Myles Frost as Michael Jackson, ‘MJ’ Matthew Murphy Ignored were Noah Reid, the Schitt’s Creek star making a very fine Broadway debut, and Austin Pendleton, giving perhaps the funniest performance on Broadway this season That crowded play field (the brilliant Lehman Trilogy did much of that crowding) no doubt hurt The Minutes, which drew just a single nomination (for Best Play).Chalk up their absences to very crowded categories Debra Messing received lukewarm reviews for Birthday Candles, but both Laurence Fishburne and Darren Criss drew strong notices for American Buffalo. Several other big-name stars failed to make a showing on the nomination roster, some more surprising than others.Lenk, a major Broadway star since her Tony-winning performance in The Band’s Visit, polarized critics and Sondheim devotees with her Company role, the naysayers unimpressed with her less-than-powerhouse turn at the musical’s big number, “Being Alive,” while those of us who were more impressed thought she found her own way into the song. Left out was Katrina Lenk, the lead actress who plays the re-gendered Bobbie. The Marianne Elliott revival of Sondheim’s Company made a strong showing with nine nominations, including the Best Musical Revival, direction, the all-but-guaranteed Featured Actress nod for the iconic Patti LuPone and well-deserved nominations for performers Matt Doyle and Jennifer Simard.The third cast member to score? Michael Oberholtzer, who plays the pivotal role of a racist and homophobic baseball wunderkind and all but steals the show with an explosive, chilling emotional outburst as his world comes crashing down near the play’s end Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams both scored Featured Actor/Play nominations, but lead actor Patrick J. ![]() Three actors in Take Me Out were nominated, though probably not the three most would have predicted.Michael Oberholtzer in “Take Me Out” Joan Marcus Audiences, however, have been filling seats Broderick and Parker, the real-life married couple making a rare co-starring appearance (interrupted for a bit by Covid), failed to impress both nominators and critics alike. Another high-profile production, John Benjamin Hickey’s revival of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite starring Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, was largely ignored today, garnering a single nomination (for Jane Greenwood’s often witty, era-correct costumes).A more solid bet was on his co-star Ruth Negga, who stole the show and got a Lead Actress/Play nomination, one of three for the production (along with sound and lighting) Critics were not particularly impressed with either Craig or Sam Gold’s bare-bones revival of Macbeth - nor were nominators - but some Tony-watchers speculated that the James Bond franchise star would sneak by just on glitz-factor alone. Along with Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig was the biggest male movie star name to grace a Broadway marquee this season, but unlike Music Man‘s Jackman, he won’t be attending the Tony ceremony as a nominee.Funny Girl - the first major Broadway production of the musical without Barbra Streisand – proved critic-proof at the box office, but this Tony snub might hurt long-term prospects Not even the beloved Harvey Fierstein, who revised Isobel Lennart’s original book (but perhaps not enough) could get nominators’ attention. The revival was mostly panned by critics, who offered lukewarm encouragement at best, but the lack of a showing for the well-regarded director Michael Mayer, not to mention the popular stars Feldstein, Lynch and lead actor Ramin Karimloo still comes as a sting. Notwithstanding the well-deserved nomination for Jared Grimes in the Featured Actor/Musical category, the much-anticipated (and box office powerhouse) revival was perhaps the most glaring snub of the day. 'The Shark Is Broken' Broadway Review: Gentle Comedy Snatches Life From Jaws Of Movie HistoryĪmong the biggest surprises and take-aways of today’s nominations:
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