Hello, Dollies... it's the Tony Nominations for 2017
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 9:47AM by Nathaniel R
Oh hello Tony*, well hello Tony. It's so nice to have you back where you belong...
*Short for Antoinette, don'cha know
Christopher Jackson (Hamilton's original "George Washington") and musical comedy genius Jane Krakowski, both nominees last season, announced the 2017 Tony nominations this morning. Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 leads the pack with 12 nominations with Hello Dolly! close behind with 10. It's usually an original musical that leads. That's a result of the built-in advantage of having more categories devoted to them. Musicals have all the same categories as the plays but also choreography, orchestrations, score, and book. Musical revivals don't ever qualify for all four of those extra musical categories but sometimes two of them. A Dolls House Part 2 leads the original play nominees with 8 nominations and August Wilson's Jitney and Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes lead the play revivals with 6 bids each.
The nominees are...
Best Musical
Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
- Come From Away
- Dear Evan Hansen
- Groundhog Day
- Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
Which do you suppose gets a film verison first?
Shows that were not nominated
If voting is close, the category is triggered to expand to 5 contenders. So these four must have run away with the votes. Unlike the Grammys and the Oscars and the Emmys, the pool of eligible contenders for each category at the Tonys is easily understood (the number of theaters that house Broadway shows being finite). There were 13 eligible new musicals on the boards this season so the shows that missed this single most marketable of honors were: Amelie (reviewed), Anastasia, Bandstand, A Bronx Tale, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Cirque du Soleil Paramour, Holiday Inn, In Transit, and War Paint
Best Play
Jennifer Ehle & Jefferson Mays in OSLO
- A Dolls House Part 2 (Lucas Hnath)
- Indecent (Paula Vogel)
- Oslo (JT Rogers)
- Sweat (Lynn Nottage, who just won her second Pulitzer)
Cool statistic: ALL four of those playwrights are making their Broadway debuts.
Shows that were not nominated
There were 10 eligible new productions so the shows that weren't nominated were: The Encounter, Heisenberg, Oh Hello on Broadway, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Present, and what was surely the biggest miss given the deep love some have for it... Significant Other.
Best Revival of a Musical
Bette Midler's opening night curtain call
- Hello Dolly!
(10 nominations. The original production in 1964 received 11 nominations / 10 wins) - Falsettos
(the original production in 1992 received 7 nominations / 2 wins) - Miss Saigon
(the original production in 1991 received 11 nominations / 3 wins)
Shows That Were Not Nominated: Because Sunday in the Park with George did not wish to be considered eligible (they didn't want to waste their profits on an awards run and free seats for voters due to a very short run and insanely high demand), it was not a possibility here. Too bad really as it seems like the only thing that would have been put up a formidable fight to Hello Dolly! There were only 5 eligible productions so the only snubbees are the Andrew Lloyd Webber duo of Sunset Boulevard and Cats.
Best Revival of a Play
The Lovely Laura Linney is Regina with Cynthia Nixon as Birdie (though they switch roles every night!) in THE LITTLE FOXES
- Jitney
(1st Broadway production of this classic August Wilson show) - The Little Foxes
(The first Broadway production in 1939 was before the Tony Awards existed. Tallulah Bankhead played Regina and Patricia Collinge played Birdie. Collinge reprised her role for the film version and was Oscar nominated) - Present Laughter
(The first Broadway production was in 1946, the year before the Tony Awards began) - Six Degrees of Separation
(The original Broadway production in 1990 was a big hit with the public and received 4 nominations and 1 win for directing. It led to Stockard Channing reprising her role and getting an Oscar nomination for the 1993 film version)
Show That Were Not Nominated: There were 9 eligible Revivals this year. The others were Arthur Miller's The Price, The Cherry Orchard, The Front Page, The Glass Menagerie, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Of those Glass Menagerie had the most devout fans (but the revival has been quite divisive so this miss is not a surprise).
Best Leading Actor in a Play
- Denis Arndt, Heisenberg
(1st nomination, Broadway debut) - Chris Cooper, A Doll's House Pt 2
(1st nomination) - Corey Hawkins, Six Degrees of Separation
(It's "Dr Dre" from Straight Outta Compton, 1st nomination) - Kevin Kline, Present Laughter
(4th nomination, 2 previous wins) - Jefferson Mays, Oslo
(3rd nomination, 1 previous win)
Who missed out: Blanchett's other half Richard Roxburgh for The Present, and critical darling Gideon Glick for Significant Other
Best Leading Actress in a Play
- Cate Blanchett, The Present
(1st nomination... fwiw has 2 Oscars. Doesn't seem interested in triple crown or EGOT but probably wants the Tony) - Jennifer Ehle, Oslo
(3rd Tony nomination, 2 previous wins) - Sally Field, The Glass Menagerie
(1st nomination... fwiw it's worth has 3 Emmys, and 2 Oscars. Surely wants the triple crown) - Laura Linney, Little Foxes
(4th nomination... fwiw has 4 Emmy wins but still no Oscar or Tony grrr) - Laurie Metcalf, A Dolls House Part 2
(4th nomination... fwiw has 3 Emmy wins but still no Tony grrr)
4th times the charm? Laura vs Laurie? They're both hugely respected stage actors and both on their 4th nomination with buzzy performances. WHAT A CATEGORY, HUH?
About the Linney nomination: Linney & Cynthia Nixon famously switch roles every night but Linney does "Regina" 4 times a week to Nixon's 3 times a week, was initially cast as just Regina, played her on Opening Night (the "official" night), and it was her idea to share the role. For all of these reasons, presumable, the Tony nominating committee opted to consider Linney "Lead" and Nixon "Featured" though they're both both simultaneously really if you follow. No Category Fraud, just an odd situation that happens to be exciting for those who love actressing.
Better Luck Next Time: The big "miss" here in terms of a show that they obviously liked and that had just opened so people thought it might happen was Allison Janney for Six Degrees of Separation (which I'm actually seeing tonight - what timing!)... but memories of Blanchett's star turn (the only one of these shows that's not still running) must have got in the way.
Best Leading Actor in a Musical
- Christian Borle, Falsettos
(4th nomination, 2 previous wins) - Josh Groban, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
(Broadway debut) - Andy Karl, Groundhog Day
(3rd nomination in past 4 seasons! He's always marvelous) - Ben Platt, Dear Evan Hansen
(1st nomination) - David Hyde Pierce, Hello Dolly!
(3rd nomination, 1 win + 1 special Tony)
The nominations in this category met almost everyone's expectations. This will surely be a contest between Andy Karl and Ben Platt (from Pitch Perfect, and the current frontrunner)... unless default Tony habits to click the Borle & Pierce boxes get in the way.
Not Eligible: Jake Gyllenhaal would have been an obvious nominee here given his spectacular reviews for Sunday in the Park with George but they opted not to pursue eligibility due to the short run. We hope this is not a harbinger of things to come with shows that get this kind of raves and are in high demand
Best Leading Actress in a Musical
- Denée Benton, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
(Broadway debut, 1st nomination!) - Christine Ebersole, War Paint
(4th nomination, 2 previous wins) - Patti Lupone, War Paint
(7th nomination, 2 previous wins) - Bette Midler, Hello Dolly!
(1st nomination, +1 special Tony) - Eva Noblezada, Miss Saigon
(Broadway debut, 1st nomination!)
This category was more competitive. Other women people thought might factor in were Philippa Soo despite Amelie being a disappointment, Christy Altomare for Anastasia, or Laura Osnes for Bandstand. This statue is obviously Bette Midler's to lose.
Not Eligible: Glenn Close won the Tony for Sunset Boulevard in the 90s. Since she was reprising her own performance, she was deemed ineligible
Best Featured Actress in a Play
- Johanna Day, Sweat
(2nd nomination) - Jayne Houdyshell, A Dolls House Part 2
(4th nomination, 1 previous win) - Cynthia Nixon, The Little Foxes
(4th nomination, 1 previous win) - Condola Rashad, A Dolls House Part 2
(3rd nomination - and yes this is Phylicia Rashad's daughter. She now has more nominations than her mother! though her mother actually won a Tony) - Michele Wilson, Sweat
(1st nomination)
Repeat? Houdyshell won this same category last year for the hit play Humans. But this is a tough category. So many lauded performances.
Left Out: Some big stage names that missed this list including Sherie Rene Scott for The Front Page, Kate Burton and Kristine Nielson for Present Laughter.
Best Featured Actor in a Play
- Michael Aronov, Oslo
(1st nomination) - Danny DeVito, The Price
(1st nomination. Broadway debut!) - Nathan Lane, The Front Page
(5th nomination, 2 previous wins) - Richard Thomas, The Little Foxes
(1st nomination) - John Douglas Thompson, Jitney
(1st nomination)
I'm surprised but totally pleased to see Richard Thomas in the mix for The Little Foxes. Linney & Nixon are getting all the attention with their role switching (and they're marvelous) but I was quite impressed with his work as Regina's dying husband. I hadn't looked at my program before the show began so I didn't know he was in it and when he got entrance applause and I'm like, who? (I didn't recognize him with the beard on stage)
Missed the Nomination: Some high profile misses here include André Holland (fresh off Moonlight success) for Jitney, John Benjamin Hickey (love him) for Six Degrees of Separation, and anyone from the star-packed Front Page that wasn't Nathan Lane.
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
- Kate Baldwin, Hello Dolly!
(2nd nomination) - Rachel Bay Jones, Dear Evan Hansen
(1st nomination) - Stephanie J Block, Falsettos
(2nd nomination. I first saw her in her Broadway debut The Boy From Oz where she played Liza Minnelli! to Hugh Jackman's Peter Allen so in both her Broadway debut and in her 2nd Tony nomination she played ex wives of gay men, haha!) - Jenn Colella, Come From Away
(1st nomination) - Mary Beth Peil, Anastasia
(2nd nomination... but the first was 32 years ago for The King and I!)
The fresh category. Some one will be a first time winner!
Missed Out: The big misses here might arguably be Caroline O'Connor (Our favorite Whore of the Apocalypse, "Nini" from Moulin Rouge!) from Anastasia and Laura Dreyfuss from Dear Evan Hansen
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
- Gavin Creel, Hello Dolly!
(3rd nomination) - Michael Faist, Dear Evan Hansen
(1st nomination) - Andrew Rannells, Falsettos
(2nd nomination) - Lucas Steele, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
(1st nomination) - Brandon Uranowitz, Falsettos
(2nd nomination)
Fresh category Part 2. None of them have won yet, and it skews really young. (Broadway's love of Gavin Creel perplexes me a bit over the years but maybe he's great in Hello Dolly!?)
Misses: I'm sad not to see Nick Cordero in the mix for A Bronx Tale (I didn't see the show but LOVED him in Bullets Over Broadway a few seasons ago). Other misses were Geno Carr and Joel Hatch both from Come From Away, and Michael Xavier for Sunset Boulevard.
Best Direction of a Musical
- Christopher Ashley, Come From Away
(3rd nomination for directing, but he actually has three nominations this year in three separate categories) - Rachel Chavkin, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
(1st nomination, Broadway debut!) - Michael Greif, Dear Evan Hansen
(4th nomination) - Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day
(9th nomination, 1 previous win for God of Carnage) - Jerry Zaks, Hello Dolly!
(8th nomination, 4 previous wins)
For what it's worthy Matthew Warchus is someone we really love. He directed the awesome Globe nominated gay & union workers dramedy Pride (2014) and he is trying to bring the musical Matilda to the bigscreen too. Interviewed right here a few years back.
Best Direction of a Play
- Sam Gold, A Doll's House Pt 2
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's Jitney
- Bartlett Sher, Oslo
- Daniel Sullivan, The Little Foxes
- Rebecca Taichman, Indecent
Best Score
- Come From Away
- Groundhog Day
- Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
- Dear Evan Hansen
The frontrunners here are surely Benji Pasek & Justin Paul for Dear Evan Hansen. They just won the Oscar for La La Land, so they'll be halfway to an EGOT in a four month stretch of time if they also win this. What's more, Theater Mania reminds us that they composed the best number in that Flash musical episode last month called "Runnin' Home to You" so theoretically they could be up for an Emmy this coming September.
If you haven't been watching The Flash here that's the song embedded above. It's great that they did a musical episode given how many members of that CW show's cast have spectacular voices (including Jesse L Martin from the original production and film version of Rent who plays Joe West) but it's frustrating that it was a weak episode overall given its script and stop to sing numbers that weren't really all that well plot integrated.
Best Orchestrations
- Bandstand
- Hello Dolly!
- Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
- Dear Evan Hansen
Best Choreography
Laura Osnes in BANDSTAND
- Bandstand
- Come From Away
- Groundhog Day
- Holiday Inn
- Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
Hello Dolly! was not eligible here since it was reusing the old choreography
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
- Groundhog Day
- War Paint
- Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
- Hello Dolly!
Best Scenic Design of a Play
August Wilson's JITNEY
- Jitney
- The Play That Goes Wrong
- The Front Page
- Oslo
Best Costume Design of a Play
- The Little Foxes
- Present Laughter
- August Wilson's Jitney
- A Doll's House Pt 2
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Look, it's Caroline O'Connor in ANASTASIA
- Anastasia
- Hello Dolly!
- Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
- War Paint
Best Book
- Come From Away
- Dear Evan Hansen
- Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
- Groundhog Day
Best Lighting Design of a Musical
- Come From Away
- Hello Dolly!
- Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
- Dear Evan Hansen
Best Lighting Design of a Play
INDECENT is the backstage drama behind a controversial Yiddish play from 1922 that landed its producer and leading actor in jail
- Indecent
- August Wilson's Jitney
- Oslo
- A Dolls House Pt 2
Though there's no Hamilton-sized behemoth that will run away with all the hardware this year we'll still want to be in the room where the Tonys happen because it's always always a good time. The 71st Annual Tony Awards will take place on Sunday, June 11 from Radio City Music Hall with Kevin Spacey hosting.
Reader Comments (42)
where's your </>the little foxes review? you know how i love tlll
Ruffalo also missed out. They're always so random with movie stars. Some make it, others don't.
Sally Field really worked hard that nomination. She even gave interviews to lamp posts.
Team Metcalf.
I adore Laurie Metcalf! I sure hope she doesn't get sucked into that ROSEANNE revival/reboot that's happening.
TONY Nominee Cate Blanchett!
Rooting for the two-time Oscar winners in Lead Actress in a Play. One will triple crown or one will be half way there. And Streep is suppose to be top dog in acting and neither she nor Day-Lewis will ever touch a Broadway stage again as performers–their rep is inflated.
If Linney and Nixon alternated roles, why are they nominated in different categories? Did the voters decide Nixon was only good in the smaller role and not in the lead, and vice versa? Or is this Zeta-Jones/Zellwegger style category fraud?
Congrats to all these people that I have never heard of!
Streep and Day-Lewis are more interested (at moment) in film acting. Streep has said recently that she would love to do an original play.
Bette Midler seems unstoppable. What a great vehicle for her.
I LOVE Cate Blanchett and have seen her in three shows (Streetcar [one of the best performances I have seen in my life], The Maids, and The Present). I think she's a phenomenal talent. That said, if she were to win it would be completely undeserved. The show was a dog, and she was good (perhaps pushing a bit too hard?), but hardly transcendent. In this case, the nomination itself is the reward. I can easily imagine her winning a Tony, but I hope it is not for this.
I saw Six Degrees on Saturday...it seems foolish to stage that play in 90 minutes with no intermission. The moments and themes need more space to breathe and it particularly hurt Janney and Hickey. Those two had to gallop through lines and beats that were hilarious onscreen. And such big shoes to fill! Channing and Sutherland could not have immortalized those parts more perfectly.
It was still an absolute pleasure to see it onstage, and Janney was very good.
You forgot to include Tony nomination history for BA Musical.
OMG my eyes are bleeding! the actresses in a play are BELOW the actors!!!
Jennifer Lawrence -- you need to get out more. ;) Most of these actors also so TV and film. Everyone's hoping mediums liberally now.
Scott -- it's a bit confusing i'll add in text explaning it but it comes down to this. Though they alternate with 7 shows a week, Linney does the lead role more often and she was the one initially contracted to do the lead role and did it on opening night (which makes it "official" by Tony rules) and it was her idea to switch parts so technically she was hired as lead and then opted to share the lead.
@3rtful - Streep also did that Mother Courage production at the Public Theater in 2006. Broadway isn't the only venue for stage acting.
So happy for Metcalf. Lead actress in a play is a packed category and it would be great to see her, Linney or Field win (considering I haven't seen any of them, I'm just a fan of the actresses).
At least Rashad isn't up against Judith Light, whom she lost to two years in a row which has to hurt.
I'm also confused as to why Linney is lead while Nixon is supporting if they are both switching roles? Is it due to the fixed award placement for them submitted by the producers??
Love Blanchett to death but I don't think she's winning it, and neither will Field. If Cherry Jones can't win with the same role and better performance, how could she?
Wishing for the Lovely Laura Linney to win!
Craver -- i just updated the post with that info about Linney
Lead Actress in a Play is full of great actresses, but I'm team Metcalf 100%. She is phenomenally talented and has been delivering great performances on stage for over three decades.
I really prefer to see the Tony go to actors who are known for their stage work rather than Hollywood stars trying out the medium, filling time between movies, or looking to achieve the triple crown.
@/3rtful
You bitter old coot. You have such a hard-on for Streep. Get over yourself.
Thanks for the clarification Nathaniel. When Benedict Cumberpatch and Jonny Lee Miller shared duties on Frankenstein (swapping between the Creature and the Doctor) at the National Theatre in London, they were both nominated for Best Actor in a shared slot - they both won an Olivier. I thought the same would happen for Linney and Nixon!
Cate Blanchett is a stage actress, front & center
Cate Blanchett is not a Hollywood name doing theater once in a while
Some of these plays toured and were revisited, The Present, for instance.
Electra, 1992, National Institute of Dramatic Art
Top Girls, 1992, Sydney Theatre Company
Kafka Dances, 1993, Griffin Theatre Company
Oleanna, 1993 , Sydney Theatre Company
Hamlet, 1994, Belvoir St Theatre
Sweet Phoebe, 1995, Sydney Theatre Company and Warehouse Theatre
The Tempest, 1995, Belvoir St Theatre
The Blind Giant is Dancing, 1995, Belvoir St Theatre
The Seagull, 1997, Belvoir St Theatre
Plenty, 1999, The Almeida Season at the Albery Theatre
The Vagina Monologues, 1999, The Old Vic
Hedda Gabler, 2004, Sydney Theatre Company
A Kind of Alaska, 2006, Sydney Theatre Company
Blackbird, 2007, Sydney Theatre Company
The War of the Roses, 2009, Sydney Theatre Company
A Streetcar Named Desire, 2009, Sydney Theatre Company
Uncle Vanya, 2011, Sydney Theatre Company
Gross und Klein, 2011, Sydney Theatre Company
The Maids, 2013, Sydney Theatre Company
The Present, 2015, Sydney Theatre Company
Hi Nathaniel.
Asking you a question for a previous post celebrating Star Wars day as the thread's shut there:
Could you rank your top 15 Star Wars costumes?
Bonus points for including Darth Maul.
Which do you suppose gets a film verison first?
I'm still impatiently waiting for that NEXT TO NORMAL film. Come on, Hollywood, what are you waiting for?
But anyways just wanted to chime in to see that of course GROUNDHOG DAY is already famously based on a film. One of the things I *loved* about the musical adaptation though is that it brilliantly highlights how one should adapt things to a different medium. A LOT of what they do can really only be done on stage and it was the better for it. Everyone should see it! In fact, I'm seeing it a second time tonight!
Also I didn't know the director of PRIDE also directed it! Not too shabby!
To be clear, a fifth nominee can only happen A) when at least 9 new musicals open in a season and B) if there are three or fewer votes separating fourth and fifth. For all we know, one of the other potential nominees had four fewer votes, just missing out. It doesn't seem likely with how the other nominations spread out mostly between the Best Musical nominees.
And The Little Foxes did not petition against opening night billing. That was the only way they could both compete in lead and supporting.
According to their respective Wikipedia pages:
Cate Blanchett has more Stage Credits than Jennifer Ehle, Laura Linney, or Sally Field.
#JustSaying
My fingers are crossed for Laura Linney! What a Performance!
I was hoping Laura Dreyfuss would sneak in. A lesser actress would've played her character much bigger but I loved her subdued approach.
There's been only one film of "Foxes," but a number of Hollywood greats have appeared in revivals of "The Little Foxes," including a television production. My blog essay on it here:
http://ricksrealreel.blogspot.com/2017/04/lillian-hellman-and-her-little-foxes.html
I'd never heard of Michael Faist (I'm in the UK and not sure he's well-known over here) but I've just spent the last half-hour googling him and he's cute!
Anyway, back to the awards...
Nathaniel, how can you go to a play and NOT read the program and, what's worse, NOT know that a tv star is in it! :)... Well, you're forgiven.
I'm so conflicted by Leading Actress in a Play. I want Sally to get that Triple Crown especially since her reviews and word of mouth are so strong but then I want the Lovely Laura Linney to win as well. I'm sure a tie is too much to ask for but it would be great.
Glad for the Richard Thomas nom, haven't seen this play but I've seen him in a few others and he's a strong stage presence.
Bette might as well clear the space for the award now.
This whole season reminds me of 1981, a year that captivated me as Liz Taylor was nommed for Foxes and my idol Linda Ronstadt was up for the musical The Pirates of Penzance.
Blanchett has an HBO movie called Cancer Vixen that has yet to shoot. They idea she's not interested in the triple crown was pulled out of your butt. The Gemini in you can't make up its mind about Cate. You learned to love her not willfully given yourself over due to her natural magnificence.
Nothing for Lazarus? Or is it because it's off-Broadway?
Happy for Kevin Kline (we went to the same high school) and John Boy, as well as that exciting Best Actress Race there.
Excited to see Linney, Metcalf, and my Mom's favorite actress Sally Field.
Good luck to everyone!
The Void -- Lazarus was not on the eligibility list and i'm not familiar with it so it was either last season or off broadway.
/3rtful -- given that there Cate has done ZERO tv, apart from a couple of one off guest spots since since 1995 (before she even broke out in Elizabeth!) I think it's safe to assume she isn't focused on TV. Not pulled out of my butt. Just my read from the facts available to me.
Much as I adore Blanchett, I would hope that Linney wins this. Cate will have her chance I'm sure...I mean just look at her stage credits!
RE: Peggy Sue // They're always so random with movie stars. Some make it, others don't.// I think the general rule is that if the movie star is known to have a theater background, they get nominated. If they think you're "slumming" it on Broadway, you don't.
Cancer Vixen is a huge passion project for Cate and she tried to develop it for years but even on HBO it stalled again. She's not trying to win anything with it, give me a break.
And she'll probably do something for TV soon but literally everybody is doing TV and again, it's not out of a de site to win Emmys, it's chás inglês interesting projects.
Peggy Sue -- i'm sorry i failed you. You know i usually list in the proper order. Not sure how that happened. IT SHAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
Having not seen any of them... I love them all. But I would love to see Linney win.
thevoid99 - Lazarus was both Off-Broadway and last season, so it's doubly ineligible this year.
Incidentally, I saw Linney as Regina and Nixon as Birdie and while Linney was great, Nixon's Birdie was the best thing I've ever seen her do, so I'm happy she's up for it. Nixon and Ben Platt gave my favorite performances of the season, after non-nominated Amber Grey in Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, my favorite musical in many years.
Several thoughts:
--I saw 'Hello, Dolly!' last weekend and it was glorious. You must see it if you can. I've never seen an audience so happy to see a particular actress in a role.
--Re: Sunday in the Park with George, I don't understand why the Tonys force you to give tickets to all their voters in order to be eligible. You would think that if a show wasn't willing to do that, understanding that it would lower its chances of getting a nomination, they should be allowed to do that. Let the voters vote and if they happen to nominate it anyway, then great. Think of it this way: someone is going to win that category wondering what would have happened had Jake been nominated against him. They're the winner with an asterisk. if Jake were still eligible despite his show not inviting all the voters, that asterisk besides the winner's name gets smaller and nearly vanishes.
--I HAAAATED Falsettos. It's a Lifetime movie of a musical and Christian Borle, the Johnny Depp of Broadway (Johnny circa 2010-present), hams it up as always.
--I kinda hate the EGOT. I feel like its popularization has made voters more likely to reward actors who have a chance of reaching it.