abatt Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 The first major nominations for Broadway and off Broadway, the Outer Critics Circle Nominations, have been announced. It's a very good day for An American in Paris, which has 8 noms, including noms for Best New Musical, and individual nominations for Wheeldon (director AND choreographer), Cope and R. Fairchild. Also, Megan Fairchild is nominated for best featured actress in a musicla for On the Town. Here is the press release: Also a nom for Sara Mearns' boyfriend, Josh Bergasse, for ON THE TOWN choreography. 65th Annual AwardsOuter Critics Circle Announce2014-15 Season Nominees“Something Rotten!”Heads the List with 12 Nominations!Followed by9 for “On the Twentieth Century,”8 for “An American in Paris” & 7 for “Wolf Hall”The First Broadway/Off-Broadway Award Nominees of the Season!Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators covering New York theater for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, announced today (April 20, 2015) its nominees for the 2014-15 season in 24 categories. Broadway stars Raúl Esparza and Katie Finneran presided over the (11AM) announcement ceremony at Manhattan’s Friars Club.Celebrating its 65th season of bestowing awards of excellence in the field of theater, the Outer Critics Circle is an association with members affiliated with more than ninety newspapers, magazines, websites, radio and television stations, and theatre publications in America and abroad. The winners will be announced on Monday, May 11th. The annual Gala Awards Dinner and presentation of awards to the winners will be held on Thursday, May 21st (4PM) at the legendary Sardi's Restaurant.Outer Critics Circle2014-2015 Award NominationsOUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAYThe AudienceThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeWolf HallOUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICALAn American in ParisIt Shoulda Been YouThe Last ShipSomething Rotten!The VisitOUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAYBetween Riverside and CrazyThe City of ConversationThe NetherRasheeda SpeakingThe Village BikeOUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY MUSICALA Christmas MemoryDisenchantedThe Fortress of SolitudeHamiltonLonesome TravelerOUTSTANDING BOOK OF A MUSICAL(Broadway or Off-Broadway)HamiltonIt Shoulda Been YouThe Last ShipSomething Rotten!The VisitOUTSTANDING NEW SCORE(Broadway or Off-Broadway)HamiltonIt Shoulda Been YouThe Last ShipSomething Rotten!The VisitOUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A PLAY(Broadway or Off-Broadway)The Elephant ManFashions for MenThe Heidi ChroniclesSkylightYou Can’t Take It With YouOUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL(Broadway or Off-Broadway)Into the WoodsThe King and IOn the TownOn the Twentieth CenturySide ShowOUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A PLAYStephen Daldry The AudienceMarianne Elliott The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeScott Ellis The Elephant ManScott Ellis You Can’t Take It With YouJeremy Herrin Wolf HallOUTSTANDING DIRECTOR OF A MUSICALScott Ellis On the Twentieth CenturyThomas Kail HamiltonCasey Nicholaw Something Rotten!David Hyde Pierce It Shoulda Been YouChristopher Wheeldon An American in ParisOUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHERJoshua Bergasse On the TownAndy Blankenbuehler HamiltonWarren Carlyle On the Twentieth CenturyCasey Nicholaw Something Rotten!Christopher Wheeldon An American in ParisOUTSTANDING SET DESIGN(Play or Musical)Bunny Christie The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeBob Crowley An American in ParisScott Pask Something Rotten!David Rockwell On the Twentieth CenturyMichael Yeargan The King and IOUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN(Play or Musical)Gregg Barnes Something Rotten!Bob Crowley The AudienceWilliam Ivey Long On the Twentieth CenturyChristopher Orem Wolf HallCatherine Zuber The King and IOUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN(Play or Musical)Paule Constable The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeJeff Croiter Something Rotten!Rick Fisher The AudienceNatasha Katz An American in ParisJaphy Weideman The VisitOUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A PLAYReed Birney I’m Gonna Pray For You So HardBradley Cooper The Elephant ManStephen McKinley Henderson Between Riverside and CrazyBen Miles Wolf HallAlex Sharp The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeOUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A PLAYGreta Gerwig The Village BikeJan Maxwell The City of ConversationHelen Mirren The AudienceElisabeth Moss The Heidi ChroniclesTonya Pinkins Rasheeda SpeakingOUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MUSICALChristian Borle Something Rotten!Brian d’Arcy James Something Rotten!Robert Fairchild An American in ParisPeter Gallagher On the Twentieth CenturyTony Yazbeck On the TownOUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MUSICALKristin Chenoweth On the Twentieth CenturyLeanne Cope An American in ParisTyne Daly It Shoulda Been YouKelli O’Hara The King and IChita Rivera The VisitOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAYPaul Jesson Wolf HallRichard McCabe The AudienceAlessandro Nivola The Elephant ManNathaniel Parker Wolf HallBryce Pinkham The Heidi ChroniclesOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAYAnnaleigh Ashford You Can’t Take It With YouPatricia Clarkson The Elephant ManFrancesca Faridany The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeJulie Halston You Can’t Take It With YouLydia Leonard Wolf HallOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICALJohn Cariani Something Rotten!Josh Grisetti It Shoulda Been YouAndy Karl On the Twentieth CenturyPaul Alexander Nolan Doctor ZhivagoMax von Essen An American in ParisOUTSTANDING FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICALHeidi Blickenstaff Something Rotten!Victoria Clark GigiMegan Fairchild On the TownRuthie Ann Miles The King and IMary Louise Wilson On the Twentieth CenturyOUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCEJoe Assadourian The BullpenJim Dale Just Jim DaleTom Dugan WiesenthalCush Jumbo Josephine and IBenjamin Scheuer The LionJOHN GASSNER AWARD(Presented for an American play, preferably by a new playwright)Ayad Akhtar The Invisible HandHalley Feiffer I’m Gonna Pray For You So HardElizabeth Irwin My Mañana ComesMarkus Potter Stalking the BogeymanBenjamin Scheuer The LionNominations Talley for 3 or more:Something Rotten! 12; On the Twentieth Century 9; An American in Paris 8; Wolf Hall 7; It Shoulda Been You6; The Audience 6; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 6; Hamilton 5; The Elephant Man 5; The King and I 5; The Visit 5; On The Town 4; You Can’t Take It With You 4; The Heidi Chronicles 3; The Last Ship 3***Please note: Disgraced, Fun Home and Hand to God received nominations and or awards from Outer Critics Circle in previous seasons and therefore were not considered for this year.2014-15 Outer Critics Circle Executive / Nominating CommitteeSimon Saltzman (President)Mario Fratti (Vice-President) Patrick Hoffman (Corresponding Secretary)Stanley L. Cohen (Treasurer) Glenn Loney (Historian & Member-at-Large)And Aubrey Reuben & Harry Haun (Members-at-Large) Link to comment
abatt Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope each nominated for the Drama League Award. An American in Paris nominated for best musical. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/2015-drama-league-awards-nominations-announced-more-than-45-will-vie-for-distinguished-performance-honor-347266?r=n Link to comment
abatt Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 Here are the nominations for the Drama Desk Awards, second in prestige only to the Tonys. American in Paris has a total of 12 nominations, including Best Musical, Best Director (Wheeldon), Best Choreography (Wheeldon), and best lead actor and actress in a musical (R. Fairchild and L. Cope). Only one show (Hamilton) had more noms. (Hamilton is moving from off Broadway to Broadway in July. Brilliant show.) http://www.playbill.com/news/article/drama-desk-nominations-announced-hamilton-tops-the-list-347557 Great day for American in Paris. Link to comment
mimsyb Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Here are the nominations for the Drama Desk Awards, second in prestige only to the Tonys. American in Paris has a total of 12 nominations, including Best Musical, Best Director (Wheeldon), Best Choreography (Wheeldon), and best lead actor and actress in a musical (R. Fairchild and L. Cope). Only one show (Hamilton) had more noms. (Hamilton is moving from off Broadway to Broadway in July. Brilliant show.) http://www.playbill.com/news/article/drama-desk-nominations-announced-hamilton-tops-the-list-347557 Great day for American in Paris. Yes, great for AIP. However, judging from reviews of recently opened shows (and the several I've been able to see so far), there really isn't much competition out there. None come up to "Hamilton". Superb! Link to comment
abatt Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 For best musical, I think it will be a race between Fun Home and AIP. Fun Home is certainly a critical hit, but the subject matter is dark and disturbing. AIP is more of the type of pure entertainment that most Broadway audiences are looking for, which explains why AIP is selling well in a large theater and Fun Home is struggling to fill seats in a relatively small theater. On a separate note, if On The Town fails to win Best Revival, I don't see how they can keep pumping money into it for a run beyond August or Sept. Yes, Hamilton was absolutely superb in every way. Lin Manuel Miranda deserves every accolade for Hamilton, which will probably sweep the Tonys next season (unless some new genius musical pops up ). Link to comment
abatt Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 The nominees for the Astaire Award include Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope and Christopher Wheeldon http://www.playbill.com/news/article/an-american-in-paris-on-the-town-and-on-the-twentieth-century-lead-astaire-award-nominations-348315 Link to comment
abatt Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 Siblings Megan and Robert Fairchild have each won Theater World Awards http://www.playbill.com/news/article/broadway-siblings-megan-and-robert-fairchild-among-71st-annual-theatre-world-award-winners-348368 Link to comment
meunier fan Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 .... and Leanne Cope has won the Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence (under the 71st Annual Theater World Awards banner). Link to comment
abatt Posted May 7, 2015 Author Share Posted May 7, 2015 Here is an article written by Alastair Macauley for the special Tony Awards section of the NY Times that will be printed this Sunday. The focus is on the performances of R. Fairchild in AiP and Tony Yazbeck in On The Town. Definitely worth a read. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/theater/theaterspecial/robert-fairchild-and-tony-yazbeck-have-it-all-on-broadway-stages.html?src=recg Added As part of their Special Tony Award edition, the NY Times theater critics each pick who they believe will win the awards, who should win, and who should have been nominated. Both NY Times critics predict that AiP will win Best Musical, and that Wheeldon will win for Best Director of a Musical. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/theater/theaterspecial/the-tony-award-nominations-should-be.html?ref=theater(Brantley) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/theater/theaterspecial/the-tony-nominations-should-be.html?ref=theater (Isherwood) Link to comment
abatt Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 The Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced. American in Paris took home Best Musical, Best Director (Wheeldon), Best Choreographer (Wheeldon) and Best Actor (R. Fairchild). http://www.playbill.com/news/article/curious-incident-top-winner-at-outer-critics-circle-awards-348762 Link to comment
abatt Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 Anna Wintour of Vogue is determined to save the Tony nominees from fashion disasters on the Tony Red Carpet. Vogue is providing evening wear to some nominees, including Leanne Cope and possibly Christopher Wheeldon http://nypost.com/2015/05/14/tony-awards-enlist-anna-wintour-to-fix-its-fashion-disaster/ Link to comment
abatt Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 American in Paris has won the Drama League Award http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/drama-league-names-an-american-in-paris-best-musical/?ref=arts Link to comment
abatt Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 The casts of many shows, including American in Paris and On The Town, will perform on the Tony Awards telecast, Sunday June 7th. Your chance to see Robbie Fairchild and possibly Megan Fairchild on TV. http://www.playbill.com/news/article/see-which-non-nominated-shows-will-perform-on-2015-tony-awards-broadcast-349550 Link to comment
abatt Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 The Astaire Awards were held last night. Robbie Fairchild tied with Tony Yazbeck (On the Town), and Christopher Wheeldon tied with Josh Bergasse (On the Town). http://www.showbiz411.com/2015/06/02/harvey-weinstein-gets-the-astaire-award-we-need-new-voices-on-broadway-we-need-guys-like-me-on-broadway Link to comment
ABT Fan Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 The Astaire Awards were held last night. Robbie Fairchild tied with Tony Yazbeck (On the Town), and Christopher Wheeldon tied with Josh Bergasse (On the Town). http://www.showbiz411.com/2015/06/02/harvey-weinstein-gets-the-astaire-award-we-need-new-voices-on-broadway-we-need-guys-like-me-on-broadway Thanks for all of these updates. I like Alan Cumming but I wish Neil Patrick Harris was hosting again. His talent and charm will be missed. Link to comment
abatt Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 I think Neil Patrick Harris has had enough of hosting for the time being. He has said in interviews that the preparations for the Oscars hosting gig earlier this year were very stressful. Also the ratings for the Oscar telecast were dismal this year, and he caught part of the blame for it. Link to comment
abatt Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm shocked that Fun Home won the Tony for best musical, even though I thought it was a much better and deeper show than AiP. Turned out to be a not so wonderful night for AiP. Did Michael Cerveris refer to R Fairchild as "Robbie Fitzgerald" Link to comment
mimsyb Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm shocked that Fun Home won the Tony for best musical, even though I thought it was a much better and deeper show than AiP. Turned out to be a not so wonderful night for AiP. Did Michael Cerveris refer to R Fairchild as "Robbie Fitzgerald" So happy about "Fun Home" winning for Best Musical. For the first time in a long while I felt like most of the awards went to all the right people and the right shows. The miraculous Alex Sharp in "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time", Michael Cerveris for "Fun Home", the wondrous Helen Mirren in "The Audience", and of course (finally) for Kelli O'Hara in "King And I". The Tony voters got it right this year. I would have been happier if "On The Town" had won for choreography, as I felt it better represented what "theater dance" is about. "AIP" was more like something one might see on a ballet stage. Lighting and scenery were well deserved, but the show as a whole was a disappointment. It's selling very well, so I suppose it all doesn't matter. Still, "Fun Home" was the better, braver show. Link to comment
saragrace Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Christopher Wheeldon definitely deserves his Tony for choreography. Everything about the musical was well choreographed. Loved On the Town and agree that it represents theater dance but Wheeldon's work was amazing. I think Robert Fairchild should have won best actor in a musical hands down. So much talent, from singing to dancing to acting! A true triple threat. Loved King and I and so happy for Kelli O'Hara. Link to comment
mimsyb Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Christopher Wheeldon definitely deserves his Tony for choreography. Everything about the musical was well choreographed. Loved On the Town and agree that it represents theater dance but Wheeldon's work was amazing. I think Robert Fairchild should have won best actor in a musical hands down. So much talent, from singing to dancing to acting! A true triple threat. Loved King and I and so happy for Kelli O'Hara. Well, Cerveris may not dance so much, but he is a wonderfully diverse and gifted actor and singer. His range and depth as a performer stands above so many. There's a reason so many writers, directors and producers want him for their shows. Fairchild can surely dance, his singing is passable, but( in this case) his role was not helped by the slim writing of his character by Craig Lucas. I wonder if there are many roles on Broadway he could be right for in the future. And not many shows are so much about dance as "AIP". I would hope he would return to NYCB and dance for awhile there. A dancer's life can be relatively very short and to not see him on the State Theater stage would be a true loss. There can always be Broadway, perhaps in the future for him. Link to comment
canbelto Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm kind of glad American in Paris got shut out. And I say this as a huge fan of Robbie Fairchild. I didn't feel like the choreography was even anywhere near Wheeldon's best. I thought Fairchild and Cope were great dancers but the show didn't give them a chance to act. I didn't feel like the show utilized the singing talents of Jill Paice, Max von Essen, and Brandon Uranowitz either. The arrangements for the Gershwin songs were really a travesty. But most of all, I felt that book by Craig Lucas should have been enough to disqualify it from Best Musical category. If you want to go light, at least make the book fun. Instead, the book was a mishmash of gay jokes (for Henri) turned into some semi-Schindler's List stuff in Act Two that I can only call Tony-baiting. It was very insipid. I felt like On the Town was really robbed. I saw the revival of The King and I and while Kelli was good Ken Watanabe wasn't and the revival wasn't all that inspired. Link to comment
abatt Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 I thought Cerveris was amazing in Fun Home and he absolutely deserved to win Best Actor. Link to comment
dirac Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Did Michael Cerveris refer to R Fairchild as "Robbie Fitzgerald" Yup, he sure did. I'm sure he realized it later, or someone told him, and he'll apologize to Fairchild, who now joins Idina Menzel in the My Name Got Screwed Up On an Awards Show Club. Link to comment
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