TONYS '06: better & better...

That must have been some exciting meeting last week of the Tony Awards Administrative Committee (according to Playbill)First they created a new award for, basically, Rosie O'Donnell and three other cast replacements to be named later. Then they had to rule on "eligibility" for all Broadway shows so far. And what a season it has been...

The Committee also discussed the eligibility of the five shows that have opened so far this season: After the Night and the Music, The Constant Wife, Primo, The Blonde in the Thunderbird and Lennon. The one eligibility decision announced concerned the short-lived Suzanne Somers show, The Blonde in the Thunderbird. That production will be eligible for nomination in the Special Theatrical Event category.

Now, after they got done with Constant Wife and Primo, what do you think the "eligibility" discussion was like for these other shows. And how many motions to abandon the Tonys altogether?
And think about this: if Special Theatrical Event requires at least three nominees, The Blonde in the Thunderbird actually seems to have a lock on a nomination! Special indeed...