Best Performance..No Tony

[philly03]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:37pm

Who do you think deserved a Tony Award (whether it be main actor/actress or featured) but did not receive one?




I personally think that LINDA EDER should have gotten one for Jekyll & Hyde...she was amazing in that I thought.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:40pm

I'll be the first to say it: Bernadette in Gypsy.

[JRybka]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:41pm

As much as I absolutely ADORE LInda Eder (as she is my goddess) I do believe that her not winning was okay. She was just basically put on stage and told to sing. It was like she stood still and the stage moved around her. (At least in the Broadway Version) -- She was much more involved in the show (so to speak) when it toured..... She danced and actually was able to use her acting (ish) chops...

Now.. I have to say that both Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie were robbed of their TONYS for RAGTIME..... Marin basically won it in my heart when she performed Back to Before

As much as I enjoyed Alan Cummings in CABARET I thought Raul Esparza did a better job in the role of Emcee. AND I personally liked Susan Egan better then Natasia.

[antiandrewx]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:42pm

Seconding Bernadette in Gypsy. Such a shame she lost for that.

Patti in Sweeney Todd
Raul Esparza in Company
Updated On: 10/24/07 at 03:42 PM

[philcrosby]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:43pm

Ethel Merman in GYPSY
Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL

[scott68]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:50pm

Another vote for Patti in Sweeney Todd. One of the most visceral performances I've ever seen.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:53pm

There have been so many, but here are some of the most egregious:

Jason Robards for Moon for the Misbegotten
Ethel Merman for Gypsy
Raul Esparza for Company
Christopher Plummer for King Lear
Billy Crudup for The Pillowman
Geraldine Page for Sweet Bird of Youth

Some of the choices for best play have been real lulus:

Mister Roberts instead of A Streetcar Named Desire (!!!!!)
Desperate Hours instead of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (!!!!!!!!!)
I Am My Own Wife instead of anything it ran against

[JRybka]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:54pm

I thought Barbara Streisand tied for the TONY that year.. or was it the OSCAR. I could look it up but I am at work and too tired and lazy.

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:58pm

Barbra Streisand tied for the Oscar with Katharine Hepburn (Lion in Winter). The feelings were very hot about whether Channing (Hello, Dolly) or Streisand (Funny Girl) would get the Tony. It was a VERY close race.

Updated On: 10/24/07 at 03:58 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 3:58pm

She tied for the Oscar with Katharine Hepburn in "The Lion in Winter."

She lost the Tony to Carol Channing in "Hello, Dolly!"

[JulianHookbucks]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 4:02pm

Bernadette in ITW... she wasn't even nominated... but Miss Gleason won... so...
Kim Crosby should have at least been nominated for ITW also, I think.

[Sondheim_Geek]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 4:08pm

Lead Actor in a Musical: Raul Esparza - Company
Lead Actress in a Musical: Patti LuPone - Sweeney Todd
Best Book of a Musical: Doug Wright - Grey Gardens

[JRybka]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 4:16pm

omg! i totally think that ummmm....

Megan Hilty should have been nominated for that green witch musical... oh my god! oh and also so believe that the whole musical of IN MY LIFE should have been totally won all the awards (including the play awards...) oh and don't forget the Brooklyn musical that was so much better then anything I have ever seen.....

...sorry... i had a moment there.

[best12bars]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 4:18pm

Others that come to mind:

Memorable performances that come to mind, in addition to Streisand and Merman (per philcrosby):

Vivian Blaine in Guys & Dolls
Bernadette Peters in Sunday in the Park With George
Mandy Patinkin in Sunday in the Park With George
Len Cariou in A Little Night Music
Hermione Gingold in A Little Night Music
Patty Duke in the Miracle Worker
Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady and/or Camelot
Elaine Stritch in Company (she should have been "featured" and she would have won)
Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity
Lotte Lenya in Cabaret (wrong category again)
William Daniels in 1776 (wrong category and refused the nomination)
Eileen Heckart in Butterflies Are Free

[philcrosby]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 4:23pm

Best12,

I was wracking my brain about whether or not some of the ones you mentioned were right when I wrote my post. Glad to see my sad suspicions were confirmed.

Just continual proof that the Tony awards are not infallible ... they represent a moment in time.

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 4:29pm

Megan Hilty should have been nominated for that green witch musical... oh my god!

wicked? she wasn't in the original cast, though she did do a good job.

Raul Esparza (company) was robbed this year, i agree. I also think Adam Pascal should have won for rent, not that nathan lane wasn't great that year too.

[JRybka]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 4:30pm

sorry my humor was lost on someone... it is okay.

again why typing and saying it in your head come out totally different.

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 5:49pm

ha ha i mean were all on a broadway board so i figured everyone was updated on things like that. like i thought u could have been joking but never know so yea.

[notabb]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 5:50pm

Jeff McCarthy URINETOWN and Mandy P SUNDAY IN THE PARK

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 5:54pm

Raul Esparza - Company...oh wait...MOCK ME WITH PRAISE!!!!

scratch that...

Marla Schaffel - Jane Eyre
Marin Mazzie - Ragtime
Nancy Opel - Urinetown
Georgia Brown - Oliver
Audra McDonald - Marie Christine or Toni Collette - The Wild Party
Brent Carver - Parade
Gavin Creel - Thoroughly Modern Millie or Patrick Wilson - Oklahoma

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 5:56pm

No contest, Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady.

[jennyish]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 6:37pm

Kelli O'Hara, The Light in the Piazza

[ahmelie]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 6:42pm

Performances I've seen?
Patti LuPone in Sweeeney Todd (beat by LaChanze for The Color Purple

[uncageg]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 6:46pm

Tonya Pinkins - Caroline or Change

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 10/24/07 at 7:14pm

I second Tonya Pinkins for CAROLINE, OR CHANGE

Also-- Julie Andrews for MY FAIR LADY