Is John Lloyd Young the Tony Frontrunner?- Page 6

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 5/20/06 at 1:35pm

i would hardly call acting in Off-Broadway shows coming from nothing.... he is a trained actor and this being his broadway debut does not make him any more special than any other of the performers nominated

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/20/06 at 3:10pm

I don't get it. Yo keep rehashing and rehashing that he came from nothing. Ok we get your point!

But just because he was an usher a year ago, and wasn't a known name, does not mean he should get the Tony award.

[jv92]

Posted: 5/20/06 at 8:06pm

He shouldn't. Ceveris gives a chilling and realized performance as Sweeney Todd and should win.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 3:58pm

I finally saw JLY in Jersey Boys and he did a very good job. I liked the scene where he took responsibility for the other band member's loan-sharked debt and the unpaid taxes for the group.

His singing was very fun.

I haven't seen Cerveris in Sweeney Todd yet and I won't get to see Connick.

I enjoyed Bob Martin in Drowsy very, very much. However, I think JLY's performance having the additional dimensions of sharp dancing and fine singing lead to frontrunner between the two, thogh both of them do carry their shows in a big way, not as to lessen the worth of the other cast members, but in supporting them. Those roles are crucial, and finely cast, in both shows. Updated On: 6/5/06 at 03:58 PM

[MOXIEINTHECITY]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 4:01pm

I don't know if the fact that Cerveris won just two years ago will factor in. Usually with the Oscars that works againt them, nut with the Emmy's they don't care.
Crushing on a Broadway Star?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 6/5/06 at 4:09pm

I did see Stephen Lynch and found his performance acceptable but earthbound. His lower register does not have a sweet sound when he sings which actually made me think of someone better suited to play the role who could give it more elan and more of a sense at laughing at yourself while playing it. The teenage girls in the audience were mad for him, though.

JLY I find the frontrunner between the two... Updated On: 6/5/06 at 04:09 PM