With all this talk about the CABARET REVIVAL coming next year, and with Alan Cummings in talks to star as the MC (again), it got me thinking what if he is nominated and wins again come Tony time?
The closest I can think of is Stephen Spinella. I think he won twice for playing the same character in Angels In America, but technically they are considered different plays. I think also the first year he won Featured Actor and the second year he won Lead Actor.
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Alan won't be eligible. It was a surprise when Arthur Laurents was eligible and nominated for directing the 2008 Gypsy but it was a new production he directed.
Joel Grey, Carol Channing, Yul Brynner, Lonette McKee, and many others have played the same role on Broadway more than once. They were only eligible the first time.
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Don't the Tony rules change after the game anyway? It seems like they wait till the end of the season to decided what is what. I can't believe he is actually doing this again.
Well....how many actors have played the same part on b'way?...so my mind went immediately to Yul Brynner.
He WON for the original in '51 He was nominated for the first revival in '77 He rec'd a "special" Tony for the 2nd revival in '85 (And Lou Diamond Phillips was nominated in '96)
Any others?
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I just listed several above. And Yul wasn't nominated for a Tony in 1977, because he was ineligible. He was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in '77, though.
Other actors who played the same role more than once on Broadway:
Stephanie Mills in The Wiz Martha Scott in Our Town
I'll try to think of others ...
EDIT: Ethel Merman in Annie Get Your Gun
The entire five-person cast of Ain't Misbehavin'.
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