#1
Posted: 10/26/06 at 6:16pm
Is the role of Mrs. Banks, played on Broadway by Rebecca Luker, a leading role with regard to the Tonys?
Is Mrs. Banks a Leading Role in Mary Poppins?
#2
Posted: 10/26/06 at 6:18pm
seemed supporting from the first act and part of act two i was able to see. lol.
#3
Posted: 10/26/06 at 6:18pm
most definitely not. probably...
#4
Posted: 10/26/06 at 6:21pm
Definately featured.
#5
Posted: 10/26/06 at 6:22pm
Featured. But Luker handles it brilliantly and makes so much more of it. I hope she gets a nod.
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird
To Kill A Mockingbird
#6
Posted: 10/26/06 at 6:22pm
Featured. I'm thinking it will be a race between Luker and Mary Louise Wilson, both of whom (aside from being extremely talented) are due for Tony Awards.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#7
Posted: 10/26/06 at 6:25pm
Supporting. Luker won't win but I think a nomination is plausible, though every catagory is going to be incredibly tight this year at the Tonys.
#8
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:14pm
Poppins is walking away with Musical Scenic Design.. hands down
#9
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:17pm
don't be so sure. The season is early yet and MARY POPPINS isn't going to get LION KING like reviews.
#10
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:17pm
Okay, except this is about Rebecca Luker
#11
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:24pm
It's only October and these people are talking about Tony Award nominations!
Heaven forfend!
Heaven forfend!
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#12
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:27pm
Forfend, huh?
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#13
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:36pm
Mrs. Banks seems like a very big role, though, she's onstage a lot. It is possible to have two female leads in a musical, right? What or who ultimately will decide?
Has Disney taken a position? I didn't see anyone's name above the title.
Has Disney taken a position? I didn't see anyone's name above the title.
#14
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:38pm
Disney wouldn't pit Luker opposite Ashley Brown - it doesn't make sense.
#15
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:42pm
The show isn't called "Mrs. Banks." The show is called "Mary Poppins." Mrs. Banks is a featured role, very clear if you actually see the show. She may be on stage a lot, but the show doesn't focus on her.
#16
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:46pm
I think of it more as honoring performers rather than "pitting" them against each other.
Then again, there was--dare I name it--Wicked...
Then again, there was--dare I name it--Wicked...
#17
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:50pm
Of course it's Featured. Kelli O'Hara was onstage more than Victoria Clark in PIAZZA and Vicki was Leading, and Kelli Featured. Due to the fact that no cast member in MARY POPPINS is billed above the title, they will all be considered Featured unless Disney petitions to have any of them considered Leading. They will do so for Ashley Brown and Gavin Lee. Rebecca Luker and Daniel Jenkins will be considered Featured.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Updated On: 10/26/06 at 07:50 PM
#18
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:54pm
It's featured.
Michael Bennet-
Remember the rather negative review Brantley gave to The Lion King? He praised its opening and its design, but panned the book and score. I think his review for London's Poppins was far more possitive than his for Lion King.
I think it will perhaps get better reviews than Lion King. Clive Barnes might love it since it harkens back to the very British novels. Again, he could surprise us and hate it.
Michael Bennet-
Remember the rather negative review Brantley gave to The Lion King? He praised its opening and its design, but panned the book and score. I think his review for London's Poppins was far more possitive than his for Lion King.
I think it will perhaps get better reviews than Lion King. Clive Barnes might love it since it harkens back to the very British novels. Again, he could surprise us and hate it.
#19
Posted: 10/26/06 at 7:54pm
Actually, I thought Kelli had at least as leading a role as the role of Clara's onstage mother, portrayed by Vicki Clark.
Really, these decisions are not always so clear.
Really, these decisions are not always so clear.
#20
Posted: 10/26/06 at 8:02pm
Poppins is walking away with Musical Scenic Design.. hands down
Haven't people been raving about High Fidelity's set?
Haven't people been raving about High Fidelity's set?
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#21
Posted: 10/26/06 at 8:11pm
Poppins is walking away with Musical Scenic Design.. hands down
Many people said the same thing about CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (flying car, anyone?).
But in the end, the award went to the better piece of art, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.
Many people said the same thing about CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (flying car, anyone?).
But in the end, the award went to the better piece of art, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#22
Posted: 10/26/06 at 9:13pm
Rebecca acts so sweet and motherly when her onstage kids are being little monsters...
#23
Posted: 10/26/06 at 9:17pm
i felt that the design for Poppins is not only massive and elaborate, but suptuous, and very creative, and VERY aristic.. many of the drops resemble etchings or illustrations from the Poppins novels... it is elabortae and SOO complex, yes.. but stylistically it is Spot on and from the 3/4 I saw, only had one moment that gave me pause in a not-positive way... every movement of the set had me enthralled.
#24
Posted: 10/26/06 at 10:01pm
"Suptuous," "aristic," and "elabortae".
Hand it the Tony now!
Hand it the Tony now!
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
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