Tony Trivia: Tony Award winners or nominees for non-singing or very little singing roles in Musicals!

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 4:51pm

Tony Trivia: Tony Award winners or nominees for non-singing or very little singing roles in Musicals!

What are some?

I can think of David Burns winning Featured Actor for the non-singing Mayor Shinn in "The Music Man".

[Mark_E]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 4:53pm

Bob Martin was nommed for Drowsy, thats the only obvious one I can think of.

[dry2olives]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 5:10pm

Natalia Makarova didn't sing a note in On Your Toes and won the Best Actress Tony.

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 5:11pm

Tom Aldredge was nominated for PASSION. His character doesn't sing at all.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 5:18pm

John Selya was nominated for Movin' Out.

[little_sally]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 5:22pm

By that account, all of the acting nominees from Movin' Out, except for Michael Cavanaugh.

[BroadwayBoy2]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 6:42pm

Boyd Gains and Karen Ziemba in CONTACT.

[frontrowcentre2]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 7:14pm

Yes, but CONTACT isn't a musical.

Myron McCormick as Billis in the original SOUTH PACIFIC.

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 9:46pm

In 1954, Thomas Mitchell (best known as Scarlett O'Hara's father in "Gone With The Wind") won the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for "Hazel Flagg" and his was a non-singing role.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 10:31pm

So what is CONTACT?

[ratherbewhaling]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 11:13pm

in seth rudetsky's book he calls in a "dance-play"

[Jon]

Posted: 4/24/09 at 11:34pm

Lincoln Center called it a Dance Play.

The reviewers called it a musical. The Tony Committee called it a musical.

[Tag]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 12:04am

Harvey Fierstein for Hairspray.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 12:08am

Harvey sings! Just in that...Harvey sort of way.

[Tag]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 12:10am

Leaning towards the sings very little part of the question.

[BroadwayBoy2]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 12:18am

Yes, but CONTACT isn't a musical.

but wasn;t the question who won a tony in a musical that didnt sing? and since both were nominated in MUSICAL categorys I assume they fit your question. DO I believe Contact is a musical? NO...

[alfgiotir]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 12:32am

Robin de Jesus was nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and his singing was minimal.

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 2:02am

Joan Ellis was nominated for playing Shy in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. She doesn't have any solo singing lines to my knowledge.

~Steven

[mikem]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 6:54am

Christian Hoff did a lot of singing of course in Jersey Boys, but I'm not sure he had any solo singing lines (someone who is more familiar with the show can set us straight on this question, I'm sure). I remember after he won the Tony thinking that I didn't have any idea what his singing voice sounded like.

[Tag]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 11:51am

Tommy sings Silhouettes at the top of the show and one line in December 1963. I believe those are his only solos.

[philcrosby]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 12:17pm

Glynis Johns in NIGHT MUSIC

[ljay889]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 12:27pm

Though Desiree is a non-singer's role. i don't think it's a " very little singing role." She gets a major solo number, and is prominently featured in 3 other numbers (that's including the CLOWNS reprise).

[rebels]

Posted: 4/25/09 at 4:26pm

You're right about Christian Hoff's solos. Although it's not a solo, I thought his duet w/John Lloyd Young on ?Sunday Kind of Love,? in Act One, right before Mary Delgado is introduced, showed off his vocals, too...
Jersey Boys Blog

[ggersten]

Posted: 5/1/18 at 4:52pm

And now Diana Rigg

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 5/1/18 at 5:14pm

I read that Isao Sato was mainly nominated for his dance in Pacific Overtures.