Featured Actress in a Musical contenders?- Page 2

[JSquared2]

Posted: 4/13/25 at 7:49pm

Brave Sir Robin2 said: "Assuming Robyn Hurder is campaigned in Lead, maybe Caroline Bowman if they go for SMASH?"

I'd assume they'll petition Hurder and Ashmanskas for Lead, and everyone else as Featured. Bowman has a decent shot for a nomination, with Kristine Neilsen as a possible dark horse?

 

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 4/13/25 at 8:04pm

The Smash featured players have sort of thinly drawn characters for the most part. The actors are doing everything they can with them I think, and the vocal performances are amazing. But it might be tough for them to land a nomination. 

Bella Coppola gets the best moment of the bunch with the act one finale which is genuinely thrilling. Caroline Bowman got a great audience response with Just Keep Moving the Line. I'd be happy if either of them were nominated but I do think there are women in other shows who just have more complex characters to portray so both of these ladies likely get left off the list.

[CJRochester]

Posted: 4/13/25 at 9:21pm

binau said: "Has there been a ruling yet on whether Bernadette is featured or leading?"

Bernadette and Lea are above the title in the online Playbill. I doubt they could be petitioned down to featured without folks crying about category fraud. 

[Kad]

Posted: 4/13/25 at 10:36pm

Complaints about category fraud tend to be about size of roles vs. their category placement, not billing. I haven't seen Old Friends, but I cannot imagine that Salonga or Peters are featured more heavily than the rest of the performers enough for people to cry foul if they're put in Featured over Lead. Their billing is due to their fame, not the size of their roles. Peters will likely always appear over the title of any show she appeared in, even if she had one scene.

Updated On: 4/13/25 at 10:36 PM

[FANtomFollies]

Posted: 4/14/25 at 10:06am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Has Jordan Tyson’s performance gotten “bigger” as the run goeson? Because I loved her in previews but a bunch of friends who’ve seen it more recently have found her grating or shrill."

I found both Jordan Tyson and Leslie Margherita to be completely over the top and grating. They were acting like they both escaped an asylum and it took me completely out of the show. On the other end of the spectrum was Joy Woods who faded so far into the background I can't remember anything about her performance at all. 

[Robbie2]

Posted: 4/14/25 at 11:21am

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "The Smash featured players have sort of thinly drawn characters for the most part. The actors are doing everything they can with them I think, and the vocal performances are amazing. But it might be tough for them to land a nomination.

Bella Coppola gets the best moment of the bunch with the act one finale which is genuinely thrilling. Caroline Bowman got a great audience response with Just Keep Moving the Line. I'd be happy if either of them were nominated but I do think there are women in other shows who just have more complex characters to portray so both of these ladies likely get left off the list."

TBH, I don't see anyone from SMASH being nominated in this category!