Broadway’s Death of a Salesman will not get a Tony nomination in the leading actress category, it turns out. The Tony Awards Administration Committee ruled today that the production’s Laurie Metcalf will be eligible in the featured actress in a play category.
The committee does not explain the reasoning behinds its rulings – the season’s fourth and final batch of rulings were made today – but despite her prominence in the revival’s marketing campaign her role as the wife of Nathan Lane’s Willy Loman apparently was deemed a supporting character.
The determination means Lane will be the show’s only potential leading performer in this year’s Tony race. Christopher Abbott, who has the substantial role of Biff Loman, will be considered eligible in the featured actor/play category.
The Rocky Horror Show, on the other hand, will have two eligible leading actors: Both Luke Evans, who plays Frank-N-Furter
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