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INCLUSIVENESS AS BIG BOX OFFICE & OTHER TONY TAKEAWAYS

June 10, 2019 by Philip Boroff

Hunter Arnold, Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen

Hadestown’s strong sales and its Tony Award for Best Musical may advance the cause of female theater artists more effectively than any speech advocating for industry inclusiveness.

The inventive folk opera, which won eight awards at Radio City Music Hall Sunday night, is an all-but-guaranteed hit — and just the latest musical written in part or entirely by a woman to demonstrate staying power.

Of the dozen new musicals running on Broadway longer than a year, six have a female composer, lyricist or book writer. (They are Wicked,  Waitress,  Mean Girls,  Frozen,  Come From Away  and Beautiful, the Carole King jukebox show.)Continue Reading

TOOTSIE’S INSIDER ADVANTAGE AT THE TONY AWARDS

June 7, 2019 by Philip Boroff

Santino Fontana & Andy Grotelueschen

EXCLUSIVE: In competitive Tony Awards contests, can producers who vote for their own shows have an outsized impact? Apparently.

I obtained a list of voters in the 2017-18 season — which I’m told is largely current — and cross-referenced it with names above the title of this year’s Best Musical nominees.

I counted 17 Tootsie  producers and co-producers who were eligible to vote, 16 on Ain’t Too Proud,  12 on Hadestown  and nine on The Prom.  With just 831 voters, those margins aren’t negligible. Continue Reading

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