Charlotte - Charity and the Tony

I've seen some discussions of this embedded deep in other messages - so I thought I would bring it the front. My friend and I were discussing Charlotte taking over in Sweet Charity for the opening. What if she takes the nomination?

Given the field of potential nominees for best actress - which I personally think isn't as deep as the field for best actor - Charlotte may very well have a very good chance at winning. I think Sutton is enjoyable, but I'm not sure if Jo is going to giver her a second Tony. I've also never been much of a Sherie Scott fan, but I think she will gain a nomination.

If she is nominated, will they still pull her in favor of Christina? Sweet Charity has a very small window in which it can open. There's only one other weekend between their scheduled opening date and the Tony cutoff.

Thoughts? Discussions? An interesting thought was that they might keep Charlotte in Charity and give Christina Chicago.

Go Victoria!

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The buzz on Victoria is good...very good. I would selfishyly love to see Charlotte take the Tony, Drama Desk or Outer Critics Circle award for Sweet Charity. It's about time she was recognized.

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Victoria's got it in the bag.

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Will Spamalot put Sara Ramirez up for Lead or Supporting? I think she'll be a factor.

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Christina Applegate is the entire reason the SWEET CHARITY revival happened. They're is no way they'd deny her the role and give her the 239th replacement ROXIE title as a consolation prize.

If she's unable to open the show, then obviously Charlotte D'Amboise will have a shot at a nomination and a win -- but it sounds like The New York Times, along with the other media have been a tad premature in interpreting Barry Weissler's comments about D'Amboise permenently taking over the run.

Sunday -- Christina was out temporarily
Monday -- Christina was out for good
Wednesday -- Christina vows she'll make good on opening night.

It will be interesting to see what happens next, but if Applegate is able to open the show -- its going to be a major, major publicity triumph -- and that could generate the kind of buzz that could get her the Tony, deserved or not.

Um -- I've done my homework dear....And three other actresses departed the show during the workshop process. Fact remains -- if Applegate hadn't signed the contract, this production never would have materialized when it did.

That's not 100 percent true. Weissler could petition for Applegate to be considered if she joined the show relatively quickly after opening night (say the first two weeks). It would be a gamble -- as they could always say no -- but there is precedence - Dean Jones left COMPANY after a brief run and his replacement received a Tony nom.

I think they should let Applegate host the Tonys as a consolation prize? Anyone want to start a petition?

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Eek -- sorry to be arguing with you some much today Melissa but that's not quite right...

The show opened on Sunday, April 26, 1970 and on May 29, Larry Kert assumed the role of Bobby

WHAT ABOUT SARA RAMIREZ!!

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Theatreworld is full of errors -- they are a mess over there and have been for forty years!

To say that Victoria Clark is a lock and has it in the bag is very pretentious. Most people on here haven't even seen it yet, come on. It's still a fair race - although this is an unusually weak year for leading actresses. Last year, the word was that Tonya Pinkins had it in the bag - and look what happened.

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