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Broadway’s Death of a Salesman will not get a Tony information successful nan starring character category, it turns out. The Tony Awards Administration Committee ruled coming that nan production’s Laurie Metcalf will beryllium eligible successful nan featured character successful a play category.
The committee does not explicate nan reasoning behinds its rulings – nan season’s 4th and last batch of rulings were made coming – but contempt her prominence successful nan revival’s trading run her domiciled arsenic nan woman of Nathan Lane’s Willy Loman apparently was deemed a supporting character.
The determination intends Lane will beryllium nan show’s only imaginable starring performer successful this year’s Tony race. Christopher Abbott, who has nan important domiciled of Biff Loman, will beryllium considered eligible successful nan featured actor/play category.
The Rocky Horror Show, connected nan different hand, will person 2 eligible starring actors: Both Luke Evans, who plays Frank-N-Furter and Andrew Durand, arsenic Brad, were slotted into that category.
Nominations will beryllium announced adjacent Tuesday, May 5.
The committee besides wished coming that Becky Shaw is eligible successful nan play revival class moreover though nan 2009 Pulitzer Prize victor is caller to Broadway. Classic aliases often-staged useful tin beryllium deemed revivals for Tony purposes. This year’s revival potentials see Robert Ickes’ modern-dress adjustment of Oedipus.
Other eligibility rulings today:
- Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Wilson, Trevor Holder, and Doug Schadt will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Orchestrations class for their activity connected Cats: The Jellicle Ball;
- Marla Mindelle will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Performance by an Actress successful a Leading Role successful a Musical class for their domiciled arsenic Céline Dion successful Titaníque;
- Don Cheadle will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Performance by an Actor successful a Featured Role successful a Play class for Proof;
- Cinco Paul will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for nan Theatre class for Schmigadoon!
- Alex Brightman will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Performance by an Actor successful a Leading Role successful a Musical class for Schmigadoon!;
- Sara Chase will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Performance by an Actress successful a Leading Role successful a Musical class for Schmigadoon!;
- Anika Noni Rose will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Performance by an Actress successful a Leading Role successful a Play class for The Balusters;
- Jessica Vosk will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Performance by an Actress successful a Leading Role successful a Musical class for Beaches, A New Musical;
- Kelli Barrett will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Performance by an Actress successful a Leading Role successful a Musical class for Beaches, A New Musical;
- James Noone (Scenic Design) and David Bengali (Video Design) will beryllium considered jointly eligible successful nan Best Scenic Design of a Musical class for Beaches, A New Musical;
- Stephanie Hsu will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Performance by an Actress successful a Leading Role successful a Musical class for Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show;
- LJ Benet will beryllium considered eligible successful nan Best Performance by an Actor successful a Leading Role successful a Musical class for The Lost Boys.
All different eligibility will beryllium accordant pinch nan opening nighttime credits.
The Tony Awards, presented by The Broadway League and nan American Theatre Wing, will return to Radio City Music Hall successful New York City connected Sunday, June 7. Hosted by Pink, nan ceremonial will broadcast unrecorded to some coasts connected CBS and watercourse connected Paramount+, 8–11 p.m. ET/5–8 p.m. PT.
