GO LaCHANZE !!!- Page 3

[Mantber]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:31am

TEAM LACHANZE

[WriteInNYC]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:46am

I'm so happy for her. She's such a major talent who hasn't, in my opinion, gotten the attention she deserves up to this point. I hope this leads to many more Tony wins for her in the future. Also, she scores an A+ for being incredibly gracious in her acceptance speech. A class act all the way.

[Anakela]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:56am

I was one saying that "LaChanze should win, but Patti will win." I am so glad I was wrong.

and I loved LaChanze's speech- so gracious.

[FosseBoi]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:57am

Though I havent seen her yet, I REALLY wanted her to win and I'm SOOOOOO GLAD she did!!! Theatreboi, my friends and I said the same thing about getting paid to thank Oprah. Also, I would LOVE to know what Patti said/thought when LaChanze name was called.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:38am

This was the best part of the night! So Happy for her! It was also what I listed for the Tony Upset that I wanted most.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:41am

best. upset. ever.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:45am

LaChanze sooooooooooooo deserved it.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:47am

so happy

[WordedGrace]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:52am

It was a big upset indeed but a well deserved win in my humble opinion. I read these boards and saw how no one gave her a chance but tonight proved them all wrong. Maybe now she'll learn her last name and use it!

[Effie Im TIRED]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:53am

I wonder what LaChanze will do after she leaves Purple.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 2:22am

I've never been so happy watching an awards show!

I knew she would pull through!

[Hairspraydoll]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 2:36am

Oh My God!!!! Yes! I screamed and jumped up and down when her name was announced! I loved her in this! She rocks!

[MusicAndPassion]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 6:40am

I knew she was going to win! I even told her that in April and she called me sweet.

She totally deserved it. I was so afraid Patti Lupone was gonna win. I was shaking & love LaChanze's reaction!

[All_For_Laura]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 6:55am

Yay LaChanze! I was in a Tony Chatroom at the time, and we all just started cheering!!! I am very happy for her!

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 7:14am

Why doesn't she go by Rhonda Sapp anymore? (I spent a lot of the evening at IBDB today.)

[Christoph]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 11:15am

I am surprised and glad that La Chanze won, but then I was hoping anyone but Patti LuPone would get it (And yes, I did see all of the nominees and liked them better). I had always wanted to see LuPone on stage, but when I saw ST she seemed bored and rushed, as if showing up and merely singing the words were enough. By contrast, her co-stars were terrific right down the line. I know that I will be blasted by LuPone fans now, who automatically go on the attack when anyone is critical of her ST work, but some of them do not seem to differentiate between this lone performance and her entire body of work, so they act as if you are criticizing LuPone the Icon as opposed to LuPone the ST performer. I had one fervent fan tell me that perhaps I was not smart enough to understand that "Patti" made a conscious acting decision to appear bored and indifferent as her approach to this role, which she "owned". Well, that may be, but I have had the pleasure of seeing Angela Lansbury, Dorothy Loudon and Christine Baranski in this part. All had different approaches and all were wonderful in their own right, but I cannot recall any of them delivering a performance that I would describe as bored and indifferent.

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:07pm

yea i was literally applauding in my room!

[Danielm]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:47pm

I'm totally with you on this. LaChanze deserved this award so much and I was worried she wouldn't get it because Patti has such a history and fan base. I love Patti, but nothing she did in Sweeney made me think she should win this over LaChanze. The nominees are all great but none had the opportunity to carry the show like LaChanze does.

[Lavieboheme3090]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:50pm

I love her.

[meggsison]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 12:54pm

Yes! I was so EXCITED when I heard her name announced, I thought for sure it would have been Patti or Sutton. I had no hope left after TCP lost all the other catagories...

But, CONGRATS TO HER! She was FANTASTIC in TCP and she was amazing in the performance last night as well!

<-----yeah, she rocks.

[tz0o]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 1:59pm

LaChanze is a talented actress, indeed. It's just a shame she wasn't given better material to work with.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 2:10pm

An extremely disappointing evening - and this just was the cherry on the cake.

Patti LuPone not winning for SWEENEY TODD just proves even further that the Tony Awards are a joke and do not, in fact, represent excellence but theatrical politics, personal bias, and just money money money.

I'm happy that La Chanze is happy...but to give her the most coveted theatre award for her mediocre, uneven performance in THE COLOR PURPLE just makes the Tony voters look like fools.

[BSoBW2]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 2:11pm

her mediocre, uneven performance

OK.

[imafantu]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 2:27pm

Couldn't have said it better myself BSobW!

I'm guessing his choice didn't win, and if politics and money were involved, then Felicia would have won for featured so that they could vicariously award oprah for "sophia" and inevitably secure her financial support of all things broadway...didn't happen.

Congratulations, Lachanze- For gracefully aging a character from 14-60 in 2h 40m... For a vocal performance that is tops night after night. And for being the medium through which the majority of 8 audiences each week send the sales of kleenex into orbit! You are a class act!

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 6/12/06 at 2:46pm

No, my choice didn't win - clearly.

I'm happy for La Chanze...it's just unfortunate that people get rewarded for performances that are not absolutely brilliant.