Tony Award Nominations: [SPOILER] Wins by Default?

[elderpricely]

See the complete list of 2020 #TonyAwards nominees: https://t.co/g0qraxWTRv
- Playbill (@playbill) October 15, 2020

The 74th annual ceremony honors a shortened Broadway season. The February 19 eligibility cut-off meant 18 total productions were in the running for this year’s awards. You can see the full list of nominations at the source.

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[rhcp]

how was there only one leading actor nom?

a tony is a tony but damn, to win by default lol

[ohmylol]

Lmao, I was thinking that, imagine being the only nominee and people prefer to non vote than to vote for you

[corroded_tears]

The year I was in eighth grade, at city science fair the awards committee announced to an entire,packed, basketball court of participants, parents and teachers that the senior division group (so a team of 3-6 high school junior and seniors) award for I think it was engineering&mathematics was going to NO ONE because they “did not see any entry that was deserving of an award” it was brutal but also kind of hilarious😶

[arabian]

I'm glad the default win went to someone totally worthy at least. Aaron Tveit is so talented.

[dancemusic]

in many ways, aaron tveit is literally the only actor
- got canned heath in my heels tonight (@feeltheheath) October 15, 2020

Aaron Tveit walking into the Tony nominees luncheon pic.twitter.com/otDqARLYlt
- Slade (@Slade) October 15, 2020

[dancemusic]

oops forgot the icon

[scriptedending]

Wow, that's so weird re: Best Actor! Congrats to him.

Of these, I only saw MR, Slave Play, The Sound Inside, Betrayal, and Sea Wall/A Life (off Broadway), so I don't have many strong opinions.

Moulin Rouge was all spectacle, no heart (imo, of course) but it does deserve whatever set design awards it's nominated for, because that theater looked amazing.

Still so sad about all the shows we're missing and will continue to miss for the next couple of years. :/

[elderpricely]

The set and choreo for Moulin Rouge were definitely the best parts. Aaron was vocally great, but I'm not sure he'd have pulled this off in a regular/more competitive year based on the acting lol.

[scriptedending]

ITA that he sounded fantastic, but I feel like that's a realistic assessment.

[ljtryout]

but how can he be the only nominee?