Best Leading Actor in a Play 2017

I doubt they would nominate only John Mulaney or Nick Kroll, and I doubt that with so many stellar performances this season either of them will be nominated. Especially considering how stand-up-y their show was, and how long it will have been closed by the time noms roll around.

My guess would be:

Kline

Arndt

Glick

Hawkins

Mantello

No, it's a very thankless and non-dramatic role with no weight or meat.

I'm not sure having one win and one nomination, a decade apart, can qualify an actor as a Tony "darling." I love Mays, but to me Oslo was all about the featured players. Mays and Ehle were narrators and provided the dramatic conceit. I wish they had been offered more to do.

In the original Six Degrees, Courtney B Vance was nominated in Lead. I could see a scenario where Corey Hawkins could break through there as well. John Benjamin Hickey, though wonderful, doesn't have as much weight to his role, comparatively, and I cant see him competing in such a crowded field.

Kline, Glick, and McBurney for sure things. Ruffalo, Hawkins, Arndt, and Mays compete for the last 2 slots.

I think Arndt will be forgotten. Agree that McBurney will get a nomination.

Kline, Glick, McBurney, Mays. Ruffalo and Hawkins compete for last slot.

Not saying it's impossible for him to be nominated, but I think McBurney is far from a sure thing.

Willie4316 said: "
Denis Arndt - Heisenberg

Gideon Glick - Significant Other

Kevin Kline - Present Laughter

Jefferson Mays - Oslo

Simon McBurney - The Encounter



Is he who you want to win or think will win? Given how small its audience have been and that it will be closed before noms come out, I don't see that happening. I am assuming Kline will win. Despite the show having gotten meh reviews, he got mostly great ones.

It's not that out of the realm of possibility. Julie White won for The Little Dog Laughed in 2007, and that had closed months earlier. By no means is Gideon Glick a lock, but it's not like there's a ton of buzz around anyone else.

bjh2114 said: "To be fair, though, Julie White had received RAVE reviews universally. Her biggest competition was from Angela Lansbury (only because she's a legend, but she was in an AWFUL play) and Eve Best (who got a love letter from Brantley but normal good reviews from everyone else). Gideon Glick didn't receive the kind of reviews that Julie White got."

I don't agree. Glick's reviews, even by critics who disliked the play, gushed over him. Adam Greene's review in New York is case and point. Brantley only called him an Expert Performer, but I'm pretty sure the sweat/indecent/Sig O reviews were all anti-Isherwood related. And the industry knows that.

IntoTheWords said: "bjh2114 said: "To be fair, though, Julie White had received RAVE reviews universally. Her biggest competition was from Angela Lansbury (only because she's a legend, but she was in an AWFUL play) and Eve Best (who got a love letter from Brantley but normal good reviews from everyone else). Gideon Glick didn't receive the kind of reviews that Julie White got."

I don't agree. Glick's reviews, even by critics who disliked the play, gushed over him. Adam Greene's review in New York is case and point. Brantley only called him an Expert Performer, but I'm pretty sure the sweat/indecent/Sig O reviews were all anti-Isherwood related. And the industry knows that.



I agree with BJH. Her reviews were euphoric. Click got excellent but not 'you're out of your mind if you miss this great comic performance' reviews. She not only beat Lansbury; she beat Redgrave, who got great reviews in Year of...

Updated On: 4/21/17 at 08:02 PM

Kevin Kline.

Gideon Glick was snubbed and had one of the best performances of this season. How did the Tony voters miss that?