If Douglas Hodge wins the Tony... — Page 2

I am totally baffled by this... Hodge: straight?

I'm not the kinda gay who thinks everyone ELSE is, but after he signed our Playbills, he hurried away with the skinny twink waiting for him. Guess it was his... nephew. Oh well.

I wouldn't mind Sean Hayes taking home the Tony :)

I think learning that George Hearn is supposedly not gay was worth this thread.

If Douglas Hodge wins the Tony, I will be very happy. Hodge spearheaded the palpable chemistry that existed between the stage and the audience. I have rarely been in such an enthusiastic audience. Hodge was the main reason for that chemistry. He displayed humor, pathos, and a very decent singing voice. He deserves a Tony.

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LOVED Kelsey Grammer.

And really enjoyed this production.

My one complaint with Douglas Hodge is that he swallows many of the lyrics when he is singing, and in his affected performance doesn't delver many of the very clever lines.
But, I do find much about his performance to be touching.

The OCR is on of my all-time favorites. I loved that production and constantly have that CD on in my car. Singing along to 'Best of Times' is a great way to pass time on a road trip!

Couldn't care less if someone is gay, straight, or any other version of life. We are what we are.

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Yes, there were quite a few parts where he does get real quiet as he speaks.

I thought he was very, very good. When I saw it in London last summer, he had all ready left the show.

Regardless of if he's straight or gay, back to the original poster of this thread, I ask you this question- what difference does it make?

It would be great if he won. He gives an excellent performance. He is hilarious and has a very pleasant singing voice. To all of you who don't want him to win, who do you want to win? The other options aren't amazing, but if someone else were to win, it should go to Chad Kimball. But go Mr. Hodge!

Yes, he was hard to understand. To answer your question, I'd be way more excited if Sean Hayes won, or Chad. But I loved Sean in his show the most. Hayes' singing is just ok, and he knows it's not his forte, but his acting and charisma onstage are undeniable, plus the way he commands the stage and the show altogether.

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I don't think Roger Allam was "considered better", as great as he was - but certainly the chemistry between him and Philip Quast was much stronger than that between Douglas Hodge and Denis Lawson, so overall I think the show worked better with the Allam/Quast pairing, even though in terms of individual performances Hodge was the better Albin. (Bit of a tortuous sentence there, sorry!)

Oh, I definitely agree about his diction - Allam's is one of the best (speaking) voices on the London stage IMO. His delivery of the lines like "The cat is out of her baggage" was perfect. Very much a "stately homo"!

Funnily enough, Allam was actually offered the part of Georges at the Menier but he wasn't available so Philip Quast got it. I'm not sure that he really has the right voice for Georges' ballads - and in the end Quast was just perfect in that role.

Even if he had been cast as Albin originally, I'm not sure Allam would have stuck with the show as long as Hodge has - he doesn't seem particularly interested in doing a long run in one show. He even left the original cast of Les Mis early because he was offered another job, and that was in the '80s when he was even less known than he is now.

Updated On: 6/13/10 at 05:06 PM

He did win it! But it now that I see it, it would have been nice if Chad Kimball won. Congrats to them all.