Back in March I expressed some slight irritation over the fact that Marcia Gay Harden was pulling attention away from my new crush Hope Davis for her admittedly brilliant turn on Broadway in “God of Carnage.” It’s not like I have it in for Harden or anything, mind you. All four principles in the cast deserve awards recognition for their work in the superlative play. But Davis, I felt, stood out from the rest of the pack.
Well it seems the Tony gods have smiled down on Davis today. The actress landed a nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play, right alongside Harden. Co-stars Jeff Daniels and James Gandolfini also wracked up nominations for lead actor and the production also popped up in the Best Play and Direction (Matthew Warchus) fields, bringing the tally to six. Bravo to all involved.
I haven’t caught anything else that’s current so I can’t comment on the rest of the field, but it’s nice to see that Scott Rudin’s double-dip with “Carnage” and Eugene Ionesco’s “Exit the King” (four nominations) stuck the landing.