Best Actor in a Musical tony

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Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:01pm

So I know that Christine Ebersole is front contender for the Best Actress tony but what about actor?

Who do you guys think? Raul Esparza maybe?

#2

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:03pm

RAUL without a question! I would love to see gavin lee get a nomination butthis year is packed with great performers.

#3

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:07pm

Raul but not because he received across the board strong notices from critics and theatergoers. He will win simply because he doesn't have any competition in the leading man category. Maybe DHP will pose a threat but in general, it's a very weak year for men, not Jason Alexander weak but still, weak.

#4

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:11pm

My predictions would be:

Raul Esparza
Michael Cerveris
David Hyde Pierce
Steve Kazee

5th slot up in the air. Possibilities: Jeff McCarthy, Alexander Gemignani, Norm Lewis, Brian D'Arcy James.

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#5

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:13pm

McCarthy's role would be Featured.

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#6

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:14pm

Debra Monk.

#7

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:18pm

McCarthy's role would be Featured.

Really? Does THE PIRATE QUEEN have a leading male role?

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"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

#8

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:21pm

David Hyde Pearce and Michael Cerveris will certainly give Raul a run for the trophy.
Many people think Cerveris should have won last year and will vote for him this year if the part is strong.
And don't rule out Hadley Fraser from THE PIRATE QUEEN, the boy can sing.
Jonathon Groff could slip into the fifth spot.

#9

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:34pm

Hadley Fraser would be nominated in the Featured category for Pirate Queen before McCarthy. McCarthy is basically only in half the first act and has virtually no significant material (unless there have been major revisions). Hadley should be nominated just for the performance of I'll Be There which features one of the purest tenor voices I've heard in years. It was pretty exciting to hear the obvious favorable audience reaction to his performance, as if caught by surprise to hear such a clear, pure tone almost completely devoid of the trendy pop stylings they were likely expecting. It was one of the few exciting moments in the show, to be honest.

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#10

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:46pm

Stephanie and Hadley's names are even as the leads, I think they will both be cosidered in the Lead category.

#11

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:47pm

More thoughts on the topic
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?boardname=bway&thread=913018#2541131

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#12

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 5:59pm

I wouldn't be suprised if Gavin Lee got a nom. He got the best notices in Poppins.

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#13

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:12pm

If Spring Awakening is the front runner for Best Musical, then the deserving Jonathon Groff might get the 5th nom.

#14

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:15pm

I definitely thing Jonathan Groff will take a slot. Behind Gray Gardens, Spring Awakening was the best reviewed show of the season, so it stands to reason that Groff will at least get a nom.

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#15

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:18pm

What do you think will take best musical? SA? GG? Curtains?

#16

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:24pm

Spring Awakening.. for sure

#17

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:28pm

Raul Esparza should get it, he owns that role. He was so amazing.

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#18

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:34pm

While I'm not sure Jonathan Groff deserves the Tony, I think he deserves a Tony nod.

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#19

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:34pm

Spring Awakening.. for sure

I wouldn't be so sure. The Tonys, just like any other award show, are all about politics. It may go to what's the most tourable, which SPRING is not.

Updated On: 2/14/07 at 06:34 PM

#20

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:37pm

What do you think will take best musical? SA? GG? Curtains?

If Mary Poppins or Legally Blonde are nominated, they would most likely win.

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#21

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:37pm

Maybe they can give a Tony to Groff's ego.

#22

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:45pm

Oh my, do tell Bobby Bubby.

#23

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:48pm

Yeah, I'm curious as well.

#24

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:52pm

NO comment.

#25

re: Best Actor in a Musical tony

Posted: 2/14/07 at 6:55pm

Tease.