Not making this all about the Tonys, but just observing and acknowledging the ABUNDANCE OF RICHES that will be or could be gracing the stages of next year's confirmed (and rumored) Broadway musicals... that alone is worth celebrating!
Katie Brayben (Tammy Faye)
Helen Shen (Maybe Happy Ending)
Sutton Foster (Once Upon A Mattress)
Megan Hilty (Death Becomes Her)
Robyn Hurder (Smash) - transfer not confirmed
Audra McDonald (Gypsy)
Idina Menzel (Redwood)
Bernadette Peters (Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends) - featured?
Jasmine Amy Rogers (Boop!) - dates/venue not confirmed
Lea Salonga (Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends) - featured?
Nicole Scherzinger (Sunset Blvd.)
Jennifer Simard (Death Becomes Her)
Adrienne Warren (The Last Five Years)
...and Caissie Levy if Next to Normal transfers, plus the Wicked-ly talented Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel if The Queen of Versailles and Redwood transfers.
And that's not even featured actresses like Michelle Williams (Death Becomes Her) and the others that haven't even been announced yet!
It definitely could be the best season ever for Lead Actress in a Musical. But Audra's gonna win....
Understudy Joined: 5/28/22
And according to someone involved with “Boop”, that’s still coming next year.
Let the "will they put the whole cast of OLD FRIENDS in Featured" games begin :)
Adrienne Warren out of left field is pretty bad ass and a good reason to update the list. lol.
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Let the "will they put the whole cast of OLD FRIENDS in Featured" games begin :)"
I feel like first we have to play the "is Old Friends a musical" game.
If Audra’s Gypsy is more like Bernadette’s Gypsy than Patti’s Gypsy (ie question of vocal fit) and Nicole is received well I wouldn’t rule out Nicole winning!
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