Wednesday, May 18, 2011

1st Annual Awards That Tony Forgot: The Final Ballot!

Well, here we are at last!  After hundreds of nominations and dozens of write-ins and last minute suggestions, here is the final ballot for The 1st Annual Awards That Tony Forgot Awards (we still need a better name... suggestions, PLEASE!).  You will probably notice that there are a few more categoiries now than on the nominations ballot.  That's because you spoke and I listened - several of you said I should split some of the awards into two.  So I did!  Thank you, as always, for your input!

Here is your access to the official ballots.  For your convenience, the entire ballot is printed below.  PLEASE REMEMBER: For your vote to count, you must complete the ballots that are linked below.

BALLOT PART I: THE ACTING AWARDS

Please click this link to access the first part of the ballot:

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CEGW3QKZD/

BALLOT PART II: THE MUSIC/TECHNICAL/PROMOTIONAL AWARDS

Please click this link to access the second part of the ballot:

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CE8AAKBM6/

PLEASE BE SURE TO COMPLETE BOTH PARTS!


THE FINE PRINT:

  1. Please select ONE winner for each category.
  2. Please complete BOTH parts of the ballot.
  3. You do NOT have to select a winner for every category if you don't feel you know enough to vote in that category.
  4. You did NOT have to nominate in order to vote.  Any theatre fan who can read this can vote!
  5. Please tell all of your friends to vote!

The ballot will remain open through Saturday, June 11 at MIDNIGHT Eastern Time.

The winners will be posted on Sunday, June 12, right before the Tony Awards start!  (So visit the blog during the commercials!)

The Complete Ballot for the 1st Annual Awards That Tony Forgot Awards

PART ONE: THE ACTING AWARDS

1. Best Ensemble in a Play

a. The Cast of Brief Encounter
b. The Ensemble of La Bete
c. The Cast of The Normal Heart
d. The Ensemble of War Horse


2. Best Ensemble in a Musical

a. The Ensemble of The Book of Mormon
b. The Cast of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
c. The “Frank Abagnale, Jr. Players” in Catch Me If You Can
d. The Cast of The Scottsboro Boys


3. Best Replacement Actor in a Play or Musical

a. Billie Joe Armstrong as St. Jimmy in American Idiot
b. Harvey Fierstein as Albin/Zsa Zsa in La Cage aux Folles
c. Van Hughes as Johnny in American Idiot
d. Kyle Dean Massey as Gabe in next to normal


4. Best Replacement Actress in a Play or Musical

a. Christie Brinkley as Roxie in Chicago
b. Beth Leavel as Donna in Mamma Mia!
c. Marin Mazzie as Diana in next to normal
d. Emily Skinner as Mrs. Wilkinson in Billy Elliot


5. Best Replacement Cast

a. The Second Company of The Addams Family
b. The Final Company of American Idiot
c. The Final Company of next to normal
d. The Final Company of West Side Story


6. Best Broadway Debut by an Actor in a Play or Musical

a. Billie Joe Armstrong in American Idiot
b. John Larroquette in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
c. Tony Sheldon in Priscilla Queen of the Desert
d. Robin Williams in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo


7. Best Broadway Debut by an Actress in a Play or Musical

a. Nina Arianda in Born Yesterday
b. Rose Hemingway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
c. Joanna Lumley in La Bete
d. Patina Miller in Sister Act


8. Best Performance by a Child Actor in a Play or Musical

a. Jeremy Gumbs in The Scottsboro Boys
b. Matthew Gumley in Elf: The Musical
c. Luke Mannikus in Priscilla Queen of the Desert


9. Best Performance by a Child Actress in a Play or Musical

a. Rachel Resheff in The People in the Picture
b. Carly Rose Sonnenclar in Wonderland
c. Madeleine Rose Yen in War Horse

The Broadway Logos for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
and The Scottsboro Boys


PART TWO: THE MUSICAL/TECHNICAL/PROMOTIONAL AWARDS

1. Best Musical Direction of a Play

a. Brief Encounter, musical direction by Emma Rice and Wes Granton
b. War Horse, musical direction by Greg Pliska


2. Best Musical Direction of a Musical

a. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, musical direction by Justin Levine
b. The Book of Mormon, musical direction by Stephen Oremus
c. Catch Me If You Can, musical direction by John McDaniel
d. The Scottsboro Boys, musical direction by David Loud


3. Best Original Song Written for a Broadway Musical

a. “Rock Star” from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
b. “I Believe” from The Book of Mormon
c. “Hasa Diga Ebowai” from The Book of Mormon
d. “Go Back Home” from The Scottsboro Boys
e. “Model Behavior” from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown


4. Best Production Number from a Broadway Musical

a. “Anything Goes” from Anything Goes
b. “Populism Yea Yea” from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
c. “Spooky Mormon Hell Dream” from The Book of Mormon
d. “The Brotherhood of Man” from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
e. “The Finale” from Priscilla Queen of the Desert


5. Best Use and Execution of Projections in a Play

a. Brief Encounter
b. Lombardi
c. The Normal Heart
d. War Horse


6. Best Use and Execution of Projections in a Musical

a. Baby It’s You!
b. Priscilla Queen of the Desert
c. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
d. Wonderland


7. Best Show Logo of a Play

a. Arcadia
b. Brief Encounter
c. Lombardi
d. The Normal Heart
e. War Horse


8. Best show Logo of a Musical

a. Anything Goes
b. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway)
c. The Book of Mormon
d. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
e. The Scottsboro Boys (Broadway)


9. The Best Broadway Media Campaign, Play or Musical

a. The Book of Mormon
b. Catch Me If You Can
c. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
d. Lombardi
e. The Scottsboro Boys (Broadway)


10. The Best Broadway Website, Play or Musical

a. The Book of Mormon
b. Catch Me If You Can
c. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
d. Lombardi
e. The Scottsboro Boys (Broadway)


REMEMBER: 
COMPLETE BOTH PARTS OF THE BALLOT BY USING THE LINKS ABOVE!
VOTING ENDS AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN ON SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2011!

Thanks!

Jeff
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