I think for potential Best Actress in a Musical nominees, you are looking at Sherie Rene Scott (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza), Christina Applegate (Sweet Charity), Sutton Foster (Little Women) and Erin Dilly (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).
Scott will be nominated for Scoundrels because she was overlooked for Aida, for which she definitely deserved a nomination. Clark has won extraordinary reviews for Light in the Piazza, even from people who didn't like the show. Applegate is a TV star taking on a marathon Broadway role. Regardless of whether she succeeds or not, nominators will want to reward her for taking it on. Foster will probably get nominated because she is also playing a huge role, though she didn't quite receive as enthusiastic a set of personal notices as she did for Millie. I think Dilly might fill the fifth slot, largely because she has managed to shine in just about everything I've seen her in.
That could all change, depending on a move for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and how they decide to classify their performers.
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Updated On: 2/23/05 at 02:47 PM