{"id":28283,"date":"2017-05-04T10:45:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=28283"},"modified":"2017-05-04T10:45:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:45:40","slug":"shock-thrill-excitement-broadway-stars-react-to-their-tony-nods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/entertainment\/shock-thrill-excitement-broadway-stars-react-to-their-tony-nods.html","title":{"rendered":"Shock, thrill, excitement: Broadway stars react to their Tony nods"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Shock, thrill, excitement: Broadway stars react to their Tony nods<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">From shock to excitement, nominees for this year&#39;s Tony awards described their range of emotions when they found out they were recognized for their work on Broadway.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Richard Thomas, 65, best known for playing John-Boy Walton in CBS TV series &quot;The Waltons,&quot; told Reuters on Wednesday that he was shocked to hear his name on the list for best actor in a featured role in a play, for &quot;The Little Foxes.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&quot;This is my first nomination and I&#39;ve been working on the street for a very long time, my whole life, so it&#39;s really gratifying and means a lot to me,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Lucas Steele, who landed a nomination for best actor in a featured role in a musical for &quot;Natasha, Pierre &amp; The Great Comet of 1812,&quot; said all he wants to do is speak to his family but bad weather in his small home town of Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, has prevented phone communication.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">&quot;I come from a very, very small town and they live out in the rural country and they had a storm &#8230; and it knocked out all the power, all the phone lines. I still have not talked to my mom,&quot; Steele said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The annual Tony Awards, which celebrate achievements in New York theater, will announce winners at a ceremony hosted by Kevin Spacey on June 11.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">source:-http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-awards-tonys-idUSKBN17Z2RQ<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/entertainment\/shock-thrill-excitement-broadway-stars-react-to-their-tony-nods.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shock, thrill, excitement: Broadway stars react to their Tony nods From shock to excitement, nominees for this year&#39;s Tony awards described their range of emotions when they found out they were recognized for their work on Broadway. 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