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#126

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 6/22/07 at 12:59am

I am going to get crucified for this but I think Christopher Hanke and David Turner both deserved nominations and Tony Awards for their work in IN MY LIFE. Yes, the show is terrible but Hanke's characterization was so spot-on, and Turner makes the most of his role from what I can tell.

Hanke was considered for Leading, and Turner was considered for Featured.

You're not going to get crucified, but let me get this straight.

You're saying that Hanke deserved to WIN for IN MY LIFE over John Lloyd Young's performance in JERSEY BOYS, Michael Cerveris in SWEENEY TODD, Harry Connick, Jr. in THE PAJAMA GAME, and Bob Martin in THE DROWSY CHAPERONE?

You're saying that David Turner deserved to WIN for IN MY LIFE over Christian Hoff's performance in JERSEY BOYS, Danny Burstein in THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, Jim Dale in THREEPENNY OPERA, and Manoel Felciano in SWEENEY TODD?
"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)
#127

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 6/22/07 at 1:10am

I just thought they were such unconventional roles, with probably almost no direction, terrible writing, dreadful songs and both Hanke and Turner still managed to make this roles work somehow. I find that fascinating.
Yes, it sounds crazy and no I'm not bemoaning the fact that Young or Hoffman have a Tony, but I would have voted for Hanke and Turner if given the chance.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#132

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 6/22/07 at 11:34am

*kills bjh*
"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)
#134

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 6/22/07 at 11:42am

Well clearly the Nominating Committee was trying to make a point by snubbing the entire show.
"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)
#136

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 6/22/07 at 4:09pm

What man, Becoz? I agree that she was overlooked. Laura Bell Bundy's nomination could have just as easily gone to Lea Michele, and frankly, with all of SPRING AWAKENING's nominations and LEGALLY BLONDE's snubs for Director and Best Musical, I'm surprised it didn't.
"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)
#137

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 6/22/07 at 4:14pm

I agree with Lea. She was amazing and though a win over ebersole was very unlickly I feel she was snubbed and deserved the nomination especailyl after the years of work she has put in on this show.
<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
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#138

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 6/22/07 at 10:33pm

Are you sure Sherie Rene Scott was considered featured? That just seems so odd that she was snubbed if so.

I loved Ashley Tuttle in MOVIN' OUT. I wasn't upset with her nomination.

However, if she wouldn't have been nominated, I would have liked her nomination to go to Mary Bond Davis, not Kerry Butler, for HAIRSPRAY.

I can't believe no one has mentioned this:

Amy Spanger, KISS ME KATE (revival)

I mean, come on!

Karen Ziemba Contact
Laura Benanti Swing!
Ann Hampton Callaway Swing!
Eartha Kitt The Wild Party
Deborah Yates The Wild Party

Spanger should have replaced Ann Hampton Callaway. And if not Spanger, Ruthie Henshall should have done so for PUTTING IT TOGETHER.



#139

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 6/22/07 at 10:42pm

You mean Deborah Yates for Contact, right?
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#141

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:08am

Sherie was for sure featured in Aida, although the story revolved around the three, it focused more on Aida and Radames, Amneris was a slightly minor role..I still think she could have won for Aida being that she was praised for her role and it still shocks me she was snubbed a nomination along with Aida for Best Musical because although it didn't get good reviews, it still could have won with it's success..But again I really hope Sherie wins in 08' for Best Featured Actress in The Little Mermaid.
#142

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 7/2/07 at 4:11am

I know she was nominated that year, but it still baffles me that Toni Collette didn't win for her brilliant performance in The Wild Party.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#143

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 7/2/07 at 9:31am

I'm probably repeating myself, but Barbara Walsh.

I agree about Amy Spanger.
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#144

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 7/2/07 at 9:34am

Okay, this maybe just common knowledge, but every tony databas/index I've looked at has Joanna Gleason, who played the Baker's Wife in the OBC of Into the Woods, winning the tony for best actress in a musical in 1988, but Bernadette Peters who played the Witch wasn't even nominated?

What's up with that? Was there some technicality that prevented her from being nom'd? She did recieve a nod from the Drama Desk Award that same year.

It just seems weird simply because it seems like such an obvious choice for a performance that would win a tony, yet she didn't get a nod at all?
#145

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 7/2/07 at 9:35am

Peters was only in the show for about three months, as a favor to Sondheim. I believe she asked the producers to not campaign her for the Tony, or something like that. I'm not sure if that's the exact story, but someone might have a more correct answer.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
#146

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 7/2/07 at 10:11am

Forum won Best Musical as well as 5 others but Sondheim didn't even earn a nomination. The nominess that year were:

Lionel Bart (Oliver!)
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (Stop the World - I Want to Get Off)
Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh (Little Me)
Milton Schafer and Ronny Graham (Bravo Giovanni)

Oliver won.


#147

re: Performances that were not only denied a Tony nomination, but they shou

Posted: 7/2/07 at 10:25am

If I haven't already said this, the featured actress in a musical race in 1999 *should* have been between Orfeh and Sherie Rene Scott. The fact that neither of them were even nominated makes me angry to this day. One or the other imo, would have taken the trophy home. At least Orfeh got her long overdue nod this year and hopefully, Scott will get hers for Mermaid.

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