No Tinseltown Effect on Tony Award Nominations
Berry Gordy is probably not having a very good day. Though his autobiographical jukebox tuner “Motown: The Musical” continues to dominate the Broadway box office, the show was shut out of the best musical category of the 67th annual Tony Awards. This category—the gold standard of Broadway marketing—boasted some of the biggest surprises when the nominations were announced April 30. Critic- and …