tony nomination... and usually it's Meryl's daughter, lol. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| I liked it | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:07 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - Beuks 10:02 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| It was a nice wrap up of story lines in case it doesn’t get a second season. I can see why it is compared to DowntonA, but I felt it showed NY society very well. I agree that some of the acting didn’t work. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: I liked it | |
| Posted by: jmill 01:09 pm EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: I liked it - dramedy 12:07 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| I thoroughly enjoyed the first season; it isn't quite as good as DOWNTON ABBEY, especially from a dramatic point of view, but its lavish production and the presence of so many theater people was a delight. The finale was particularly strong. The big ballroom sequences had quite the gathering of Broadway legends, with Christine Baranski, Donna Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Kelli O'Hara, and Nathan Lane all being together in "the room where it happened." That was a special treat. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| Much like the Sex and The City reboot... | |
| Last Edit: ShowGoer 01:35 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 01:33 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: I liked it - dramedy 12:07 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| ..."And Just Like That" – which was only officially renewed today, even though it was common knowledge they were planning to bring it back for another season before it even premiered – "The Gilded Age" was all but guaranteed a renewal, and most people who worked on it either knew or suspected it was coming before the first episode even aired. (Christine Baranski said in a podcast interview that was recorded after the first season wrapped but before it aired, "I just can't wait to do more", to which Julian Fellowes, stifling a laugh, replied "Let's not get ahead of ourselves".) It's one of the more expensive series ever, almost certainly second to only Game of Thrones in HBO history, so pricey that they still haven't released figures on just how much it cost (a price tag only exacerbated by shutting down production in March 2020 right as they were about to begin filming and keeping the cast on hold for an entire year before finally beginning filming in Feburary 2021). There was almost no way it wasn't coming back, unless both critics and audiences had hated it. So if you don't love the show, call it the fallacy of sunk costs, and if you do, then you can probably already safely start looking forward to the renewal for Season 3. (My guess is that, similar to Downton, it winds up at 4 or 5 seasons total.) And what a good month for Cynthia Nixon, assuming that she likes being in business with HBO. |
|
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: Much like the Sex and The City reboot... | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 10:14 pm EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: Much like the Sex and The City reboot... - ShowGoer 01:33 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| I'm curious where you're getting the idea that this is one of the most expensive series ever made... second only to Game of Thrones (in HBO history)... I mean, maybe for HBO... but what about Rome or Westworld! But despite the expense of the period, it seems rather contained. It also is not by any stretch worth being SOOOO expensive if this is true. It's an enjoyable show, though not especially great or exciting or even fun... Game of Thrones looks like it would require 50x the budget to pull off than The Gilded Age. And this is certainly not the first show to have beautiful period costumes and sets and a big cast. But the cast doesn't have any big-salary stars (except maybe Baranski and Nixon, but I don't know if they come anywhere near what stars of huge hit shows get), but also so many of the big cast are underused and not in many scenes, you'd almost think they were trying to make sure to only pay them for as few days as they could get away with. It would be hard to imagine how or why this show costs more than The Great or Bridgerton... If it does, wow. |
|
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: Much like the Sex and The City reboot... | |
| Posted by: shaggyhair 09:41 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: Much like the Sex and The City reboot... - ShowGoer 01:33 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| I believe the show resumed shooting in the summer of 2020, one of the first film/TV projects in the greater NYC area to resume after lockdown, with significant safety precautions in place. I know people who worked in those scenes shot right after shooting resumed. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| You could well be right… | |
| Last Edit: ShowGoer 12:11 am EDT 03/23/22 | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 12:09 am EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Much like the Sex and The City reboot... - shaggyhair 09:41 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| … and now that you mention it, I remember hearing similar things about the show resuming its filming earlier than I’d indicated. Honestly I grabbed my info from Wikipedia, where the text reads, “Following the move to HBO, the series was expected to begin filming in March 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic delayed production. Filming of the series began in Newport, Rhode Island in February 2021, at the mansions Chateau-sur-Mer, The Elms, and The Breakers.” They could be right after all, but more likely I should’ve taken Wiki with a huge grain of salt. So thanks for the reality check. (Either way, they likely didn’t have to pay the actors too much extra for the downtime… but whether for things such as rentals for pre-existing properties like the ones mentioned above, or maintenance for the set pieces that were built on sound stages – to say nothing of PPE, or testing, or a Covid compliance officer – almost every aspect of that shutdown, whether it lasted 3 months or 10 months, had to have added a pretty penny, and with no work getting accomplished in the meanwhile. But then that’s true of everything that had to take a pause in 2020. My understanding is that by TV standards, and as a sumptuous period piece, it just cost “Gilded Age” a little bit more.) |
|
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: I liked it | |
| Posted by: Gregv212 12:30 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: I liked it - dramedy 12:07 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| The series has been renewed for season two. | |
| Link | The Gilded Age S2 |
| reply to this message | reply to first message | |
| But when filming occurred they might not have known | |
| Posted by: dramedy 02:11 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I liked it - Gregv212 12:30 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| So I like that it wrapped up the story in case it didn’t get renewed unlike some series that do a cliff hanger and don’t get renewed. But thanks for the update that it was renewed. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: I liked it | |
| Posted by: comedywest 01:26 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I liked it - Gregv212 12:30 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| you got the feeling with scene of Michael Cerveris acting strange at the ball that something was up that will be continued next season. I do wish the lighting wasn't so historically accurate. Some scenes are so dark. |
|
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: I liked it | |
| Posted by: ashleylm 07:34 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I liked it - comedywest 01:26 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| I do wish the lighting wasn't so historically accurate. Some scenes are so dark. Is there any chance you can change your TV settings? At my home, the scenes seem remarkably bright (especially considering the period!), not that I mind since I'm better able to enjoy the costumes and set design. |
|
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: I liked it | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 03:35 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: I liked it - comedywest 01:26 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| Haven't seen the latest episode, but they did wait a long time to start giving him a storyline, which they started quite slowly, so I wouldn't be surprised if you're right that they have plans for him. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: royscho 11:05 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - Beuks 10:02 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| You would think that with all this talent the acting would be better but this is one of the most shockingly bad acting I’ve seen on tv. Nathan Lane, Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski come off as particularly bad. At least Audra McDonald and Kelli O’Hara manage to find a shred of character there. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 03:40 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - royscho 11:05 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| Oh, Nathan's having a ball, and I'm here for it (and he seems true to the figure he's playing, as least based upon what we get from novels about the era). Nixon is doing the best she can with what they seem to be asking of her... as written that character doesn't make a lot of sense. Is she a naif whose never seen the world? Is she developmentally challenged? Is she just dumb? Who can say, there's no consistent through line. And Baranski is also in a weird spot, because they want her to be likable and reasonable within her snootiness, which rather defangs her. |
|
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: BigM 06:50 pm EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - Singapore/Fling 03:40 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| I haven't seen the whole season yet, but I like what I've seen so far, and I don't have problems with the acting. It's quite a bit nastier than Downton Abbey; those characters were mostly good-natured but these people, especially Baranski (an actress I generally adore) are exceptionally mean-spirited and snobbish. Downton seemed like an enjoyable place to be, but this world seems like you'd want to get out as soon as humanly possible. | |
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| For something completely different, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, also on HBO ... | |
| Posted by: Ann 10:13 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - Beuks 10:02 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| ... has, in the first couple of episodes: John C. Reilly (1 nom.) Sally Field (1 nom.) Tracy Letts (2 nom., 2 wins, and a Pulitzer) Danny Burstein (I think 7 nom., 1 win) Stephen Adly Giurgis (1 nom, and a Pulitzer) LisaGay Hamilton (1 nom.) And probably more I don't know. |
|
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
Time to render: 0.088490 seconds.