Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
#1Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/16/07 at 11:35pmJust revisited "RG", and even more amazed at Chisholm's performance ! Man, how I would love to see a Tony win !!!
#2re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/17/07 at 12:00am
Absolutely!
He is completely brilliant. I actually think he may win. His performance is something too special to pass by.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#2re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/17/07 at 12:10amI would be THRILLED to see Anthony take home the Tony. I have seen all of the nominees, and while it is a tight race (Hawke and Crudup were fantastic), Anthony's performance comes out on top for me. His character is so complex yet he comes across as down to earth and very human. I'd also love to see RADIO GOLF take home Best Play.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
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"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)
#3re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/17/07 at 12:10amHe's spectacular in Radio Golf.
"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
#4re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/17/07 at 12:19am
I personally wouldn't vote for RADIO GOLF for best play (I'd vote for UTOPIA), but I would be just as pleased if it actually won.
Come to think of it, I will be happy no matter what wins best play...I love them all.
And I thought Crudup should win for the longest time, but the more and more I think about it, the more I want Chisholm to win.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#5re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/17/07 at 12:31amHe's an absolutely astonishing actor!
#6re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/17/07 at 3:44am
I have not been so moved by a performance in such a long time !!
Even when he isnt speaking, he is amazing- He mannerisms alone are worth seeing !
He makes you feel for the character - I put this performance ahead of every other that I have seen this season, including Langella, who is remarkable.
Chisholm is simply brilliant !
#7re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/21/07 at 9:09pm
Threadjacking a bit.....
Congrats to Gaines, although I thought Chisholm was better---
Actually, I thought both Sands and Dancy were better than Gaines. (not taking anything away from Gaines... the entire cast is just so amazing in "JE" !)
#8re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/21/07 at 9:12pm
I agree, Testing.
It wasn't that Gaines wasn't strong, he just had little to do.
I'm crossing my fingers for Chisholm for the Tony.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#9re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/21/07 at 9:22pm
Like I said... Gaines was very good, but I really dont think his performance comes close to Chisholm's-
Crossing fingers with ya for the Tony- !!
Updated On: 5/21/07 at 09:22 PM
#10re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/21/07 at 10:03pmI'm riding the Chisholm train to the Tonys too. One of the most brilliant performances in recent memory.
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#11re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/21/07 at 11:28pm
Completely agree.
I thought Billy Crudup was the best thing about Coast of Utopia part 1, but here's why I think Chisholm should win: Billy Crudup's character really isn't important to the entire arc of Coast of Utopia while Chisholm's character really is the heart of the piece and around which the action of the play revolves.
I loved him in Gem of the Ocean too. I hope the Tony voters don't vote for Coast down the ballot and instead honor an actor whose work has too often gone unrecognized.
#12re: Anthony Chisholm Appreciation Thread !
Posted: 5/21/07 at 11:31pm
I have a feeling people will vote for him as the sole recognition for RADIO GOLF.
We know Crudup does consistantly good work, but a performance like Chisholm's is rare.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
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