Best Actor in a Musical tony- Page 5

[D2]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:20am

in·er·tia (?-nûr'sh?) Pronunciation Key
n.
Physics: The tendency of a body to resist acceleration; the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest or of a body in straight line motion to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force.

Resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change: the inertia of an entrenched bureaucracy.

So basically, Foster, you are saying that Raul was building, uhm, nothing?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:24am

Well that's how I saw it.
He is a talented actor but was not playing the character written in the script.

I would never let that drunk take my "kids to the zoo".

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:26am

I think he meant momentum? That's the correct physical term for the opposite of intertia, no?

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[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:28am

Yes the performance has momentum in the race so far.
it is the one to beat.

[D2]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:28am

I think he meant momentum, too, but he was very insistent about his use of the word "inertia."

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:33am

Eh, it's just physics. Anyway, the sentiment makes sense, certainly.

And I think he meant momentum over the course of his entire career, not that this particular performance has the momentum it needs to run the lead.

[andyf]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:43am

I know I'm in the minority, but Esparza didn't really do anything for me. In fact, I probably don't need to qualify that... Esparza didn't really do anything, did he? Lots of standing and watching, though.

I thought "Being Alive" was good, but not nearly earth-shattering. So in that respect, if, in lieu of giving out the award for having a nice ass or whatever your cynical reason of the moment might be, we are, for example, giving out the award for delivering one good performance of one song, I think Alexander Gemignani is more than deserving. I thought his "Bring Him Home" was superb, and much better than Esparza's "Being Alive."

Just a thought.

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[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:45am

I don't think we can be friends anymore.

(And for those who take comments too literally, I am kidding. Feel free to look it up in the dictionary. And then go cry some figurative tears.)

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[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:50am

andyf we are now friends.
Rauls' Being Alive was somewhat well delivered but his voice is rather thin.
Wait till you hear Hadley Fraser sing.

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:50am

Esparza or Gemignani for Best Actor. Though Jon Groff is good as Melchior, I don't think he's good enough to win, especially with some fantastic competition.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:53am

For all the plausible (and even potentially derogatory) terms to describe his voice -- especially if you're looking at Being Alive in particular -- from those who like it and those who don't, I don't really think "thin" is one of them.

I still wonder how the nominations are going to look upon the Les Miz actors, though -- they're more replacements than they are originators, IMO.

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[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:56am

I don't think Gemignani or Lewis have musch chance at a nomination. While they may have been good, they will probably be looked at as replacements(as Emcee said) is this "limited" revival, and won't get nominated.

I think at this point, Raul has it.

[MrWayne]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:58am

I don't think the Les Miz actors have a credible shot at this award...while gemignani and lewis are great performers the field is just too deep to see them getting recognized for that show.
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[bythesword84]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:58am

Alright, I'm going to be my minority of one, and I don't care. I may be the only person but I would love to see Gavin Lee nominated for best actor. I suppose they may count him as supporting but either way I want him nominated. I'm not even a Mary Poppins fan and yet every time that man was on the stage I knew that section was going to be good. I think he gives a tremendous performance. He doesn't have to win, though I'd love it if he did, keeping in mind he's my top choice of everything I've seen...which means if its a musical that hasn't opened on Broadway yet, I haven't seen it.

I'll take Gemignani too, that would be fine with me. I was surprised with his Valjean. While he doesn't gain a spot as my top of all time, he gives a solid performance and its beautifully sung. He's come a long way from the first preview and his age no longer works against him, he embodies Valjean and I would be more than happy to see him up there.

Jonathan Groff? Let's be serious. That role does not a Tony winner make. I like Groff, he has a very nice sound and he does a good job with Melchior but I was not in any way moved to think "Wow, I want to see him there on Tony night."

Esparza...eh, I can take him or leave him in Company. I think he is a tremendous performer in general. I just think this production of Company with him as Bobby...eh. I loved his Marry Me a Little, but I'm always a lover of that song. I understand people saying he plays it well, because I didn't think he was distractingly bad, I thought he was fine. Similarly to Groff, he was good but I don't think he needs to win an award...for that role. I love him otherwise.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 12:58am

I think it has less to do with the fact that it's a limited run and more with the fact that the production is, for all intents and purposes, identical to the original. As opposed to starting anew, they may as well have just stepped in at some point during the original production -- nothing has changed.

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[MrWayne]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 1:01am

so...bythesword....who are your five?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 1:05am

Yes "thin" is the word I hear from most TONY insiders, though so far his competition is even thinner,
Some like Gavin Lee a lot.
Love sparring with you luvthe...
I respect yer admiration for your crush
But that interview in the TIMES is insulting many

[bythesword84]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 1:13am

Who are my five nominee choices? Well I don't know that I can accurately judge having not seen the shows that aren't yet open on Broadway. That means I've not yet seen shows which have men who could obviously be contenders.

For me the only one I really would like to see nominated is Gavin Lee. I can say there are a lot of people I wouldn't mind seeing nominated...like Esparza, I would never begrudge him a nomination but I wouldn't pick him to win. Considering the fact that I usually love Cerveris, I'm thinking I'll probably say he should be nominated once I see him. I don't know anything about Hadley from PQ to say whether I think I would support him or not. I'd be happy if Alexander was nominated for Les Mis because I considered him to be one of the better parts of the revival, whose cast I am not overly fond of...but I'm very hard on LM having been a very big fan of it from the first run. If Groff gets put in a spot would I cry and whine about it? No. He's alright.

Actually, at the risk of being considered terrible, I have much less emotional investment in this season than I have in seasons recently. I have yet to find a musical that I would throw my heart and soul in for winning anything. I've been much happier, and much more moved, by the plays I've seen this year than I have by the musicals so far. I find that disappointing because I've always been a primarily musical type of girl but I really haven't seen any performances in the musical side this season that have made me sit back and be in awe. I'm still waiting for it.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 1:23am

You like sparring? Fine.

I know the backlash of the interview perfectly well, and more than I intend to share. But yet AGAIN you're bringing things that exist outside of the performance into your argument against him. Yes, the article is offending people. Yes, people don't like his personality. But you consistently bring those things up when people are talking about his performance. And even if those things WILL impact the way people vote, the fact that they are ALL you can bring up every time this argument surfaces is absurd.

And really, if the best you can do is discount my support for his work by playing the overused, defunct and vaguely offensive "it's just a stupid crush!" card, then your opinions haven't a leg to stand on. The way you've chosen to make your stance clear is to dumb down my support to thinking with my hormones in order to sustain your opinions. Trust me, if you need to fall back on that in order to give them a leg to stand on, what's looking THIN here are your points and the thread by which you string them together. Quit hiding behind the condescension already (which, by the way, negates all claims to "respect"); go on, spout what you know from all 700something Tony voters, because I'm sure you know all of them, right?

I fear my eyes shall fall out from all of this incessant rolling.

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[MrWayne]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 1:25am

fair enough

[Smaxie]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 1:29am

Don't forget to add David Hyde Pierce into the mix...

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 1:30am

The cute seal makes me want to stop all the arguing. He just cries out for friendliness!

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 1:32am

Thnks for proving my point by yer eyes falling out at yer lust.
I really do enjoy yer hopeless love for that Gay actor.
You make my day.

he will most likely win "so far" and You can say I told you so.

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 1:34am

"Rauls' Being Alive was somewhat well delivered but his voice is rather thin."

Did you just describe Raul Esparza's voice as "thin"? Are we thinking of the same Raul Esparza? Do we both know the same definition of "thin"? I'm confused.

[RockabyeHamlet]

Posted: 2/18/07 at 1:39am

I think Im the only person who HATED Esparza as Bobby in Company. I thought he left alot to be desired and his singing made me want to bring Larry Kert back from the great beyond.

-I'm voting for Cerveris, and I know it hasn't opened yet, but I can't see him as not being amazing as Weill.