Best Tonyless performers- Page 3

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 6:36am

Tovah Feldshuh. 4 noms.

[singtopher]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 7:55am

Some of the people mentioned on here I don't feel have had long enough careers yet. Not saying that they're not good performers, but Julia Murney has only been around for a few years, and has only been in one Broadway show. Give it time, she will have her day. As will Kelly O'Hara, Richard Kind, etc...

That said, Marin Mazzie, Julie Andrews, and John Rait.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 8:10am

Some of the people mentioned on here I don't feel have had long enough careers yet. Not saying that they're not good performers, but Julia Murney has only been around for a few years, and has only been in one Broadway show. Give it time, she will have her day. As will Kelly O'Hara, Richard Kind, etc...
That doesn't mean they shouldn't have a Tony. It just means that they still have time to get one. It also means that people on this board think they are good enough performers to have one.

I have no original ideas, but I will say... How can Julie Andrews not have a Tony? Boggles my mind. Well, definitely her first and foremost. Also,
Julia Murney
Sherie Rene Scott (can't believe she doesn't have one!)
Raul Esparza

[Al Dente]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 8:25am

This has been my biggest gripe for over five years and I'll say it again here. The fact that Orfeh didn't get nominated, let alone WIN for Saturday Night Fever was and continues to be nonsense. I feel the same way about Sherie Scott, for the same season actually. Raul Esparza is another name that immediately comes to mind. But I definitely think all three will eventually have their little gold statues.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 8:29am

Kelli O'Hara and Julie Andrews by far!

[Dre2387]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 8:55am

I have to say Greg Jbara. I mean, he should have at least got an nom. this year as Supporting for DRS.

and Christopher Sieber.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 9:09am

Geraldine Page

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 9:16am

Julie Andrews
Kelli O'Hara
Laura Benanti
Greg Jbara
Marin Mazzie
Stephen Lynch (has plenty of time, I know)
Julia Murney (ditto)

[icantbelive]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 9:34am

That sucks that Julie Andrews didnt get one. And now (unless she's in a play) she will never get one because the doctors screwed up her voice.

[Funny Face]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 9:38am

Yeah, I think Julie wins this one. Even though it does kind of annoy me that she declined her one nomination, I guess it was a pretty nice and selfless thing to do for the people she worked with.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 9:55am

best12bars - Geraldine Page - I literally just thought of her and a second later I saw your post - Great minds think alike!

In addition to the aforementioned Marin Mazzie, Mary Testa and Andre DeShields, I would like to add: Zeljko Ivanek
Howard McGillin
Zoe Wanamaker
Ernestine Jackson Updated On: 7/10/06 at 09:55 AM

[Charlayne Vivika]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 10:17am

Eden Espiwhatever is the best ever!

[bwayboi4life42]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 10:51am

- Like many others have mentioned before, I have to agree with Julie Andrews. She was nothing less than fabulous in MY FAIR LADY and VICTOR/VICTORIA both, and still nothing. Like many have also said before, I do hope she wins a Lifetime Achievement Award soon.

- The late Raul Julia never won a Tony for any of his great performances. It's a shame that not many people know who he is because he's one of the finest performers of all time, in my opinion. He's best known for playing Don Quixote in the 1992 revival of MAN OF LA MANCHA, Macheath in THE THREEPENNY OPERA, Guido Contini in NINE, and Proteus in TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. Nominated for 4 Tony Awards; winner of none. He died on October 24, 1994.

- Barbra Streisand was robbed of her Tony for FUNNY GIRL. Whoever told Carol Channing she had any talent lied to her. It's actually pretty funny- Barbra lost to Carol Channing in HELLO, DOLLY, however, a couple of years later, Barbra won the Academy Award for the movie version of FUNNY GIRL, AND she was asked to play Dolly in the movie version of HELLO, DOLLY. Carol Channing was never even considered (thank heaven, because she would have completely destroyed that movie). Barbra needs to get over her little stage fright issue, do a show, and win a Tony because she's so freakin' amazing!!!

- I also agree with those of you who said Carolee Carmello. Although I didn't expect her to win Best Featured Actress this year, I was really expecting her to win Best Leading Actress in 1999, but Bernadette Peters stole that from her. As much as I love Bernadette, I didn't think her performance as Annie Oakley was Tony-worthy over Carolee's Lucille Frank. We need to get that woman into a hit show!

That's all I can think of at the moment, but I'm sure I will think of some more later.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 11:44am

- Barbra Streisand was robbed of her Tony for FUNNY GIRL. Whoever told Carol Channing she had any talent lied to her.

Anyone who saw Carol Channing in HELLO, DOLLY!, couldn't possibly make that comment. Her Dolly, is a performance for the ages. She's perfection, on every single line. Because she's such a big star now, it is hard to believe; but, if "People" hadn't been a hit single, it is very doubtful that Streisand would have ever gotten FUNNY GIRL. As it was, she almost didn't get it. She was not very good in the show. She always looked like she was in danger of falling asleep in the role, on stage, and most people believe that her replacement, Mimi Hines, was much, much better. Of course, when she did the musical numbers, she saved her performance. While I think she's all over the place in the acting department, in the film, she's about a billion times better than she was on stage.

It's actually pretty funny- Barbra lost to Carol Channing in HELLO, DOLLY, however, a couple of years later, Barbra won the Academy Award for the movie version of FUNNY GIRL, AND she was asked to play Dolly in the movie version of HELLO, DOLLY. Carol Channing was never even considered (thank heaven, because she would have completely destroyed that movie).

It's not true that Carol wasn't considered. In fact, it was assumed by everyone at Fox, that she would do the role. They weren't even considering other actresses for it. However, when Ernest Lehman, who produced it and wrote the screenplay, saw her in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (for which she won a Golden Globe and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar), he decided she was too much for film, and decided that instead of getting another "older" actress, he would go a completely different route, and cast a younger one, thus Streisand.
Updated On: 7/10/06 at 11:44 AM

[BrdwayObsessed]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 12:04pm

Julie Andrews
Victor Garber
Christopher Sieber
Robert Westenberg
Laura Benanti

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 12:15pm

REBECCA LUKER!!! How can no one have mentioned her yet? And I totally agree with Victor Garber as well.
Updated On: 7/10/06 at 12:15 PM

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 12:28pm

I agree with Julie Andrews and Victor Garber and especially Geraldine Page

I also think Kathleen Turner (in spite of the Graduate) and Lewis J Stadlen should have gotten one by now.
Updated On: 7/10/06 at 12:28 PM

[LostLeander]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 12:35pm

Eden Espinosa?

The only thing she's without is acting lessons.
Let's give her some before she ever leaves Wicked again.

Audra should have 5 Tony's. Her Marie Christine is astonishing.
Tough year though. And no one really liked the show, so it's understandanle.
Damn Heather Headley and her spastic screachy belting.

I don't really know if Sherie Renee has done much worthy of a Tony. Amneris is poorly written, and Christine is fun, but nothing special. She needs a really good role. She's great though.

I would say she deserves an Outer Critics for L5Y.

Michael McElroy, anyone?

And let's force Toni Collette to come back to Broadway so she can be worthy of saying that she's been robbed of a Tony.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 3:59pm

For what show should Rebecca Luker have won a Tony?

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 4:09pm

Marin Mazzie (Ragtime)
Kelli O'Hara (Piazza)
Matt Morrison (Piazza)
Mary Testa (42nd Street)

Updated On: 7/10/06 at 04:09 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 5:14pm

Billy Porter. He was the Teen Angel in the 1994 revival of Grease.
He's never been nominated, but I think he's one of the greatest African-American singers I've ever heard.

Others that come to mind:

Christopher Sieber
Robert Westenberg
Marin Mazzie
Chita Rivera

[bella cantato]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 6:15pm

What Julia Murney really needs/deserves is a fabulously written role in a fabulous show that makes it to Broadway... and the Tony will follow. I agree that she deserves one, but we need to get her a meaty role, first! At least some of the others (Sherie, Julie Andrews who I agree both also deserve Tonys) have had some good roles in successful shows.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 6:37pm

ladyofthelake - Chita Rivera is not Tonyless - She has won two Tonys.
For THE RINK and KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN.

JohnBoy2 - Thank you for your marvelous,astute defense of the wondrous Carol Channing. Her Dolly Levi was as you said "a performance of the ages." I was going to respond to that post, but I couldn't have said it better than you!

[boxers7]

Posted: 7/10/06 at 6:41pm

Charlayne Vivika!

[alwy15]

Posted: 7/11/06 at 2:48am

fiona shaw