There are some unknowns at this point:
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch: New musical or revival?
- Violet: New musical or revival?
- Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill: Play or musical? New or Revival?
- The Cripple of Inishmaan: New play or revival?
Even not including any of those in any category, at least 12 new musicals, 10 new plays, and 12 play revivals will have opened. No matter how these unknowns work out, there won't have been enough musical revivals to add a nominee beyond the typical four.
So, in the last five seasons, who would youhave picked for the 5th nominee? My choices are below. Write in or Tweet me with your choices!
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| Best Revival of a Play: All My Sons |
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| Best Musical: [title of show] |
NOMINEES/WINNER | POSSIBLE 5TH NOMINEE/MY CHOICE FOR 5TH NOMINEE | ||
2008 – 2009 | |||
BEST PLAY | Only 8 eligible new plays opened, so new rule wouldn't apply. | ||
BEST MUSICAL | 10 eligible new musicals opened. | ||
Billy Elliot | 9 to 5 | A Tale of Two Cities | |
Next to Normal | 13 | [title of show] | |
Rock of Ages | The Story of My Life | White Christmas | |
Shrek: The Musical | |||
BEST PLAY REVIVAL | 15 eligible play revivals opened. | ||
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone | Accent on Youth | Equus | The Philanthropist |
Mary Stuart | All My Sons | Exit the King | The Seagull |
The Norman Conquests | Blithe Spirit | Hedda Gabler | Speed-the- Plow |
Waiting for Godot | Desire Under the Elms | A Man for All Seasons | |
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL | Only 4 eligible musical revivals opened, so new rule wouldn't apply. | ||
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| Best Play: Superior Donuts |
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| Best Musical: Come Fly Away |
NOMINEES/WINNER | POSSIBLE 5TH NOMINEE/MY CHOICE FOR 5TH NOMINEE | ||
2009 - 2010 | |||
BEST PLAY | 11 eligible new plays opened. | ||
In the Next Room | After Miss Julie | Race | |
Next Fall | A Behanding in Spokane | A Steady Rain | |
Red | Enron | Superior Donuts | |
Time Stands Still | Looped | ||
BEST MUSICAL | 9 eligible new musicals opened. | ||
American Idiot | The Addams Family | Everyday Rapture | |
Fela! | All About Me | Sondheim on Sondheim | |
Memphis | Come Fly Away | ||
Million Dollar Quartet | |||
BEST PLAY REVIVAL | 9 eligible play revivals opened. | ||
Fences | Collected Stories | Oleanna | |
Lend Me a Tenor | Hamlet | Present Laughter | |
The Royal Family | The Miracle Worker | ||
A View from the Bridge | |||
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL | Only 6 eligible musical revivals opened, so the rule wouldn't apply. | ||
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| Best Musical: Priscilla Queen of the Desert |
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| Best Play: Brief Encounter |
NOMINEES/WINNER | POSSIBLE 5TH NOMINEE/MY CHOICE FOR 5TH NOMINEE | |||||
2010 – 2011 | ||||||
BEST PLAY | 13 eligible new plays opened, so new rule wouldn't apply. | |||||
Good People | Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo | Elling | High | |||
Jerusalem | Brief Encounter | A Free Man of Color | Lombardi | |||
The Motherfucker with the Hat | Colin Quinn: Long Story Short | Ghetto Klown | The Pee-Wee Herman Show | |||
War Horse | ||||||
BEST MUSICAL | 12 eligible new musicals opened. | |||||
The Book of Mormon | Baby It’s You! | The People in the Picture | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | |||
Catch Me If You Can | Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson | Priscilla Queen of the Desert | Wonderland | |||
The Scottsboro Boys | Elf | Rain | ||||
Sister Act | ||||||
BEST PLAY REVIVAL | 11 eligible play revivals opened. | |||||
Arcadia | Born Yesterday | A Life in the Theatre | ||||
The Importance of Being Earnest | Driving Miss Daisy | Mrs. Warren’s Profession | ||||
The Merchant of Venice | The House of Blue Leaves | That Championship Season | ||||
The Normal Heart | La Bete | |||||
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL | Only 2 eligible musical revivals opened, so the new rule wouldn't apply. | |||||
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| Best Play: One Man, Two Guvnors |
NOMINEES/WINNER | POSSIBLE 5TH NOMINEE/MY CHOICE FOR 5TH NOMINEE | ||
2011 - 2012 | |||
BEST PLAY | 15 eligible new plays opened. | ||
Clybourne Park | Chinglish | The Lyons | Relatively Speaking |
Other Desert Cities | The Columnist | Magic/Bird | Seminar |
Peter and the Starcatcher | Don’t Dress for Dinner | The Mountaintop | Stick Fly |
Venus in Fur | End of the Rainbow | One Man, Two Guvnors | |
BEST MUSICAL | Only 8 eligible new musicals opened, so new rule wouldn't apply. | ||
BEST PLAY REVIVAL | Only 7 eligible play revivals opened, so new rule wouldn't apply. | ||
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL | Only 6 eligible musical revivals opened, so the rule wouldn't apply. | ||
(Left) Best Revival of a Play: Harvey
(Right) Best Play: The Nance
NOMINEES/WINNER | POSSIBLE 5TH NOMINEE/MY CHOICE FOR 5TH NOMINEE | ||
2012 - 2013 | |||
BEST PLAY | 12 eligible new plays opened. | ||
The Assembled Parties | The Anarchist | Dead Accounts | The Nance |
Lucky Guy | Ann | Grace | The Other Place |
The Testament of Mary | Breakfast at Tiffany’s | I’ll Eat You Last | |
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | |||
BEST MUSICAL | Only 8 eligible new musicals opened, so new rule wouldn't apply. | ||
BEST PLAY REVIVAL | 12 eligible play revivals opened. | ||
Golden Boy | The Big Knife | An Enemy of the People | The Heiress |
Orphans | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Glengarry Glen Ross | Macbeth |
The Trip to Bountiful | Cyrano de Bergerac | Harvey | Picnic |
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | |||
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL | Only 6 eligible musical revivals opened, so the rule wouldn't apply. | ||
Jeff
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