Best Leading Actress in a Musical this season??? — Page 2

It depends on who they get as Mother Superior in Sister Act. Or any of the largely featured nuns for that matter. I'd also love to see J. Elaine Marcos grab a nomination for Priscilla.

I think unless Sutton gets mostly positive notices, Patina has a better chance than she does.

^ As wonderful as Murphy was in that show, has Ebersole not won it would've gone to McDonald.

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I guess I was pointing out that Sutton Foster's been nominated each time she's been eligible as a lead just as a statistic. Which impressive on its own - I don't think may other actresses have been nominated so many times in just 10 years. Obviously they won't nominate just so her streak won't be broken, but so far she's been very good at picking shows that end up being well-liked on their own and/or provide a good showcase for her. The exception to that being, of course, Young Frankenstein.

And I agree that poor reviews could de-rail her but it would depend on how poor they are (for her as well as the production itself). For example, I think if Everday Rapture hadn't snuck in last year Chenoweth very well could've gotten the nomination just for showing up and for being in a show that was slightly better-liked than The Addams Family. If they hate Anything Goes less than they hate, say, Women on the Verge, she could be in.

Updated On: 12/18/10 at 01:19 AM

Lol.

It's a shame Kate Shindle has to suffer.

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I don't get how we can call Sutton the front-runner without seeing her performance?

Updated On: 12/18/10 at 02:57 AM

Has anyone considered the possibility of Tony Sheldon as Best Actress?...(bad joke)

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>Does anyone know about the size of Nikki M. James' role in The Book of Mormon? If it's an almost-lead like Rosemary or Mary Jane she could be in the running for this as well.<

She plays the largest female role in the show and is very funny throughout. But she'd probably still fall into the featured category.

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Sutton has been nominated four times in 7 years, winning once--it'll be 5 in 9 if she's nominated this year.

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Just calling it early but think it's going to be between Donna Murphy and Sutton Foster.

And for those thinking you have to wait to see the performances are clearly misinformed as most of the people who vote for the nominees don't even see the performances. This business is just as political as any other business.

Did the Tony Committee already decide that BRIEF ENCOUNTER was going to be considered a play instead of a musical? If not, Hannah Yelland would be a shoe-in.

I'd like to think Sherrie has a shot at getting the Tony this year only as a consolation for not winning last year. She was robbed if you ask me.

I can't remember the Tony's ever giving consolation prizes, but the Oscars do it all the time. lol.

It's definitely going to be an interesting race. Patina Miller gives the kind of star-making performance that won Sutton Foster her own Tony, Sutton Foster is in one of the great star-driven musicals and has an incredibly showy role, and Donna Murphy seems to have the kind of role designed for awards in a new show. I say right now (really early in the game) they are the three front-runners, again, this means nothing at this point in the game, I guess by this time last year the eventual winner in the category had already been seen by a lot of people. It's going to be interesting to see who'll end up the eventual winner. I kind of hope it's Murphy's turn to get a third Tony.

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