TONY Winners Who never worked on Broadway Again? — Page 4

The only Tony winners for The Tap Dance Kid were Hinton Battle and Danny Daniels. Neither of whom could be described as "a big, fat girl."

Roger Rees has been in several Broadway shows since Nicholas Nickleby. In addition to that, he's done dozens of films and tv appearances, and he's currently the artistic director of the Williamstown Festival.

Dee Dee Bridgewater won for Glinda the Good Witch in THE WIZ. never seen on broadway again.

Jane Krakowski was in the most recent revival of Nine. And was just in the West End in London as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls.

Re: George Rose...

Although his career was indeed cut short by his untimely death while in Africa on vacation, AND at the hands of his adopted son, he had previously won a Tony in 1976 for his Alfred Doolittle in a revival of "My Fair Lady." Incidentally, he had been nominated in 1970 for "Coco," which he lost to co-star Rene Auberjonois.

Wilson Jermaine Heredia. HE DESERVED THAT TONY!

"The Tony winner in No, No, Nanette who never appeared again on Broadway was Helen Gallagher."

But Helen had a very busy career prior to NNN, including winning two Tony Awards. And really, how many roles are there for a 45 year old dancer? She has since taught musical theater at HB Studios and worked on a few soaps.

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"I do think it's odd that a woman who had an extensive (if decidedly up-and-down) Broadway career prior to her Tony win had no Broadway career at all after her Tony win."

NNN was her second win. She certainly had a career after her first win "Pal Joey".

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Hinton Battle was one of the 2,000 people to play Billy Flynn in the Chicago revival on B'way. That was post-3rd-Tony.

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But it does remain odd that Gallagher never again appeared on Broadway after her second Tony win.

And she had a pretty checkered career after her first win, starting with Jule Styne's attempt to make her a star in Hazel Flagg kind of backfiring. Then she had to go backward (thought it was very smart of her to be willing to do so) as a replacement Gladys in The Pajama Game. And it had to have been sad for her that her next big Broadway leading role (not counting a City Center Sharon in Finian's Rainbow) in the notorious Portofino, which I think she described performing in as having been "the two longest hours of my life." And perhaps it was even worse when she was Kaye Ballard's understudy in another notorious show, the out-of-town closer Royal Flush.(Though I'm sure she was glad if she never actually had to go on.)

Talented woman, no question, but a very up-and-down career.

"Although his career was indeed cut short by his untimely death while in Africa on vacation"

"George Rose was murdered while vacationing in Africa. No, I'm not kidding. "

Not kidding? So then do you just not know that the Dominican Republic is an island in the Carribean?

kmc

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Brian Backer who sat next to me in 6th grade. Best known for "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" won a Tony in a Woody Allen play "The Floating Light Bulb."

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Updated On: 7/5/06 at 08:39 PM

You know, if you think about it, even many Broadway stars spend a lot of time unemployed. In interviews when they're asked what they have coming up, they'll be like, "Oh, I have a couple of concerts two months from now" or "I recently did a workshop of such and such" but what are they doing with the rest of their time? Facts are facts: it's almost impossible to make a living from being a stage actor, unless you're one of the VERY few people who work CONSISTANTLY on Broadway. Sigh.