Lachanze or Erivo
Lachanze or Erivo
#1Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 5:35am
I'm currently listening to both color purple soundtracks and I'm curious to know which leading lady do you all think portrayed Celie the best
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#2Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 5:37am
Erivo.
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Sammytravels
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#4Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 6:12am
Cynthia for sure. More raw emotion in her vocals for me.
If she wins the Tony, how many times has an actor won an award for a revival of a show, for which the OBC actor won it as well? (Patina Miller in Pippin springs to mind, but can't think of any others)
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#5Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 6:34am
Sammytravels said: "If she wins the Tony, how many times has an actor won an award for a revival of a show, for which the OBC actor won it as well? (Patina Miller in Pippin springs to mind, but can't think of any others) "
Catherine Zeta Jones and Douglas Hodge spring to mind, funnily enough in the same year too.
#6Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 6:53am
Joel Grey and Alan Cumming both won for CABARET, albeit in different categories. And Gertrude Lawrence (OBC), Donna Murphy ('96) and Kelli O'Hara all won Tonys for playing Anna in THE KING & I. There's a bunch of others.
I didn't see LaChanze and can only judge from the OBCR but what Erivo does live and on the album is beyond brilliant.
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#7Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 6:53am
Sammytravels said: "If she wins the Tony, how many times has an actor won an award for a revival of a show, for which the OBC actor won it as well? (Patina Miller in Pippin springs to mind, but can't think of any others) "
Jeremy Irons and Stephen Dillane, The Real Thing
Glenn Close and Jennifer Ehle, The Real Thing
Marian Mercer and Katie Finneran, Promises Promises
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Sammytravels
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#8Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 7:19am
So there have been quite a few then, interesting. Thanks for your answers and sorry for hijacking the post's original question
#9Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 7:47am
Fantasia
My father (AIDS)
My sister (AIDS)
My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS, AIDS, AIDS)
The gays and the straights
And the white and the spades
#10Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 9:42am
I'd say the order of Celie's that I've seen & heard are:
1. Cynthia Erivo
2. Jeannette Bayardelle(tour)
3. LaChanze
4. Fantasia
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#11Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 9:52am
Erivo and Erivo only
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#12Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 10:15am
Is it always "or"? Is it never "and"?
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#14Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 10:39am
Sammytravels said: "If she wins the Tony, how many times has an actor won an award for a revival of a show, for which the OBC actor won it as well?"
Ezio Pinza & Paulo Szot for South Pacific
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#15Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 10:42am
Sammytravels said: "If she wins the Tony, how many times has an actor won an award for a revival of a show, for which the OBC actor won it as well?"
Gertrude Lawrence, Donna Murphy, Kelli O'Hara for The King and I
Glynis Johns, Catherine Zeta Jones for A Little Night Music
#16Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 12:28pm
Erivo! They both portrayed the character so differently, I think Erivo does an excellent job of playing the pain in Celie's anger, whereas Lachanze played it more as hatred and resentment. When Lachanze makes it to I'm Here it feels more like a declaration but when Erivo hits that moment it is a revelation. I LOVE me some Lachanze and she was sooo good as Celie, but Erivo wipes all memory of Lachanze's portrayal and just embodies every single aspect of Celie.
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#17Lachanze or Erivo
Posted: 5/31/16 at 12:41pm
sorry to discontinue the hijack, but I can't resist.
There are a great many others who have won Tonys reprising an already Tony winning role.
Jeffrey mentioned Zero Motel and Nathan Lane as Pseudolus, but Phil Silvers also won a Tony for that role in the 1972 revival.
Others include:
Angela Lansbury, Tyne Daly and Patti Lupone as Rose in GYPSY
Arthur Hill, Bill Irwin and Tracy Letts as George in WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Judith Anderson, Zoe Caldewell and Diana Rigg in MEDEA
Fredric March and Brian Dennehy as James in LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
Tammy Grimes and Lindsay Duncan as Amanda in PRIVATE LIVES
Tom Conti and Mary Tyler Moore (special Tony) for Ken/Claire In WHO'S LIFE IS IT ANYWAY (not a revival exactly though)
James Earl Jones and Denzel Washington as Troy in FENCES
Mary Alice and Viola Davis as Rose in FENCES (although they won in different categories)
Zena Walker and Stockard Channing as Sheila in A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG (although they won in different categories)
Ed Flanders and Roy Dotrice as Phil Hogan in A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
Stephen Spinella and Stephen Spinella as Prior Walter in Angels in America (different categories, different plays in a two part work)
Liev Schreiber and Joe Mantegna as Ricky in Glengarry, Glen Ross
Then there are actors who have won Tonys for a role that previously won a Tony, though in one case it was a musical and the other a non-musical version:
Phylicia Rashad and Virginnia Capers as Lena in A RAISIN IN THE SUN/RAISIN
Martita Hunt and Angela Lansbury as Aurelia in MADOMWAN OF CHAILLOT/DEAR WORLD
Jose Ferrer and Christopher Plummer as Cyrano
Julie Harris and Natasha Richardson as Sally in I AM A CAMERA/CABARET
And speaking of Julie Harris, she and Ingrid Bergman both won Tonys for playing Joan of Arc, though in different plays
This year, Cynthia is not the only one nominated for a role that previously won a Tony. Others include Danny Burstein (Zero Mostel won as Tevye), Sophie Okonedo (Beatrice Straight won for playing Elizabeth, though in the featured category (Laura Linney was nominated as lead for her Elizabeth in the last revival)), Megan Hilty (Katie Finneran previously won as Brooke), Michael Shannon (Jason Robards previously won for playing Jamie in another play, Moon for the Misbegotten), and Zachari Levy (Boyd Gaines won as Georg).
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