Unjustified Tony Wins and Losses

I don't think Idina Menzel should have won the Tony.
EDIT: I'm making this, nto out of stupidity, but because there is a difference between surprising and unjustified.

Updated On: 12/29/04 at 09:14 PM

That's why I made it. Because there's a difference between unjustified and surprising.

I could see where someone would be coming from to say Tonya or Donna deserved it over Menzel. But Kristin? WHAT?

Well, IMO, Tonya was just as bad at the Tonys as Idina was, but when I saw Tonya in performance she was truly incredible. Not quite up to par with Idina's performance...especially recently. As far as I'm concerned, her performance was very much Tony worthy.

ya, ok....

i think anyone who can take on a lead is good - look at stephanie - she is awesome in the role....

but still, maybe tonya gave a tony winning performance - but KC? she was good and all - but she did the comedic part. on her "touching" part well, she did fine, but idina did better throught the whole show (wow, that didn't make any sense!)

Btwn Defying Gravity and No Good Deed, i think idina shut KC from the tony...

BSoBW2, Idina is just a better actress. If neither of them sang a note in the whole show it wouldn't matter...Kristin is funny, but she's hardly capable of creating a character as deep as Idina's and sticking with it. And she's barely capable of the same level of realism. If she can do either, she certainly didn't show it on an exceptional level in Wicked.

JLT does a FINE job in that role.

yes, i know...i was just saying the role itself i don't think could win any actress a tony (unless their were unfair practices in deciding tony winners - of which i am sure there are NONE....)

PLaying two roles in one show in no way makes either of them more worthy of a Tony win. Stephanie was charming, but in no way deserved a Tony win with all those other women in that category. And I will never understand what's do great about John Tartaglia. Just...nothing.

This isn't an "Unjustified Tony Wins and Losses" thread, this is an "I hate/love Idina thread" about the Tony awards. I'll say this. I loved Tonya Pinkins in "Caroline, or Change." She was truly amazing. However, everyone is so quick to point out Idina Menzel's vocal trouble, when she doesn't have NEARLY as many as Tonya, and the role of Elphaba, is vocally, more difficult than that of Caroline. She sings more than Idina, but the keys are lower, the style is much different. I'm not, by any stretch, discrediting Ms. Pinkins, whom I loved. But, when I saw "Wicked," I trly felt for Idina's character. I was so close, and could really see her hurt, and such. She was truly wonderful and deserved that Tony. I would have liked a tie, but since that didn't happen, I'm very happy with the end result. Everyone was saying that KC and Menzel would cancel each other out, leaving Pinkins to win...but, enough people voted for Menzel, not because of the popularity of the show, because then the show itself would have won...okay, I'm sorry, I'm rambling...enough



-Vincent

Broadwaygirl,
Try singing and acting with puppets on your hand. It is no easy task.
Stephanie and John make the characters come to life and that is much harder then it looks.
I loved all the women in the Tony category last year.

Never said it was easy, Corine, justnot on the same level as any of the other performances in that category...ESPECIALLY Menzel and Pinkins' performances. They were so much deeper and had so many more levels.

Okay, I agree, Kristin didn't deserve the Tony. But neither did Idina. I think Tonya Pinkins should have won. I saw her a week before the Tonys when she was sick and she took my breath away. Honestly, she was amazing.