Tony winners who’s careers didn’t take off after winning. — Page 2

Brave Sir Robin2 said: ""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."



Yes but its not Ruthie's career really TOOK off.

Ben Harney. I can't find a thing he's done since Dreamgirls in the 80s.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned book writers or Composers. William Finn has only done 3 shows in the 25 years since he won for Falsettos. I wish Sater and Sheik had written a follow up to Spring Awakening. Ditto for Adam Guettel and the writers of The Drowsy Chaperone (save for Bob Martin, who's written some other shows)

Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Michael Maguire"

I only met him very briefly once, but mutual friends tell me he had a concert career for a while and then went into another industry. Wikipedia says he was stockbroker and is now a lawyer in California. My impression is that he has been sufficiently successful at anything he has tried and doesn't feel he needs the hassles of show business; but my impression is from quite a distance.

Sally Durant Plummer said: "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."

Miss Plunkett has guest starred on LAW & ORDER more than once, and I suspect that isn't the only show that has hired her. I'm not sure where some people are getting their ideas as to who is unemployed.

I've got a future one: Ben Platt.

It will all be downhill for Platt after DEH. Especially since he wants to transition to a recording artist. HA! Producers have already done his Pops a solid, I doubt they'll need to keep casting Ben to curry favor and get help with future productions.

I don't think Platt will have any real career in music. Atlantic is striking while the iron's hot. But plenty of Tony winners get an album and that's it. (Anyone crying out for Leslie Odom Jr's next album? But I'd bet he'll continue in DEH if/when it goes to London, and then he'll stay for a long time in movies and TV.

Not everyone can land a Sara Ramirez deal where ABC basically offered her anything she wanted and landed a 10-year gig on Grey's - that option really doesn't even exist anymore. Holding deals are gone. With more shows going to streaming and/or are limited runs, and more movies going straight to VOD, success nowadays is really now more than ever just landing the next gig and hoping it lands good buzz and doesn't get lost in the shuffle.

Call_me_jorge said: "The Distinctive Baritone said: "Platt will never have a career in music, but he will continue to work as an actor for sure."

You can’t say he will never have a career, because he’s already been signedby Atlantic Records and is writing music for them."



If he’s writing music, then who knows. But if he’s trying to be a pop singer or a Michael Buble type, I don’t see it happening. He is a phenomally talented musical theatre character actor and I think that he could end up doing more film acting, but I wouldn’t buy a Ben Platt solo album.

GavestonPS said: "Jarethan said: "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....

Helen Gallagher. Two Tony awards, although both were in bad years. I can't remember if she did anything after No No Nanette.



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I can't account for everything Moore has done over the past 40 years--and I apologize for my lack of memory because I worked with and wrote a bio for her about 7 years ago. IIRC she did a lot of NYC theater in the 1970s, then a lot of TV guest work, then a lot of club work.

For the three months I worked with her, she was entirely reliable and not in the least impaired.

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Helen Gallagher made her Broadway debut 20 years before Sweet Charity and 26 years before No, No, Nanette. The problem with including her in this thread is that she won awards at the end of a long career. It's like asking, "Why didn't Irene Ryan work more after Pippin?" Gallagherstarred in a handful of shows after Nanette, which took up most of the 1970s, her fourth decade on Broadway."

My point was that, at the time, I expected that we would have seen her periodically after that. How many musical actresses had 2 Tonys in a leading role almost 50 years ago; and, despite being around for a long time, she didn't seem that old to me (and I was only 21 when I first saw No No Nanette in Boston). I thought we'd see more of her on the great white way than we did; and I don't recall seeing her in any featured roles in TV or movies. I thought it was a shame that a trooper would have such a career high on Broadway, and pretty much never appear again, although I may be forgetting something. (I had previously seen her in Sweet Charity, Mame (as Gooch), and Cry For Us All, and thought she was terrific in all of them, essentially a 'musical comedy character actress'. I really didn't think she gave a Tony worthy performance in a leading role for No No Nanette, but she would have richly deserved a supporting one. To my way of thinking, it was a real shame that we didn't see her after that.

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Jarethan said: "GavestonPS said: "Jarethan said: "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....

Helen Gallagher. Two Tony awards, although both were in bad years. I can't remember if she did anything after No No Nanette.



"

I can't account for everything Moore has done over the past 40 years--and I apologize for my lack of memory because I worked with and wrote a bio for her about 7 years ago. IIRC she did a lot of NYC theater in the 1970s, then a lot of TV guest work, then a lot of club work.

For the three months I worked with her, she was entirely reliable and not in the least impaired.

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Helen Gallagher made her Broadway debut 20 years before Sweet Charity and 26 years before No, No, Nanette. The problem with including her in this thread is that she won awards at the end of a long career. It's like asking, "Why didn't Irene Ryan work more after Pippin?" Gallagherstarred in a handful of shows after Nanette, which took up most of the 1970s, her fourth decade on Broadway."

My point was that, at the time, I expected that we would have seen her periodically after that. How many musical actresses had 2 Tonys in a leading role almost 50 years ago; and, despite being around for a long time, she didn't seem that old to me (and I was only 21 when I first saw No No Nanette in Boston). I thought we'd see more of her on the great white way than we did; and I don't recall seeing herin any featured roles in TV or movies. I thought it was a shame that a trooper would have such a career high on Broadway, and pretty much never appear again, although I may be forgetting something. (I had previously seen her in Sweet Charity, Mame (as Gooch), and Cry For Us All, and thought she was terrific in all of them, essentially a 'musical comedy character actress'. I really didn't think she gave a Tony worthy performance in a leading role for No No Nanette, but she would have richly deserved a supporting one. To my way of thinking, it was a real shame that we didn't see her after that.
Jarethan, look at post #37. We are talking about the same Helen Gallagher aren't we?

smidge said: "Jarethan said: "GavestonPS said: "Jarethan said: "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....

Helen Gallagher. Two Tony awards, although both were in bad years. I can't remember if she did anything after No No Nanette.



"

I can't account for everything Moore has done over the past 40 years--and I apologize for my lack of memory because I worked with and wrote a bio for her about 7 years ago. IIRC she did a lot of NYC theater in the 1970s, then a lot of TV guest work, then a lot of club work.

For the three months I worked with her, she was entirely reliable and not in the least impaired.

***

Helen Gallagher made her Broadway debut 20 years before Sweet Charity and 26 years before No, No, Nanette. The problem with including her in this thread is that she won awards at the end of a long career. It's like asking, "Why didn't Irene Ryan work more after Pippin?" Gallagherstarred in a handful of shows after Nanette, which took up most of the 1970s, her fourth decade on Broadway."

My point was that, at the time, I expected that we would have seen her periodically after that. How many musical actresses had 2 Tonys in a leading role almost 50 years ago; and, despite being around for a long time, she didn't seem that old to me (and I was only 21 when I first saw No No Nanette in Boston). I thought we'd see more of her on the great white way than we did; and I don't recall seeing herin any featured roles in TV or movies. I thought it was a shame that a trooper would have such a career high on Broadway, and pretty much never appear again, although I may be forgetting something. (I had previously seen her in Sweet Charity, Mame (as Gooch), and Cry For Us All, and thought she was terrific in all of them, essentially a 'musical comedy character actress'. I really didn't think she gave a Tony worthy performance in a leading role for No No Nanette, but she would have richly deserved a supporting one. To my way of thinking, it was a real shame that we didn't see her after that.
Jarethan, look at post #37. We are talking about the same Helen Gallagher aren't we?

It is the same. I didn't know about the daytime TV soap opera. Steady income, but seems like a real step down.

Call_me_jorge said: "Who are some tony award winners who’s careers didn’t really take off after winning the tony?
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Its not an unresaonable question, but lets not diminish the achievement of having won a Tony in the first place.