I think it would be great to award White, who has been toiling away doing fantastic work in regional theater. She's worked hard for many years without the opportunity for high recognition, and without the name value that gets plays produced. And really, how wide is Lansbury's mantel?
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
Angela Lansbury is brilliant, and I'm looking forward to seeing her on Broadway again. But she was awarded her last Tony Award in 1979 - I'd be willing to bet that the same Tony voters who made her their darling then aren't voting now. To unilaterally say she's going to win again this year, before her performance has even been seen, is just as absurd as all of the other predictions running rampant in all the other threads. Including this one, including some of mine.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
I would love to see White win- as my userpic may suggest. It was a brilliant performance that prompted this musical girl to see more plays.
"I'll cut you, Tracee Beazer!!!!
...Just kidding. I'd never cut anyone." -Tina Maddigan, 9/30/06, WS stage door
Avatar: JULIE "EFFING" WHITE, 2007 TONY WINNER. Thank God.
I'm thinking about legally changing my name to Lizzie Curry...
And THAT'S my point. Who knows what will happen that night? The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last. Or something like that.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
I wish I could take credit for that, Nom, but it's Oscar Wilde.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
White lost the Drama Desk for Best Actress in a Play last year to Lois Smith in THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
And before you ask, White also lost the Outer Critics Circle Award to Smith.
She did get an Obie however (along with Smith and others).
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
Her role in THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED. It premiered last spring at 2nd Stage. The Broadway production was a transfer. But you knew that.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
White was nominated for her performance in LITTLE DOG last year and lost the Drama Desk and Outer Circle Awards to Smith (but did make the Obie and Drama League lists). Remember she played the role first off-Broadway at Second Stage. Thus, she's ineligible for every award (except the Tony) this year.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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You have just made me remember it. I didn't see it Off Broadway.
Don't you think a Broadway production is a bit more fully realized in its productions values and more visible such that there would still be a chance for a Drama Desk?
Or in the case of a transfer where the original show's performance wasn't noted, are they always omitted subsequently at the Drama Desk?
Drama Desk, as I recall, covers all theatre, not just on or Off Broadway, correct me if I am mistaken.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
Once you've been nominated once for a given role in a given production, that's it. End of story. White is ineligible for every award now except for the Tony.
And White performance was "noted" -- she was one of the nominees. She just lost. It's not even as if there are separate categories for off- and on-Broadway performances -- there's just one "Best Actress" category that includes everyone on-, off-, and off-off. So, it would hardly make any sense whatsoever to include her in the same category for the same performance in the same production, two years in a row. She had her chance. She just didn't win.
And as for production values, the Broadway production was an exact replica physically of the Second Stage production. The Broadway one was simply a little bigger (and it had the same design team).
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney