Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#1Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:03pm
I was not sure if they would give it this year.
Also, wouldn't Patti LuPone be considered a replacement for Bernadette?
thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#2re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:09pm
I believe the Tony was history after the Jonathan Pryce-Harvey Fierstein incident two or three years ago. There hasn't been much mention of its revival since.
And speaking of revivals, Patti is not a replacement for Bernadette, as this was not Bernie's show. It's a new revival unassociated with her, just as Patti was not a replacement for Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd.
And Sueleen, I feel like this is half a joke, and half not. Quite frankly I'm stumped. Here's an answer for those who may be completely under the impression that Clay deserves a Tony.
Updated On: 3/24/08 at 03:09 PM
#2re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:12pm
1. i'm pretty sure it's history
2. do you honestly think he would have a shot if it wasn't?
3. what was this incident?
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#3re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:16pm3. Pryce deserved it, but they canned it because the only eligible actors that season were him and Fierstein (in Fiddler).
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Cartwheel
Broadway Star Joined: 6/24/07
#4re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:21pmWasn't the nominee for Best Replacement required to play the role for at least 6 months? That would automatically eliminate Clay even if the award was still given.
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#5re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:24pmHow would Patti Lupone be considered a replacment for Bernadette?
#6re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:26pmIt was a joke.
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#7re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:26pmthe density shown by the the posters in this thread would rival a black hole
Roscoe
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#8re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:27pmComing from a fan of N2N, that means a lot.
#9re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:28pmThe category was a good idea, until they started with all sorts of misconceived rules to be eligible. Pryce gave them hell for it afterwards.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#10re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:29pm
Part of the problem was enough voters didn't go back to see it.
And, the idea for it came after Reba's divine turn in "Annie Get Your Gun"
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#11re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:31pm
Vballer, I never joke about Clay.
Never.
And you are right, no one could EVER replace Bernie.
It just seems that since it was just last month (
) that Bernie did her version, it just seems more like a replacement, or SHOULD to prevent unnecessary revivals happening too soon after the other production closes.
Oh, and I NEVER joke about Clay.
Cartwheel
Broadway Star Joined: 6/24/07
#12re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:33pm
"It was a joke."
But of course. God forbid the award would be given on merit. 
#13re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:43pmThe Tony's awards are given on merit. If Jonathan Pryce didn't deserve it, neither does Clay.
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#14re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:45pm
Will Ashley Simpson be in Chicago by nomination time?
Cartwheel
Broadway Star Joined: 6/24/07
#15re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 3:53pm
"If Jonathan Pryce didn't deserve it, neither does Clay."
Who says Jonathan did not deserve it? The fact that he did not get enough votes just proves my point.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#16re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 4:01pm
Why should they have to give it every year?
Why not just award it in a case where a person steps into a role that boosts the box office beyond belief and keeps the dud of a show open a bit longer, brings people to Broadway who would never come unless their obsession was playing a role in a show they have never heard of, spins bad press about how degrading it is to do a Broadway show into good press and promotes the idea that straight guys actually DO appear in Broadway musicals? I would say that person deserves SOME kind of award. Don't you?
Cartwheel
Broadway Star Joined: 6/24/07
#17re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 4:10pmWhy not just give it for acting? Wasn't that the point in the first place?
TheaterBoy7777
Broadway Star Joined: 1/28/06
#18re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 4:11pmIf they still had it I think Fantasia should have got it last year she really deserved it...what a performance...
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#19re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 4:21pmThey actually cancelled the category after the Harvey/Pryce debacle.
#20re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 4:22pmObviously they'll make an exception for him!
#21re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 4:25pm
I had high hopes for K-Fed. 
#22re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 7:34pm
Why not just give it for acting? Wasn't that the point in the first place?
The Tony Awards are not going to throw off 50+ years of tradition just to accommodate Clay fans.
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thevolleyballer
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#23re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 7:48pmLance Bass could have clinched it with his poignant turn as Corny Collins, methinks.
Cartwheel
Broadway Star Joined: 6/24/07
#24re: Is the Best Replacement Tony History, or does Clay have a shot?
Posted: 3/24/08 at 8:05pm
"The Tony Awards are not going to throw off 50+ years of tradition just to accommodate Clay fans."
What 50 years? That award was like 3 years old when it was canceled. And what do you suggest the acting awards should be given for, if not for the actual acting?
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