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I really don't get the Greg Jbara love in BILLY ELLIOT. He's not doing a bad job, but I don't think the role has Tony written on it nor does Jbara add anything to the role to make it Tony-worthy.
Tveit seems to be quite "hot" on Broadway right now, good for him.

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I'm inclined to go with Seiber. Apart from being about the best thing in Shrek, he's made it very clear that he's committed to the Broadway theater and should, IMO, have won it for Spamalot. This could be a good time for him to get a Tony.

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I'd be surprised if the Tony voters care that Aaron's going off to another project that he's been committed to. They know how this business works, and will appreciate that he's staying committed to both projects. Ultimately, if his work is worthy of a Tony nom, he'll probably get it.

If Aaron was missing a bunch of performances of N2N for lame reasons, it would probably be a different story.

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I don't think it has anything to do with being a comedic role at all (I would hardly call Mortiz from Spring Awakening, Tommy Devito from Jersey Boys, Herbie from Gypsy, and Booth from Assassins comedic roles). Jbara is simply giving a soozefest of a performance. This is coming from someone who LOVES Greg in other stuff. He was my favorite part of DRS, and has a beautiful singing voice. In Billy Elliot, he's boring. Also, while normally I would agree that Seiber is the one to beat, voters could potentially write off his performance for several reasons (it's not as recent, the whole show is a little amateur, and he's delivering funny lines using a gag that many people think gets old really fast). I mean, I LOVED him, but I always love him. The Tony voters might not see it that way.

Also, my guess is that Will Swenson will be put in the leading category with Creel.

Updated On: 3/10/09 at 03:10 PM

Swenson should be placed in featured.

I am shocked that anyone would call Greg Jbara's performance a snoozefest. He was heartbreaking and certainly gives his all. I think this is the best role he's had in his career.

Tveit is is so busy lately. Wow... I remember being a fan of his when he was playing Link in the first national tour of Hairspray.

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Gregory Jbara
Christopher Sieber (WIN)
Marc Kudisch
Aaron Tveit
Craig Bierko

Sieber has had this in the bag for a while. Kudisch and Jbara are veterans who give nowhere near their best performance. Seiber steals the whole show and praise for him has been unanimous.

As for Tveit...they don't give out a Tony for abs, kiddies.

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Updated On: 3/10/09 at 06:06 PM

Well to be fair 9 to 5 hasn't opened yet and Brantley does love Kudisch. So, if 9 to 5 is a big hit, you never know. But, the praise is strong for Sieber, who like Kudisch is a favorite among the theater community, I think.

Bierko won't get nominated for that lackluster revival.

^He will also most likely be eligible in the leading category, not featured.

Yeah, but you also think Alice Ripley is a bad singer(if i'm remembering correctly), so you're opinion of performances must be taken with a grain of salt.

Yeah, i think your opinion is about as useful as rentboys, what with your claims of a personal relationship with Adam Lambert and your urge to defend him to the death for throwing musical theatre under the bus.