No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
#0No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 9:10am
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#1re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 9:13amWas there really anyone of note to nominate?
#2re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 9:13amAfter all that drama, no award?
#3re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 9:14am
Dear lord. That was the biggest waste of time ever. Way to go, Tony committee.
peggyandvelma
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/05
#4re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 9:25amThat's so ridiculous.
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#5re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 9:52amJonathan Pryce!
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#6re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 9:54amEileen Atkins.
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
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#7re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:18am
I would have loved to see Megan Hilty or Eden get a nomination...I know, I know...
-Vincent
#8re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:21am
There would't have been nominations. The way the award was framed, it would simply be awarded, like the lifetime achievement tony.
This was a stupid idea to begin with...but since they decided to do it, and now have awarded it to noone, is hysterically more stupid.
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
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touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#9re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:22amIt seems like they are saying that the only way to win this award is to be AMAZING in a part (like Reba in Annie Get Your Gun). And, unless you're pulling out a legend performance, you don't get an award.
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#10re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:29am
Are you saying that Robin Givens isnt amazing in her role, touchme?!
I just hope this doesnt turn into a "Best Weismuller Stunt Casting Award."
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
SNLMedia
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/6/05
#11re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:39amIMO, Shannon Durig or Barrett Foa deserved this award.
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#12re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:41amHa. First year and they choose not to have it.
#13re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:42amMaybe they realized that even they didn't fully understand the reqiurements to get the nomination and just gave up on it this year.
#14re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 10:44am
touchme---If the only way to get this new award it to be "amazing" like Reba... then why don't they just give a "special" Tony Award when those rare break-through performances come along? (And why didn't they give one to Reba, damn it?)
I'm just askin'. I know you didn't come up with this category yourself (did you? 
)
Personally, I would do away with this entirely, and honor worthy performances when and as they see fit, not with a "regular" award.
First year out of the gate, and it's already not working!
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BwayBaby18
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/19/05
#15re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 11:55amThat's because ti is a stupid award
#17re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:16pm
They must also be contracted in the role for a minimum of six months of public performances.
does this mean they have to have been in the role for a min. of 6 months or just contracted for 6 months? if it's the first, that is the reason Jonathan pryce didn't get it.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
#18re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 12:58pm
Actually I think not giving it this year makes sense. The award was created midway through the season. Also, there was a lot of confusion if the winner had to be someone still in the show or if it could be someone who recreated a role for more than 6 months who is no longer in it (for example, Shoshana Bean was in Wicked for more than six months, and she left during this season, so is she eligible? I know she would never have won, don't get on my case, just using her as an example.). It's good to start from a clean slate for next season so that everyone is on the same level/page.
-BJH
#19re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 1:04pmAfter all that hype and having two wonderful candidates (Atkins and Pryce) and they arent giving it? Thats so stupid. They both deserve that award especailly Pryce). The Tony commitee screwed up big.
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jsrocks
Broadway Star Joined: 2/27/06
#20re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 1:07pmPryce made DRS his own!! He deserves that nomination and even the Tony!
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#21re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 1:55pm
I think this is kind of a dumb category too. I know some replacements have been better than originals, but thems the breaks.
When I first heard of the category, I though they meant it for performances in revivals, since those roles were created by someone else.
Actually, that's not a bad idea. Because certain roles practically guarantee kudos if not a Tony Award. Like Tevye, Don Quixote, Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett, etc. -- all performances nominated for revivals in recent years.
And for chrissakes, has there ever been a Mama Rose to NOT win the Tony?
#22re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 2:02pm
Bernadette Peters, lol. 
Edit: Ethel Merman didn't win either. She lost to Mary Martin for Sound of Music.
Updated On: 5/16/06 at 02:02 PM
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#23re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 2:08pm
One more woman didn't win for Gypsy...hardly a household name or anything but...
Ethel Merman
Mary Martin won for Sound of Music.
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Updated On: 5/16/06 at 02:08 PM
Mamie
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#24re: No Best Performance for a Recreated Role Tony in 2006
Posted: 5/16/06 at 2:12pmIt's got to be the 6-month thing because Pryce IS giving an incredible performance. I'll admit that I when I first saw him I was prepared to be disappointed and man was I EVER wrong. He's just outstanding and should be recognized.
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