Friday, February 15, 2013

Battle for Broadway's Tony Awards: Al Pacino and Dan Stevens are ‘Featured' Actors? (THEATERMANIA)

The Tony Awards Administration Committee announces the eligibility of 14 Broadway productions from the current season.

By David Gordon  • Feb 15, 2013 • New York City



Who gets to tell Al Pacino that he's been deemed an "Actor in a Featured Role" for his work in the recent Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross?

Pacino was placed in that category by the Tony Awards Administration Committee in their second of four meetings to determine the eligibility of Broadway productions for the 2013 Tony Awards. The committee discussed the eligibility of fourteen productions: Grace; Cyrano de Bergerac; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; The Heiress; Annie; The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Scandalous; A Christmas Story, The Musical; Dead Accounts; The Anarchist; Golden Boy; Glengarry Glen Ross; The Other Place; and Picnic. While the decisions are often consistent with the billing credits as they appeared on opening night, a producer has the right to petition the committee to change the eligibility status of certain actors. The rulings are below


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