Could Connick take the TONY? — Page 4

I was really shocked when Bill Irwin won Best Actor (Play) last year. I think he was a dark horse/upset.

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uhm, well, my vote goes to Harry because he's not playing himself - he has created a really interesting, quirky, almost brooding character who happens to be charming. I REALLY thought his work was wonderful. His singing was great - but that's not what left the biggest impression on me - he carried that show with Meg, Roz, Michael and Joyce... the rest were great too - but he did a spectacular job.

"Connick will definitely win the Tony because the voters want to encourage him to remain on Broadway."

Connick needs to return to Broadway so there can be a Harry on Broadway Act 2 recording

Ahimsa- stole my words. Entirely swoon-worthy.
This shall be such an interesting tony awards...
Everyone deserves it... Some people might have "edges" or whatever, whther they did the role already, or had back-ups or whatever.
Actress will be JUST as interesting!

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Well, if we're basing things on the tv version of South Pacific, then Glenn Close needs to give her Sunset Tony back.

"if he mugs JLY"
Well there's no competition there.
Harry would knock that little falsetto guy on his JERSEY butt.
I agree with JLY that he is more of a mimic than a singer.
I doubt there will be a movie of JERSEY BOYS soon,
look how long it took to make DREAMGIRLS and that was a much better show.
( But we haven't seen JLY without his shirt, well maybe at BROADWAY BARES)

well in that case,
wouldn't it be a "bad move" to pigeonhole himself into playing one role?

How would he get pigeon-holed playing Frankie Valli? Meaning that all he will be considered for is pop singers from the 1960s who sang in falsetto? I don't think so.

People are excited about his performance because he is able to bring the character to life with such startling accuracy. If he were to play Valli in a film or TV project, I would think he would get the same kind of accolades awarded Judy Davis as Judy Garland or Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash.

It could only open doors for him.

Judy Davis as Judy Garland was a tv movie...

Perhaps a better example would be Tammy Blanchard. Her spot on portryal of young Judy Garland in that movie is really what jump started her adult career.

Updated On: 6/8/06 at 12:45 AM

Okay, I know everyone is going to hate me for this and think I'm an idiot. But I don't get all the hoopla over Michael Cerveris, I didn't like him in Assassins either, I think he was miscast in both shows. I hated the production of Sweeney Todd, I hated Patti Lupone as Mrs. Lovett, she sang so many wrong notes I kept biting my lip so hard I drew blood. I know that score so well. One of my friends said well it doesn't matter if she sings wrong notes, she's Patti Lupone! In my mind that's all the more reason she SHOULD sing all the right notes! I don't understand why people are so wild about this production.
Maybe people have just jumped on this bandwagon because they think it's the cool thing to do. All of a sudden Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou (and George Hearn) and Hal Prince suck and oh this new version is so avant-garde and brilliant and...well I think it's all bull****. As for the Tony, I really like JLY from Jersey Boys but of course he won't win because all the artsy-fartsy people will vote for Cerveris.

Wow, pretty harsh, Lucy. No one is discrediting the original production.

~Steven

What about when Idina won? Tonya Pinkins and Donna Murphy were both previous winners.

~Steven