Best Actor in a Musical tony — Page 2

^ You two would be too busy doing other things than watching the Tonys!

Raul should win not only because he is phenomenal in COMPANY, but, unlike Pierce, he has given a series of raved about performances both on Broadway and Off, back since he made his Broadway debut in 2002.

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David Hyde would have a Tony nom if they put him in the Featured Actor slot for Spamalot. He was great.

Having seen both performances (Esparza's and Pierce's), I still think Pierce should get the award, however, Esparza is more likely to be the winner and he does deserve it, his Bobby is nothing short of breath-taking.
I hope Bryan D'Arcy James gets a nomination in this category, he definitely shines in The Apple Tree and has great on-stage chemistry with Chenoweth.

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Well so far Groff has two votes:
One for his ego and one for his ass.

As for the Groff argument that isn't too prevalent in this thead but is in many others -- I'm sorry, but people don't win Tonys nor do they get Tony nominations for having nice asses.

Ah, Emcee. How I love you for this post. I agree whole-heartedly. I thought his performance was just OK, not Tony-award winning, not even nomination worthy.

Well, is that not the basis of his appeal?
Seems to be. He has a good voice, but so do most people who have roles in Broadway, off-Broadway, etc. musicals...Edit: I should have clarified this, but as pointed out, it's the role that I think really skews the performance, not his talent.

I'm revisiting SPRING again next Thursday and will have to pay attention to his acting. But, I remember that his performance didn't "wow" me the first time I saw it, so this leads me to believe that it won't the second time, either.

Edited for spelling.

Updated On: 2/14/07 at 07:40 PM

Jon Groff's performance in SA is terrific, and has nothing to do with the brief moments of nudity (despite the snide comment), and he deserves to be included among the leading men nominees. He may be unlikely to win, but I believe he should be recognized with a nomination anyway. What this gracious and disciplined young actor does NOT deserve is nasty and unwarranted comments about his ego.

Em, I see what you mean and I agree with the underdevelopment of the characters. He may be a good actor, but good acting doesn't really lend itself to his role, IMO.

From my point of view, all of the actors in Spring Awakening are at an immediate disadvantage in that the characters lack a great deal of depth. I've come to terms with how that works in the context of the show, but I'm not sure I see how you could remotely compare Groff's performance with ones that actually carry their shows. It's a good performance, but not a distinctive one by the very nature of the character.

Ok, I know I've been bringing it up in a lot of threads, and I SWEAR I will not be bringing it up again. But its just it's being discussed and so, despite my trying to refrain from posting in this thread, I feel the need to just this once.

I just wanted to put it out there that I am in no way basing my hope for Groff getting a nomination on his looks. Do I think he's very good looking? of course I do. But the reason I think he deserves a nomination is because he's a REALLY good ACTOR. And in my opinion, its NOT an extremely easy role. At all, actually. It requires a LOT of vulnerability and a LOT of putting yourself out there. Sure, its underdeveloped, I'm def not disagreeing with that, but the fact that he IS as good as he is (strictly speaking about acting- no looks involved) in an underdeveloped role really says a lot I think. Sure, he's not necasserily up to par with people like Raul or Michael Cerveris, which is why I've said all along that win and nomination are two very different things. But I do feel that he deserves recognition on account of the fact that I think very few people that age could play the role with as much conviction (so I guess where I really differ from you guys, particularly Emcee, is that I DONT think he could be replaced that easily.) Now, I'm not going to lie and pretend like I'm an expert- seeing as I havn't actually seen any other shows this season I probably dont have the best basis on which to go by. I simply find it pretty hard to believe that there's really THAT many other performances I would feel are stronger than his. And maybe I'm totally off- I very well could be. But, as of now at least, thats the honest opinion I've come to form.

Again, I really am not looking to start anything up again, its just I really felt like I needed to defend myself because I know I can come off as pretty fangirly/crushy when it comes to actors that I like. And since I dont know anyone on these boards personally, I wouldn't expect anyone to know me well enough to know that I REALLY do try and keep a level head when it comes to these types of things. I may be fangirly, but when I form my opinions about awards and such, or about what shows I choose to see, I in NO way make those decisions based on looks. I dont even base it on how much I love the CHARACTER, let alone if I think the performer is attractive. I base it strictly on how well I think the actor did in the context of the role they were given. Again, I know my comments would sometimes suggest otherwise, but in reality thats simply not who I am. I may spazz pretty easily, especially over looks, but with things like this I'd like to think I stand back and really look at it with as much perspective as I can. And I can't really speak for anyone else who's expressed similar opinions to mine, but I bet at least some of them are the same way.

aand with that I am done :)

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Updated On: 2/14/07 at 08:12 PM

What show is Cerveris in?

i agree, j.groff may sneak in there to be the dark horse. i would love it, but i have heard a lot of chatter about esparza. we shall see. i feel like the tony's are forever away still... i wish the days would go quicker!

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