binau said: "I think it's quite remarkable that she is now alongside Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole, Sutton Foster, Liza Minnelli, Lauren Bacall, Donna Murphy and Chita Rivera. So highly deserved for someone that never turns out a bad performance. And what a great group of people with such different styles and vocal textures. I wonder if we could ever see one of them win another and get to 3, which hasn't happened in a very very long time. I guess simply due to age Sutton Foster probably has the best chance. Patti seems to want to stay away from Broadway....I think I'd love Donna Murphy to return to Broadway in a new role soon. It's been far too long."
This is certainly an elite group of musical theater actresses. But if you break it down to original works, the list gets smaller.
Victoria Clark (Piazza & Kimberly Akimbo)
Liza Minnelli (The Act & Flora the Red Menace)
Chita Rivera (The Rink & Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Lauren Bacall (Woman of the Year & Applause)
Gwen Verdon (Damn Yankees, New Girl in Town, & Redhead)
Mary Martin (South Pacific, Peter Pan, & Sound of Music)
Angela Lansbury (Dear World, Mame, & Sweeney Todd)