Best musical performances not nominated for Tonys. — Page 2

Just to name a few: Ken Jennings and Merle Louise for their featured roles in the original "Sweeney Todd," Bernadette Peters in the original "Into the Woods" and Judy Kaye in "Ragtime."

Two that haven't been mentioned yet...

Spiro Malas in The Most Happy Fella
Jeff McCarthy in Urinetown

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patti lupone - noises off

james barbour - jane eyre

linda eder - jelkel and hyde

terance mann and christian aderas - the scarlet pimpernal

Why LaChanze was not nominated for Best Leading Actress:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if your name does not appear above the title, you are automatically considered a featured actor or actress. The producers then need to petition for you to be considered leading. Considering that Lea Solonga was giving such an immense performance (and was the clear cut winner), I think the producers made the correct choice, never imagining the sublime LaChanze would lose to an 11-year-old. But lose she did.

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robbiej - Not to mention the fact that the 11 year-old girl also played the central character in her show as well. Both of them should have been nominated as leads.

I also agree with Janine LaManna and James Barbour. Also Betty Buckley and Linzi Hately for Carrie, Stephan Bogardus for Falsettos and Mary Stout for Jane Eyre.

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definitly janine lamanna....but sorry i disagree with kerry o mally itw and laura benanti for nine (least days i saw them) and i didnt think kate levering in 42nd yes she can tap but i didnt like her voice or characterization...hunter foster in urinetown is other choicefor good performance but what do i know im not on the committee although i did vote in 2000 sshhhhhh the real tony voter was too busy as many of them are to fill out the damn thing ontime with real thought so they pass it down the line ......hehe

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Updated On: 2/28/04 at 06:39 PM