Best Actor in a Musical tony — Page 5

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".

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

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.

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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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Updated On: 2/18/07 at 12:45 AM

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.

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.

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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.

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

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.

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fair enough

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

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"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.