The Tony Administration Committee met for the second time this season to discuss eligibility for eight Broadway productions. They are The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Disgraced, The Last Ship, The Real Thing, The River, Side Show, A Delicate Balance, and The Elephant Man.
They have determined the following:
Alex Sharp will be considered for Best Lead Actor in a Play for Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Finn Ross (video design) with Bunny Christie (scenic design) will be considered for Best Scenic Design of a Play for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Josh Radnor will be considered for Best Lead Actor in a Play for Disgraced.
Michael Esper and Rachel Tucker will be considered for Lead Actor/Actress in a Musical for their respective performances in The Last Ship.
Cynthia Nixon and Josh Hamilton will be considered for Best Featured Actress/Actor in a Play for The Real Thing.
Erin Davie and Emily Padgett will be considered for Best Lead Actress in a musical for their respective performances in Side Show.
Bob Balaban, Claire Higgins, and Martha Plimpton will be considered for Best Featured Actor/Actress in a play for their respective performances in A Delicate Balance.
Patricia Clarkson and Alessandro Nivola will be considered for Best Featured Actress/Actor in a Play for their respective performances in The Elephant Man.
All other eligibility was consistent with opening night billing.
The biggest takeaways are that Disgraced will have just two lead bids in Hari Dhillon and Gretchen Mol. The rest of the cast will compete in the featured races. A Delicate Balance will have two leads under the same category with Glenn Close and Lindsay Duncan.
Curiously, they made no mention of the two ladies from Side Show being considered together as one. In its original Broadway bow, Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner made history with their joint lead actress nomination. Its unclear if such a situation is now possible for Erin Davie and Emily Padgett.
I'm also quite happy Finn Ross finds himself on the ballot for his video work. It's an essential aspect of Curious Incident... and some of the most interesting design craft of the season thus far.
One new piece of information: the committee made a potentially huge ruling for Best Director of a Musical, Best Director of a Play, and Best Chroeography. If there are at least seven eligible candidates, then the respective category will yield five nominees.
Performance Categories were also affected. Should there be a two or three way tie in any of the eight acting categories for the last spot, all of the tied contenders will be eligible for a nomination. In theory, this could yield an acting category with seven nominees.
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