Clarence Derwent Predictions
Clarence Derwent Predictions
MungoGypsy8232
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/07
#1Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:01pm
For those of you that don't know, the Clarence Derwent Awards are two awards (one actor, one actress) who have made an awesome splash on the stage in a supporting performance each season. Last years winners were Leslie Kritzer for Serena in Legally Blonde and Lin-Manuel Miranda for Usnavi in In the Heights. I don't know when they are being announced this year (they were announced May 9th last year). Predictions as to who will receive it?
Mine:
Male - one of the men from Passing Strange
Female - between the 3 women of Passing Strange, Alli Mauzey, and Loretta Ables Sayre
#2re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:07pm
Actor - Aaron Tveit in NEXT TO NORMAL.*
Actress - Jennifer Damiano in NEXT TO NORMAL.
*if he's not eligible, then Chad Goodridge in PASSING STRANGE or Andre Ward in XANADU.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#2re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:10pm
who have made an awesome splash on the stage in a supporting performance each season.
It has nothing to do with a supporting performance.
John Tartaglia won it for his Leading performance in AVENUE Q.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#3re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:12pmIt goes to "the most promising female and male performers on the New York metropolitan scene."
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#4re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:12pmIsn't for most promising young performer? and i think the young part is relative ...ha!
#5re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:13pm
It has nothing to do with being young, either.
Denis O'Hare won it for TAKE ME OUT, and he was like 42 years old at the time.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#6re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:23pmIs Stew considered available this year?
#7re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:23pm
That changes everything. I mean - that's so open. It could go to ANYONE! Patti LuPone, Faith Prince, ANYONE, no?!
Female: Kerry Butler (XANADU) or Alice Ripley (NEXT TO NORMAL) or Laura Benanti (GYPSY).
Male: Cheyenne Jackson (XANADU) or Curtis Holbrook (XANADU) or Aaron Tveit (NEXT TO NORMAL).
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
MungoGypsy8232
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/07
#8re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:25pmyeah, I didn't think that was right. I copied it loosely from Clarence Derwent's original concept of the award. I made corrections to the fact it was Broadway (since Miranda won last year as an obvious example), but I knew other stuff was wrong. Anyways, I'm for Daniel Breaker for the men.
#9re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:38pm
Kerry Butler already won the year of HAIRSPRAY.
That year was Kerry Butler and Denis O'Hare.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#10re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:44pmSo I'm a little confused. By "most promising performance" do they mean someone who's fairly new to Broadway / off-Broadway or is it just that you can't win twice?
#11re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:51pm
You can only win once.
Someone who has already proven themselves by winning a Tony Award (like Broadway veterans Patti LuPone or Faith Prince) don't qualify.
Someone like Benanti has already received two Tony nominations. She doesn't qualify either.
It's for a breakthrough performance of sorts.
The year before last, Felicia P. Fields won for THE COLOR PURPLE and Jason Ritter won for THIRD.
Here is the article about last year's winners:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/107958.html
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#12re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:51pmThe year that John Tartaglia won for AVENUE Q, Anika Noni Rose was the female winner for CAROLINE, OR CHANGE.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#13re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:52pm
It goes to someone who has a breakthrough performance in the New York theater scene.
For instance, last year, Leslie Kritzer was the female recipient. She had done theater in New York before then, but her performance in Legally Blonde is what really got her noticed. Same thing with Kerry Butler; she had already been Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Eponine in Les Misérables and a slew of other roles, but Penny in Hairspray is definitely what turned heads.
#14re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:54pmI have a hunch that it might be Leigh Ann Larkin
#15re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 8:58pmThanks! And I would love for Leigh Ann Larkin to win!
#16re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 9:02pmSo it's like a Theatre World Award of sorts?
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#17re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 9:03pmSort of, only more selective, since there are only two winners, one female and one male.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#18re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 9:09pmRight. That's what it seems like. Anika Noni Rose, Tartaglia, and Felicia P. Fields are all Theatre World Award winners.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#19re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 9:11pm
I would love to see it go to Paulo Szot and Loretta Ables Sayre this year.
They just appeared out of nowhere and delivered these magnificent performances.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#20re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 10:01pmI agree about Szot, but predict Larkin might take it for the ladies.
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#21re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 10:12pm
Is this for musicals only?
If not, I'm thinking this will go to Deanna Dunagan or Amy Morton. Nobody - musicals or plays - can compete with their performances this season.
#22re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 10:19pm
It's for plays too.
Denis O'Hare won for TAKE ME OUT, which was a play.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#23re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/12/08 at 11:57pmI'm predicting Daniel Breaker and Amy Morton (if she is eligible -- unlike Theatre World, which often picks well-established actors making their New York debuts, the Clarence Derwent award generally seems to go to "fresh faces"). I also wouldn't be surprised to see someone like Tobias Segal or Bobby Steggert get it -- they often pick performers in Off-Broadway shows.
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#24re: Clarence Derwent Predictions
Posted: 5/13/08 at 12:22am
Leigh Ann Larkin IMO is terrible in GYPSY.
She should win for overacting in a legendary role.
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