Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
#1Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:15pmSounds good, doesn't it?
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#2re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:18pmDefinitely!!! The only one I really cared about. SOOOOO happy she won!!!!!
Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#2re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:42pm
(I know I'll get crucified for this, but I don't care!)
Truly one of the most beautiful human beings I know... I love you, my dear friend. And I am so proud of you! Congratulations on this incredible success.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#3re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/15/08 at 11:56pm
Congrats to FOAnatic, iluvtheatertrash, and all of Laura's BFFs.
Oh, and Laura.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#4re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:01amFoster, what the hell is your problem? We're happy for her. Why must you poke your head into a celebratory thread and fill it with your garbage?
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#5re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:03am
"I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about." - Oscar Wilde
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#6re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:05amHer speech was adorable. "Yay, Arthur!"
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
Parks
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/04
#7re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:06am
I almost cried when she was giving her speech. Congrats! She is amazing and completely deserved it!
Oh, and she looked STUNNING tonight!
"If it walks like a Parks, if it wobbles like a Parks, then it's definitely fat and nobody loves it." --MA
#8re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:07amI'm so happy for Laura! She really deserved it for all her talent and hard work. Glad to see it payed off.
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#9re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:09amAnd FWIW, not everyone who posts on this thread is or thinks they're "BFFs" with her. Some of us simply appreciate her talent ~ even if this show is our first exposure to it.
Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
ChiSquared62
Swing Joined: 5/8/07
#10re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:27amSO happy she won tonight - I was cheering for her on my couch. I loved her dress, too...it was sparkly. =]
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#11re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 1:08am
"YAAAAAAAAAAAYARTHUR!"
Laura is awesome. All I can say, really.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
bwaybabe2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/08
#12re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 1:09am
FOAnatic, thanks for that picture, because I had to miss the Tony's last night (nice dress, Laura!)
I'm very happy for both, Laura and Boyd...I think they both deserved it :)
#13re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 1:25am
Seriously, congratulations!
She's wonderful. And looked simply stunning tonight. Well, and always really.
I loved this:
"Oh Arthur! You're standing! Yaaaaaaaay Arthur!"
HYSTERICAL!
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#14re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:17amHaha, she's a very funny woman. It was wonderful to see just how much like herself she was up there.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
Updated On: 6/16/08 at 10:17 AM
#15re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:20amLaura Benanti is the best Louise I've ever seen and I'm so glad she's received the recognition her perfromance deserved.
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MuseOfComedy
Understudy Joined: 12/13/07
#16re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:21amHer speech was my favorite. She looked stunning, totally deserved it, and both her and her husband look amazing together. Seems like she's got it all now.
#17re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:25amHer speech DID make me cry. Congradulations Laura on giving one of the best performances of the year in Gypsy. Just brillant!
Happy...Everything!
Kaye Thompson
#18re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:31am
Congrats to Laura, I was more moved than I can say by her winning.
Long. Time. Coming. She's brilliant.
Now what would you say if today I started over?
Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover
And I'll pretend like everything is already alright
And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight
#19re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:33am
She deserved it completely.
I'm thrilled for her.
"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards
#20re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 10:36amI have to say that I really didn't know much about her before seeing Gypsy a few weeks ago, but thought I'd know her when I saw her. But when the young Louise turned into older Louise, I actually thought they might be using three Louises. She really looked, sounded, and acted about 16 in those earlier scenes. When she went to dress for her first strip, and returned, she entered looking different with her hair up, but then she stepped in front of the mirror. Her shoulders moved back, her neck "grew", her chin lifted. It was as if I were watching a physical transformation right before my eyes as she saw herself in the mirror. It gives me chills every time I think of that. She so deserved this award!
#21re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 11:54am
Patash, I couldn't agree more. Most persausive Louise I've ever seen.
Also the first time I've ever come away thinking "Yikes, you're Rose's daughter, all right!"
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#22re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 11:57amI am happy she won the award in this category. I loved her performance in Gypsy. Furthermore, I am happy to see Patti and Boyd win as well. Congrats, Gypsy on winning most of the acting awards!
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#23re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:01pmVery well-deserved indeed. I'm happy for her.
#24re: Congratulations Tony Award Winner Laura Benanti
Posted: 6/16/08 at 12:10pm
she kicked so much ass in this show.
i went to Gypsy for Patti (and I was not disappointed), but Laura Benanti just blew me away. I saw her in Nine and she didn't make much of an impression, but her Louise was so good. She completely upstaged the guy who played Tulsa in "All I Need is the Girl." I just watched her for that entire number.
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