Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Best performance ever at the Tonys?
#0Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:27pmWhat would you say is the best performance ever done at the Tony Awards?
larry64
Stand-by Joined: 3/3/06
#1re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:33pmThe first performance that comes to mind is Brent Barrett and Michael Jeter from GRAND HOTEL.
#2re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:35pmJennifer Holiday as Effie White in Dreamgirls.
...What happened next, was stranger still, a woman breathless and afraid, appeared out of the night, completely dressed in white. She had a secret she would tell, of one who had mistreated her. Her face and frightened gaze, my mind cannot erase...But then she ran from view. She looked so much like you...
#3re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:43pm
Ditto Jennifer Holiday. I can still watch that one today and be shaken by it.
TT
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#4re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:44pmI missed this at the Tony's, but what did Michael Jeter talk about in his acceptance speech, I only saw the end of that segment, thanks!
#5re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:44pmI missed this at the Tony's, but what did Michael Jeter talk about in his acceptance speech, I only saw the end of that segment, thanks!
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#6re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:48pmBernadette Peter's "Rose's Turn."
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#7re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:49pm
I'm not sure about the best performance EVER, but Bernadette Peters' Gypsy performance was amazing.
Not far behind her would probably be WICKED's performance. 
just kidding.
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#8re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:51pmOf those I've seen, Bernadette Peters' "Rose's Turn." Absolutely awesome!
Madame X
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/03
#9re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:55pmA New Argentina w/ Patti. Chills every time.
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cserannie
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/1/05
#10re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 4:59pmBrian Stokes Mitchell sang the song The impossible dream in the 2003 Tony Award and he was GREAT! He got a standing ovation...and no Tony...
Norbert Leo Butz quotes about John Lithgow: "He's really clumsy. One of the joys in life is to watch a great big huge man totally wipe out backstage. It takes John about three minutes to hit the floor. It's like watching a Great Sequoia falling gracelessly."
#11re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 5:03pm
* Ragtime
* Kiss of the Spider-woman
* Dreamgirls
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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#13re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 5:11pm
The Impossible Dream performed by Brian Stokes Mitchell
And I'm Telling You... performed by Jennifer Holliday
The performance for Ragtime
Cheers,
Christopher
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#14re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 5:14pm
I have to say that while Bernadette was great, Jennifer Holliday was beayond spectacular. Her performance from Dreamgirls gets my vote.
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Updated On: 6/18/06 at 05:14 PM
NYC4Life
Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#15re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 5:18pm
Bernadette - Rose's Turn
Jennifer - An I am Telling You
Brian Stokes - The Impossible Dream
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#16re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 5:19pmHugh Jackman's opening medley when he hosted the Tonys.
Bal
Leading Actor Joined: 10/19/04
#17re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 5:45pmGotta say Kiss of the Spider Woman and The Apple Tree.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#18re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 6:06pmHe basically said that if anyone out there had any problems with alcohol or drugs, they should look at him as proof that they can kick their habits and that dreams can come true. Twas cool.
LovinGoodMusicals
Understudy Joined: 6/17/06
#19re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 6:08pmI saw a short clip of "Evita" with Patti LuPone from the 1980 Tony's..does anyone know where I can get the video? or Mp3 of the performance?
I<3bway
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/06
#20re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 6:12pmI actually have that performance (Evita) on Broadway's Lost Treasures DVD: Volume 1. It has many other great performances from the Tony Awards too. I also love The King and I, 42nd Street, and Cabaret's performances too on the DVD.
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#21re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 6:16pm
I think WICKED's Tony perf was terrible, and I never liked Ragtime's for some reason.
#22re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 6:30pmLOOOOVE APPLAUSE's title song at the Tony's. It was so long! And now we give nominated shows three minutes. Oy.
"I don't wanna see that!" -Aunt Sassy (as played by Valerie Cherish) on Room & Bored
superwoman108
Stand-by Joined: 1/5/05
#23re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 6:56pmMy Body from THE LIFE was pretty brilliant.
#24re: Best performance ever at the Tonys?
Posted: 6/18/06 at 6:58pm
Two of the best ever Tony Award performances were given by the same woman.
The one and only and still sorely missed Dorothy Loudon.
Tearing up the stage with "Broadway Baby" in the Stephen Sondheim tribute in 1984 and the obscure George Gershwin song "Vodka" the year that they re-named the Uris theater.
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