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#26

Besides Ripley's Tony win last year, what were some other Tony 'sure thing'

Posted: 4/23/10 at 11:02am

Harvey Fierstein for HAIRSPRAY
Patti LuPone for EVITA and GYPSY
Idina Menzel for WICKED
Christine Ebersole for GREY GARDENS
Dorothy Loudon for ANNIE
Glenn Close for SUNSET BLVD.
Chita Rivera for KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN
Lea Salonga for MISS SAIGON

They are way too many other obvious wins.

#27

Besides Ripley's Tony win last year, what were some other Tony 'sure thing'

Posted: 4/23/10 at 11:11am

Harvey Fierstein may have been the genuine frontrunner for HAIRSPRAY, but he was anything but a lock.

Many people (including myself) were really hoping for Antonio Banderas that year, and he offered stiff competition. The both tied for the Drama Desk Award. So no, Fierstein was definitely NOT a lock that year.

Nor was Idina Menzel for WICKED. For many, her win was actually a bit of an upset. Of all the brilliant female leading performances that year, her's received the most tepid reviews. If I recall, it was widely believed that Tonya Pinkins would take home the award. She deserved it.

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

#28

Besides Ripley's Tony win last year, what were some other Tony 'sure thing'

Posted: 4/23/10 at 12:13pm

If I recall, it was widely believed that Tonya Pinkins would take home the award. She deserved it.

That's certainly debatable.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#29

Besides Ripley's Tony win last year, what were some other Tony 'sure thing'

Posted: 4/23/10 at 12:17pm

Yeah, Donna Murphy won the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards for Wonderful Town. Many thought Kristin would win. Many thought Tonya would win. That year was pretty wide open.

"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

#30

Besides Ripley's Tony win last year, what were some other Tony 'sure thing'

Posted: 4/23/10 at 12:17pm

Ian McDiarmid was hardly a sure thing for Faith Healer featured actor in 2006. A lot of people were predicting Sam Barnett to win for History Boys.

#31

Besides Ripley's Tony win last year, what were some other Tony 'sure thing'

Posted: 4/23/10 at 1:47pm

I won my TONY office pool in 2007 because I checked off Julie White for best actress while no one else did. I'd hardly call that a clear cut race.

#32

Besides Ripley's Tony win last year, what were some other Tony 'sure thing'

Posted: 4/23/10 at 2:12pm

Michael Crawford for POTO

#33

Besides Ripley's Tony win last year, what were some other Tony 'sure thing'

Posted: 4/23/10 at 9:23pm

"Best Musical:
BILLY ELLIOT
IN THE HEIGHTS
SPRING AWAKENING
JERSEY BOYS
SPAMALOT
HAIRSPRAY
THE PRODUCERS"

Spamalot? Over Spelling Bee, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Light In The Piazza? I thought Spamalot was the weakest, having seen all four. I was pulling for Scoundrels or Piazza.

"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

#34

Besides Ripley's Tony win last year, what were some other Tony 'sure thing'

Posted: 4/23/10 at 10:59pm

Billy v. N2N was big next year. I still think the Tony should have gone to N2N

#35

Besides Ripley's Tony win last year, what were some other Tony 'sure thing'

Posted: 4/25/10 at 8:53am

Sweeney Todd for Best Revival of a Musical

It was a lock DAMNIT

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