Tony winners who’s careers didn’t take off after winning.
Tony winners who’s careers didn’t take off after winning.
#1Tony winners who’s careers didn’t take off after winning.
Posted: 11/22/17 at 10:43pm
Who are some tony award winners who’s careers didn’t really take off after winning the tony?
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#2Tony winners who’s careers didn’t take off after winning.
Posted: 11/22/17 at 11:03pm
Mercedes Ruehl is the one I always think of when this question is asked. In a 10 month period in 1991-92, she won both an Oscar and a Tony and still, her career never really went anywhere beyond one episode TV guest spots, parts in minor movies and an occasional theater role every 6 or 7 years in New York.
#3Tony winners who’s careers didn’t take off after winning.
Posted: 11/22/17 at 11:04pm
Bette Midler, technically
#4Tony winners who’s careers didn’t take off after winning
Posted: 11/22/17 at 11:56pm
John Llyod Young from "Jersey Boys"
I feel like the question could be tweaked. Some people that won the Tony and haven't made it back to Broadway, but have made waves in other art forms.
brettarnett
Featured Actor Joined: 5/2/09
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#6Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 1:38pm
Off the top of my head...
I agree with Jarrod Emick...expected SOMETHING.
I also expected much from Melba Moore, but I think I remember reading that drugs got in the way, which is a damn shame.
Janie Sell gave a great comedy performance in Over Here, then disappeared. I remember that she understudied Carol Burnett in Moon Over Buffalo, but that is it.
Julie White. I thought she would either get some (originating) roles on Broadway or at least go off to TV-land and get rich.
I would have said Steve Kazee, but there is hope, given Pretty Woman (although that is planning to open in the Nederlander, which shocked me...I would have expected that it would get a better theatre just due to the name recognition).
Alice Ripley. I would have expected a little more after N2N. Seems like she has been doing filler since then.
Helen Gallagher. Two Tony awards, although both were in bad years. I can't remember if she did anything after No No Nanette.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#8Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 2:53pm
Marissa Jaret Winkour.
ABC quickly put her under contract and developed projects for her but nothing came of it and contract ended with nothing ever being greenlit.
She did the quickly canceled FOX comedy STACKED (with Pamela Anderson), and that was the extent of her post-HAIRSPRAY achievements in her career aside from her stint on DANCING WITH THE STARS and her cameo in HAIRSPRAY Live!
#9Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 3:11pm
Let's not forget that Marissa Jaret Winkour was one of the causalities from the first season axe of "The Talk".
ethan231h
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
#10Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 3:39pm
Lisa Kron, Victoria Clark, The Billy Elliot boys, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lena Hall, Cynthia Erivo, Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young
John Adams
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/1/13
#11Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 3:42pm
JBroadway said: "Bette Midler, technically"
Yup - your "technically" says it all. I think an argument could be made that Bette Midler didn't need a Tony for her career to take off.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#12Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 3:59pm
brettarnett said: "Jarrod Emick?"
Jarrod has been dealing with a bi-polar condition. He went public with it only recently. He's under doctor's care and seemingly on his way back to a good health. I hope we'll be seeing him in something soon.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#15Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 4:16pm
Maryann Plunkett has received raves from Ben Brantley 6 times since 2011, and her her performances as Barbra in "The Apple Family Plays" and Mary in "The Gabriels: Election Year In the Life of One Family" were acclaimed (and both were or are going to be broadcast on PBS). I think she's been doing just fine, especially since she's been able to do 7 plays with her husband and long-time collaborator Richard Nelson.
CT2NYC
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/17
#16Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 4:24pm
ethan231h said: "Lisa Kron, Victoria Clark, The Billy Elliot boys, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lena Hall, Cynthia Erivo,Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young"
Cynthia Erivo has been working constantly since she left Broadway, with 4 high-profile feature films in various stages of production. I don't think she belongs on this list.
#17Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 11:33pm
CT2NYC said: "ethan231h said: "Lisa Kron, Victoria Clark, The Billy Elliot boys, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lena Hall, Cynthia Erivo,Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young"
Cynthia Erivo has been working constantly since she left Broadway, with4 high-profile feature films in various stages of production. I don't think she belongs on this list."
Add Victoria Clark...that tony was her transition from "Stalwart Broadway supporting player" to "Broadway Grand Damme specializing in leading and meaty supporting roles"
Christian Hoff's injury on Pal Joey seemed like it was a bit of a career ender, unfortunately.
smidge
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/06
#18Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 11:47pmYes, I don’t believe Lena, Cynthia, and Ruthie-Ann should be included. Those are recent Tony wins and should be given a chance before writing off their careers.
Kawaii2
Swing Joined: 11/23/17
#19Tony Winners
Posted: 11/23/17 at 11:52pm
fashionguru_23 said: "John Llyod Young from "Jersey Boys"
I feel like the question could be tweaked. Some people that wonthe Tony and haven't made it back to Broadway, but have made waves in other art forms."
what does JLY do now?
Kawaii2
Swing Joined: 11/23/17
UncleCharlie
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/26/16
#21Tony Winners
Posted: 11/24/17 at 12:42am
Kawaii2 said: "Patina Miller"
You feel supporting roles in two blockbuster Hunger Games movies and a series regular on Madam Secretary, a hit TV show in it's 4th season is a career going nowhere?
#23Tony Winners
Posted: 11/24/17 at 1:16am
"Lisa Kron, Victoria Clark, The Billy Elliot boys, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lena Hall, Cynthia Erivo, Christian Hoff, John Lloyd Young."
Is Lena still attached to THE CHER SHOW? And Ruthie was just in SUNDAY IN THE PARK... as well as SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM at the Hollywood Bowl this summer.
#24Tony Winners
Posted: 11/24/17 at 2:09amSteve Kazee has done a lot of TV work recently.
#25Tony Winners
Posted: 11/24/17 at 4:24am
In regards to Victoria Clark and Alice Ripley, keep in mind that middle aged women have a limited number of roles available to them in comparison to men.
Ultimately, winning a Tony is not a guarantee of anything. There are “one hit wonders” in all entertainment mediums.
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