Could Carrie Coon Win?- Page 2

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 2:03am

Watch the movie.
It's a different animal but thrilling.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 11:05am

Sandy Dennis is masterful in the film, I actually had only read the play before seeing this revival (not the movie), and on paper, Honey seemed like a character I'd hate on stage. Coon made me get why she was so significant to the proceedings while being the heart and soul of the piece, truly the only one of the bunch who gets caught up in this web. She also injected so much humor into the piece, a hard task when you're playing against Tracy Letts and Amy Morton who are both insanely funny (not like the play is a comedy but there's some brilliant zingers that the two leads played like they were written for them). Finally, I liked that though she was "caught up," she also wasn't just a victim, there was a level of agency she had, a great performance.
I saw the movie after seeing the revival and thought Dennis was equally great, so I used to think Honey wasn't a great role when I read the play, but now I realize how wrong I was.

[bobs3]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 12:31pm

Agree this is Judith Light's to lose.

If Yvonne Strahovski (Golden Boy) had been nominated she probably would have won. I don't see how the nominators could have overlooked her performance.

[AC126748]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 12:35pm

Judith Light is the favorite, for sure, but I don't think it's as safe a lock as her win last year. I wouldn't be surprised one bit if Rashad won.

If Yvonne Strahovski (Golden Boy) had been nominated she probably would have won.

I don't understand statements like this. She probably would have won, yet she couldn't get nominated in the first place.

[dreaming]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 1:05pm

AC-I agree it's Judith Light's to lose, but not as assured as last year's award. And I think if Rashad wins, I won't be totally shocked. ("The Trip to Bountiful" got pretty good reviews. I saw it and loved it.)

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 1:28pm

I've never understood why women are always winning or getting nominated for awards for playing Honey. It's not a great part. It's the George and Martha show. I've also played Nick, which is a truly thankless role. Madison Dirks was fine, though not as perfectly cast as David Harbour was in his Tony-nominated turn.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 1:32pm

I've never understood why women are always winning or getting nominated for awards for playing Honey. It's not a great part. It's the George and Martha show. I've also played Nick, which is a truly thankless role. Madison Dirks was fine, though not as perfectly cast as David Harbour was in his Tony-nominated turn.

But actresses like Carrie Coon and Sandy Dennis have obviously turned in performances that elevated the role to something special. I mean, didn't people think Herbie was a pretty thankless role until seeing what an actor like Boyd Gaines could do with it?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 2:38pm

Exactly, givesmevoice. And I'd argue that part of the greatness of this most recent revival is the way everyone blended so well.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 3:56pm

^ This, definitely. Obviously Amy Morton was amazing, but since we're specifically discussing Coon in this thread, I think the work she and Letts did together was so incredible. The image of Letts essentially prancing around the stage while talking about the little mouse and Coon's reactions as it finally hit her who he was talking about is forever seared in my mind.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 4:07pm

Givesmevoice, I got chills reading *about* that moment just now. The revival was almost like a film in that it sought to create haunting images that, as you so aptly put, are "seared" in my memory. Coon's scenes with Letts were fantastic, so much of the script is about Nick and Martha or George and Nick (or the four of them, obviously) but in this production the scenes with Honey and George were as memorable as anything else on stage. That's why Coon got nominated and though it won't happen, I'd be damn happy to see her take that award come Tony night. I do love pretty much every actress whose nominated so it's a bit of an embarrassment of riches this year.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 4:20pm

I'm hoping to see Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike this weekend, but other than Coon the only performance I've seen was Judith Ivey's. Though I think Condola Rashad is an immensely talented young actress (and I'm greatly looking forward to watching her career) and Judith Light always gives great performances. So it really is an embarrassment of riches. (But I still really want Coon to win.)

[jnb9872]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 5:57pm

Evidently, BroadwayWorld has written her off completely, as they have Shalita Grant, too. Neither appear in the BroadwayWorld poll.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 5/2/13 at 6:00pm

Yeah, I noticed that. With so many eligible performances, they have a randomly small list of featured contenders, leaving off many Tony nominees.

[ZiggyCringe]

Posted: 5/3/13 at 4:17am

I hope so.

She RULED that production.

She has a ridiculous name. But she KILLED. I laughed my ass off.