Lea Michele 'Special' Tony Award- Page 4

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 8:29am

Chase Miller said: "Think about the competition

I did. Which is why I said she would have gotten in."

Maybe. We'll never know and there's no point in sticking on it. Move it hun :) 

[darquegk]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 8:36am

She would have been nominated easily, and I think she gave a winning performance, but based on the optics I have doubts she would have won that season. 
 

If Joanna was her biggest competition, you’ve got a promising black rising star, in a show about racial issues, versus a controversial celebrity diva with a storied history of bad behavior and repeat allegations of racism. Lea has redeemed her image a great deal, but imagine the backlash if she was nominated and won in a circumstance like that.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 8:42am

Between this thread about Lea Michele's Tony and the thread about Bad Cinderella needing to play the Winter Garden, it truly amazes me how much time and energy is being invested into discussing two things that are just NOT going to happen.

[Owen22]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 12:53pm

I would suggest changing the rules and allowing Lea to compete in this year's Tony Award; letting her be nominated as Best Actress in a Musical (she would probably lose to Victoria Clark anyway). But a performance this fantastic, rising above her own scandals and drama surrounding the revival, should be recognized in some way.

There are many precedents for Tony rule changes.  The most extreme in acting, I believe, was in the mid-fifties when Lotte Lenye was nominated for Threepenny Opera when it was playing off-Broadway at, what is now, the Lucille Lortel.  Like Lea, there were ancillary reasons beside just a fantastic performance, but I would think a rule change would be more justifiable than a special award.  

[JSquared2]

Posted: 1/19/23 at 1:17pm

Owen22 said: "I would suggest changing the rules and allowing Lea to compete in this year's Tony Award; letting her be nominated as Best Actress in a Musical (she would probably lose to Victoria Clark anyway). But a performance this fantastic, rising above her own scandals and drama surrounding the revival, should be recognized in some way.

There are many precedents for Tony rule changes. The most extreme in acting, I believe, was in the mid-fifties when Lotte Lenye was nominated for Threepenny Opera when it was playing off-Broadway at, what is now, the Lucille Lortel. Like Lea, there were ancillary reasons beside just a fantastic performance, but I would think a rule change would be more justifiable than a special award."

 

 

No. 

Just...no.

[shocktheatre]

Posted: 5/17/23 at 10:14am

There is only one LM, and it is NOT Lea Michele.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 5/17/23 at 10:17am

shocktheatre said: "There is only one LM, and it is NOT Lea Michele."

 

Damn right -- it's Luba Mason!