Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

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Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 5/24/13 at 5:39pm

Since the Tony Awards are approaching, I thought I'd share these 3 videos I came across on YouTube. An (almost) complete history of the Best Leading Actress in a Musical category. The winners from 1947 - 1949 seem to be left off. Some pretty great photos and sounds. Hopefully this gets everyone just a little more excited for next month

1950 - 1975
https://youtu.be/71cYdHNThmk

1976 - 1995
https://youtu.be/_pp16HvRg3U

1996 - 2012
https://youtu.be/_xF0nbKMczE

Some pretty talented ladies...

Updated On: 5/24/13 at 05:39 PM

Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 5/25/13 at 1:40pm

Heck with the past. Put up links for current nominees. That would be more Pertinent.

Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 5/25/13 at 1:55pm

^You're ignorant.

Thanks for the links, what a treat!

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 5/25/13 at 1:59pm

I love the number of "character" voices in the earliest years of the award. (And hearing even snippets of scores I'm not familiar with.)

When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain. -Kad

Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 6/9/13 at 4:21am

Bumping for Tony day. Just in case you can't remember a specific past winner...

Hope everyone has fun watching tonight!

Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 6/9/13 at 7:17am

These are great!

Thanks for posting them.

EDIT: No ladies from the '40s? There were two: Grace Hartman (Angel in the Wings) and Nanette Fabray (Love Life).

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Updated On: 6/9/13 at 07:17 AM

Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 6/9/13 at 9:09am

And here's one kid, acting them all out, in his bedroom:

http://youtu.be/B6p6BtMY6AI

Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:11am

This is wonderful, and makes me even more excited for tonight.

Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:38am

Why was no award given in 85?

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Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 6/9/13 at 11:55am

on Wikipedia they have a great list of all the nominees and winners ----
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Musical

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#11

Best Leading Actress in a Musical - A complete audio history

Posted: 6/9/13 at 12:00pm

Not enough performances were eligible in 1985. There weren't even four in each category. It was a horrible year for musicals.

A few leads were petitioned into the "featured" category, but the few who were above the title were left out in the cold (Ben Vareen and Stubby Kaye from Grind, most notably). Leilani Jones was petitioned into "featured" and she won the award. Mary Beth Piel, who played Anna in The King and I, was nominated for "featured."

Since Big River had "favored nations" billing (alphabetical, all below the title), no petitioning was needed, and Dan Jenkins was nominated as "featured" for playing Huck in Big River. Ron Richardson, who played Jim, won the award.

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Updated On: 6/9/13 at 12:00 PM

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