Profile for Jeff Tupolski

Just more horrible news. Ken was an electric talent. May he live on forever scaring new kids every Halloween and Christmas. And hopefully more and more of them grow up to discover the rest of his work like I did.

I’m just heartbroken. Gavin was an incredible person and of the best actors on Broadway. I can just hardly believe we lost him in his prime, and I’m crying thinking of all the years of his life he, his loved ones, and this community won’t see. He was exceptional and beloved, and I just hope he knew it at the end.

I get that these shows run long, but Stereophonic not being allowed to perform is ridiculous. It’s the most Tony nominated play of all time, and in terms of acclaim, it leaves every nominated musical this year but Merrily We Roll Along in the dust. The Tonys being unwilling to spotlight a number from a show that’s considered a genuine contender to win Best Original Score is just dumb.

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Jeff Tupolski said: "Rentaholic2 said: "What has Hailey Kilgore been up to?"

Think I said before during the initials rumors, butshe’s my current top choice for Louise. Then round out the main trio with Brian d’Arcy James."

I actually would love to see Danny Burstein play Herbie."

You’re making me waiver on my choice. I love me some Burstein.

Rentaholic2 said: "What has Hailey Kilgore been up to?"

Think I said before during the initials rumors, but she’s my current top choice for Louise. Then round out the main trio with Brian d’Arcy James.

We’re eating good

My bad. Sorry for the confusion on my part, and thanks for making things clear.

 

There’s nothing to get pissy over but there was something to correct. If that read as getting pissy, sorry, it wasn’t my intention.

With how often award show discussions devolve into tearing down your favorites’ competition, I’ll give Green credit for pushing back on that a bit. The takeaway from that article shouldn’t be that he thinks most of the winners will be undeserving when he stressed that he felt otherwise.

Green didn’t say any of his predicted winners are undeserving. He explicitly said his personal favorites are not necessarily more deserving and that there’s often little if any gap in quality between his predictions and preferences.

TinyTuchman said: "Jesse Green is laughable. Anyone who has seen Stereophnic knows that Eli Gelb is deserving of Best Featured Actor. He’s the heart and soul of that show. They very well may cancel each other out, but Eli gives the most layered performance on that stage."

Gelb would be my choice, but I don’t think it’s egregious to have another Stereophonic actor as his favorite. Like he said, they’re all deserving.

I’m not the biggest Ragtime fan, but that’s a really exciting trio of leads. Add in Lead DeBessonet directing, and I’ll be there.

Anyway, I’d just like to throw Will Swenson as Lockstock out there.

I’d be happy with a Guettel win, but if I was voting for a musical I’d go with Here Lies Love. Still, Stereophonic is my choice and think that’s gonna take it.

Maybe it’s just cause I find Suffs’ score to be far less interesting than these three, but I really don’t think it wins here.

Had to skip right to the final version of Bright. Teared up over it again. Now listening in order and falling in love with this show all over again.

It was my favorite of the season’s songs, but beyond that I think it’s a smart submission. It’ll likely stick out to the average voter more than the other songs given how many times they repeated it. And unlike the Oscars and their love of awards bait ballads, this category is fairly kind to silly songs like Which of the Pickwick Did It.