Best Leading Actress Coincidence!

I hope The Addams Family is great and Bebe is nominated!

Interesting enough thought, but sparse meat on the bone. For musicals, it stems back three more years (Ebersole, LaChanze, Clark) until we get to Idina Menzel in 2004, and for plays, the trend unfortunately ends with Julie White in 2007.

OP, be aware that the chances of an adult female character who has enough clout to be considered the Leading Actress (and who thus would have to have many a relationship with characters onstage) being a mother are pretty high. It's not so much a pattern as just, well... something that happens every once in a while.

Kudos to you, though. :)

Unprofessional?? On a public forum???


Mother is such an innoucous (sp?) word...its the heightened adjective that give the role the meat. A average, normal, happy mom is not going to garner much attention...no matter what.

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"Seems like we have a pattern?"

You are drawing a conclusion from two seasons, so I wouldn't say it is a huge coincidence. Look back at other years (I just listed musicals):

2007: Christine Ebersole - Grey Gardens
2006: LaChanze - The Color Purple
2005: Victoria Clark - The Light in the Piazza
2004: Idina Menzel - Wicked
2003: Marissa Jaret Winokur - Hairspray
2002: Sutton Foster - Thoroughly Modern Millie
2001: Christine Ebersole - 42nd Street
2000: Heather Headley - Aida

Also, cue people to go on about how Addams Family will be a flop (even before this production has unofficially opened onstage).

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Updated On: 6/10/09 at 12:13 PM