Second Round of Eligibility Decisions

The Tony nomination committee has met again and made a second set of decisions about how to consider certain performances and productions.  In text copied from Tonyawards.com, here are their decisions.

Jim Norton, Cheyenne Jackson and Kate Baldwin will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical category respectively for their performances in Finian’s Rainbow.

James Clow and Melissa Errico will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical category respectively for their performances in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.

Quentin Earl Darrington, Robert Petkoff and Christiane Noll will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical category respectively for their performances inRagtime.

Michael Cerveris and Laura Benanti will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor/Actress in a Play category respectively for their performances in In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play.

Sahr Ngaujah will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical category for his performance in Fela!

David Alan Grier, Richard Thomas and Kerry Washington will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Featured Actor/Actress in a Play category for their performances in Race.

Angela Lansbury will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical category for her performance in A Little Night Music.

Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Hecht will be considered eligible in the Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play category for their performances in A View from the Bridge.

There are two notable decisions in this list.  First of all, both Scarlett Johansson AND Jessica Hecht are being considered as featured/supporting actresses for their performances in "A View From the Bridge".  I had predicted Hecht as a lead actress based on Allison Janney's lead actress nomination for playing the same character in the 1998 revival (but it looks as though that will have to change!).  Also, Sahr Ngaujah, star of "Fela!", appears to be the only one being considered for lead actor in a musical, even though he alternates in the role with Kevin Mambo.