Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
#1Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 4:54pm
I was thinking that the excellent Jim Norton certainly deserved a nomination for his work in Finian's Rainbow.
Last year, I felt that Mitch Jarvis was robbed too.
Who else?
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
#2Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:00pmI thought Alexander Hanson did a fabulous job in Night Music and wouldn't have been sad to see him win (though I was not disappointed in Hodge's win). And I agree about Jim Norton, though I would have loved to see Chris Fitzgerald actually win.
#2Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:01pmEveryday Rapture deserved a nod & win for best musical.
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#3Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:04pm
Tony Vincent, Stark Sands or John Gallagher Jr. in American Idiot
Andrea Burns in In the Heights
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#4Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:12pmI could not agree more - Everyday Rapture was WAY overlooked. Too bad.
#5Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:13pm
This year:
Brian d'Arcy James and Alicia Silverstone, TIME STANDS STILL
Laura Benanti, IN THE NEXT ROOM OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Hiram
Featured Actor Joined: 12/16/06
#6Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:19pm
Joan Copeland for Leading Actress in a Musical for the 1976 revival of PAL JOEY.
Meryl Streep for Leading Actress in a Musical for HAPPY END (1977).
Dorothy McGuire for Leading Actress in a Play for the 1976 revival of THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA.
All three were nominated for Drama Desk Awards.
#7Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:41pmJohn Gallagher Jr. for American Idiot
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Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
#8Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:45pm
Brian d'Arcy James, TIME STANDS STILL
I 100% agree with you on that.
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#9Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:45pm
Nicole Kidman in The Blue Room. Should have won the Tony for Best Actress in A Play. Wasn't even nominated.
Kidman was a bit stupid with her timing. If she'd have done that play this year, when the Tonys actually started showing love for big movie stars, she'd have won the Tony by a landslide.
#10Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:48pm
This year: Quentin Earl Darrington for Ragtime
Tony Vincent for American Idiot
Other years: Andrea Burns, In the Heights
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
quitetheatrical23
Understudy Joined: 1/30/10
#11Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:49pm
Justin Bartha/LaPaglia Lend me a Tenor
Tucci for director of Lend me a Tenor
John Lithgow/Dianne Weist, All My Sons
#12Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:51pmTovah Feldshuh in IRENA'S VOW
#13Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:53pm
There were several who should have been nominated, but I can only think of two things that should have been nominated and won.
Alicia Silverstone for Featured Actress in Time Stands Still
Everyday Rapture for Best Musical
#14Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 5:54pm
Quentin Earl Darrington for Ragtime
Karen Olivo for In the Heights
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Broadway Star Joined: 1/3/08
#15Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 6:24pmAaron Tveit in next to normal... one of the best performances I've ever seen
#16Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 6:29pm
Everyday Rapture for Best Musical. BY FAR the best musical of the year.
Alexander Hanson for Best Actor in a Musical. Could have taken Kimball's spot.
Nathan Lane for Best Actor in a Musical. just because he keeps that sinking ship afloat.
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#17Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 6:44pm
Quentin Earl Darrington- he gave a brilliant performance in Ragtime.
Also, Everyday Rapture should have not only been nominated, but should have won Best Musical.
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Leading Actor Joined: 3/25/07
#18Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 6:46pm
Wait, are people naming performers who should have WON, or who simply deserved to be nominated? Because some of these people in no way deserved the award over their competition.
And I agree about Everyday Rapture.
#19Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 7:21pmRobert Petkoff as Tateh in RAGTIME. Seeing the footage of him during the Tony presentation reminded how he brought such depth and romance to that role.
#20Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 7:32pmI agree with Justin Bartha for Lend Me A Tenor.
#21Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 7:34pmAmy Spanger for The Wedding Singer
"People have their opinions and that doesn't mean that their opinions are wrong or right. I just take it with a grain of salt because opinions are like as*holes, everyone has one".
-Felicia Finley-
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#22Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 7:36pm
Robert Petkoff should have been nominated and won the Tony for what he did in "Ragtime". He was brilliant. Just my opinion.
And I thought Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig should have been nominated for their work.
#23Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 7:37pm
This year...Nathan Lane for The Addams Family. As awful as the show was, he carried it on his back and made it bearable.
In years past, there are two that stand out. Both of them should have not only been nominated in their respective years, but won.
The first is Jeff McCarthy for Urinetown. The second is Janine LaManna for Seussical, a flawed show, but she gave it the heart it was otherwise lacking.
#24Actors that deserved Tonys and weren't even nominated
Posted: 6/15/10 at 7:47pmStrange fact: Robert Goulet wasn't even nominated for a Tony for his star-making performance as Lancelot in the original Camelot.
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