If you could pick one Tony winner...
If you could pick one Tony winner...
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#1If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 3:58pm
Say you had the final say in ONE Tony winner. Whether or not you think they're going to win is not the point; because no matter how much of a lock you may think they are, you really never know. And, conversely, you could pick someone/something you think has no chance of winning or even being nominated.
What ONE (or more than one if it's hard to pick just one) Tony-winner(s) would you pick from this season and why? For any category.
Updated On: 4/19/09 at 03:58 PM
heo1128
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/08
#2re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:01pmI'd go N2N for Best Musical since, of my personal picks, its the least likely.
#2re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:04pmI just almost replied to this with like four separate things, but every time I typed something, I went, "Wait, no," and changed it. After changing my mind all those times within about three seconds, decided it was too hard to choose. The answer I came closest to posting would probably surprise a lot of people.
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#3re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:05pm
Post them all, Em! Or the one you came closest to choosing...I'm curious now haha.
Updated On: 4/19/09 at 04:05 PM
#4re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:05pm
Karen Olivo for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
It's sort of the only award I care about this year. I think she deserves it, despite her dancing she is a fantastic Anita. Her voice and acting soar and move the audience. Plus her dancing isn't even that bad.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#5re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:05pm
I know I'm going to be crucified by this, but whatever:
[title of show] for Best Book.
snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#6re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:05pm
Next to Normal for Best Musical, for sure.
It's a teensy original musical about mental illness, with no super big names to speak of, and it could really really benefit from winning. Most of the time I don't care THAT much about Tonys just because.. they're just awards. Nice to have, but it doesn't really mean all that much if a person or show does or doesn't have one.
But in this particular case for NtN, winning the Tony could actually affect how successful the show is. And that's why I care.
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
Updated On: 4/19/09 at 04:05 PM
#7re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:12pmNot gonna happen but if I had the power to pick someone, it'd be Jayne Atkinson for stealing the show right from under Ebersole in BLITHE SPIRIT. Lauren Ambrose as featured actress in a play was a close second.
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#8re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:14pm
Post them all, Em! Or the one you came closest to choosing...I'm curious now haha.
Equus for best revival.
(Esparza, Speed-the-Plow, Hair were the other ones. I think people would have expected me to say Esparza, no second thoughts, but... if he's going to get a Tony, I want it to be for something that was as stunning as Company.)
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#9re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:14pm
If I could pick the Tony winners in each category (cause 1 is never enough)...
Musical: Billy Elliot
Revival: Hair
Actor: David Alvarez, Kiril Kulish, Trent Kowalik, Billy Elliot
Actress: Alice Ripley, Next to Normal
Featured Actor: Mitchell Jarvis, Rock of Ages
Featured Actress: Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot
Play: God of Carnage
Revival of a Play: Exit the King
Actor: Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King
Actress: Jane Fonda, 33 Variations
Featured Actor: Paul Ritter, The Norman Conquests
Featured Actress: Lily Rabe, The American Plan
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#10re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:17pm
Diane Paulus for Director of a Musical.
Two reasons:
1. Translating what a lot of people said was a show too dated to work into a joyful, relavent, moving, well sung, danced, acted and designed, Revival.
2. Than successfully moving it from the Park to the Hirshfeld with a deft touch and all the LOVE.
Brava!
Updated On: 4/19/09 at 04:17 PM
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#11re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:19pm
If I had to choose one, at this stage of the game, I think it would be Ripley for Best Actress.
Because there aren't sufficient words that completely describe how incredible her performance is. It just must be experienced live.
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#12re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:23pmI can't choose one, but I agree with some that others have already posted: Next to Normal for best musical, Lauren Ambrose for best supporting actress in a play, and Alice Ripley for best actress in a musical.
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Leading Actor Joined: 2/21/09
#13re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:29pm
Featured actor/musical - Gregory Jbara
He makes a sympathetic human being out of what could be a very one-dimensional character. Watching the transformation take place - especially during "Electricity" - is a tear-inducing experience. Add to it all those factors that don't go into it (but probably should) - A lifetime in the theatre, a professed LOVE for all aspects of his craft that makes him admired and respected by his fellow performers, directors, engineers, stage hands, and FANS. The love for the craft extending openly to the fans that come with the job. He not only loves having them - he doesn't mind at all in letting them know it. A devoted family man who hurts when separated from his family but who never lets that affect the quality of his performance.
He's reached a point in life where the chances of showing the world just what he can do - as an actor as well as a singer - just won't happen that often anymore. And a role giving him the opportunity to show his dramatic as well as comedic skills, as well written as this one? Probably never again. It's his time. He deserves it. He's earned it.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#14re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:48pm
CPD --- totally agree with the Diane Paulus comments. I'm sure she will get nominated, and would love to see the win as well!
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#15re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:49pmI'd definitely give Best Musical to Next to Normal. I was originally gonna say Alice Ripley for Best Actress, but I think that'll happen anyway.
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WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#16re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 4:52pmStephanie J. Block for Best Featured Actress.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
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WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#18re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 5:02pmIs there a reason for you to make remarks on my posts? Besides me a being a fan of hers, for the category she is a very likely possibility.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
#19re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 5:16pmJosefina Scaglione for Best Actres in a Musical.
#21re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 5:25pmI don't even think it's eligible, but Music in the Air for Revival.
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#22re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 5:33pm
You are right, it is not eligible. But the year FOLLIES played Encores! I would have picked it for Best Revival as well.
Couldn't agree more with Curtain re Diane Paulus, it would be lovely if she won.
And I really don't get the Greg Jbara for Best Featured Actor argument, I can't remember how many times I checked my watch during his number at the top of Act II. Will Swenson on the other hand...I really hope he wins.
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scaryclowns2232
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#23re: If you could pick one Tony winner...
Posted: 4/19/09 at 5:36pm
HAIR for Best Revival of a Musical.
The best all-around production this year By far.
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