Can we just give Renee Elise Goldsberry the TONY now?

I know there is a Hamilton love thread but I wanted to talk about this one performer. I haven't seen Hamilton since August ( was my 3rd time seeing it) and I just NOW have listened to the whole cast album and all the energy came back to me when I replayed "Satisfied" and "The Schuyler Sisters" over and over. Such energy and passion in Renee's voice. She even more breathtaking live. You can literally see the fire in her eyes when she sings with such conviction. Her Character is quite complex and I'd love to see her win a Tony for this role.

Updated On: 12/14/15 at 06:27 PM

You wanna talk about the lunacy of the OBP Company's "split?" Why they submitted the role of April for Leading Actress is beyond me. Company has no leading actress, but even if you wanted to pick one, the strongest argument would be for Joanne or Amy at best.

"You can literally see the fire in her eyes when she sings with such conviction."

I think you deserve the award for literally seeing the fire.

I LITERALLY saw the fire. The woman is insane.

And you KNOW they would skip her in the In Memoriam section on the Tonys that year.

She will definitely be nominated. No idea what other performances could give her competition though.

A large part of me deeply believes that Renée Elise should win but may not because the Tony committee may wish to help Jennifer Hudson EGOT. Having not seen either performance yet (but being very obsessed with the album for the last month and having committed most of it to memory) I can't truly say which is more deserving. But damn if Renée doesn't have that special something on the recording. I wish we could hear from Angelica a few more times since she doesn't appear in the story after the Reynolds Pamphlet until they talk about her death in the finale. I hope she gets the Tony.

Well I know she sings It's Quiet Uptown, but I thought she was being more of a narrator character there since she doesn't seem to be singing anything specifically relating to Angelica's experience with Philip's death. I meant she doesn't appear chronologically in the storyline after Reynolds (where she functions as her own character). But I agree that Angelica singing the verse is poignant given that it is her nephew she has lost.

Updated On: 11/4/15 at 08:01 PM

That was Auggie's prediction. Of course we don't know yet.

Just dropping the fact in here that Renée won both this year's Featured Actress Drama Desk Award as well as the Lucille Lortel Award.

Which means she can't win either this year, so the front runner for featured actress will be hard to tell this year.

Renee Elise Goldsberry is certainly phenomenal in one of the best roles in the show. I think she's a lock for a nomination and we'll see what else transpires by April.

Regarding Leslie Odom Jr, I cannot fathom him not being up for Lead actor. He is the narrator - he's a part of practically every song - and he has several big numbers in which he takes the lead or is solo. If he were placed into Supporting it would look like a weird play for Lin-Manuel wanting to win himself. Also the show has the best shot to take multiple awards with Leslie in Lead and Daveed Diggs/Chris Jackson in supporting.

Leslie's performance has stuck with me more than any other character and I think he's doing a beautiful, flawless job. Again he'll have competition and I look forward to seeing the other performances of the season.

Yeah but he would win if he went supporting.