What Tony award winning role have you played?

[alphieboy]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 3:45pm

What Tony award winning role have you played?

And what role are you playing now. If any.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 3:46pm

Elphaba

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 3:47pm

Desiree Armfeldt

[jpbran]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 3:49pm

Isn't it the "performance," not the role that wins Tonys?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 3:53pm

Sometimes it is the role...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:02pm

Jelly Roll Morton

[americanboy99]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:08pm

None. That's a tad bit sad.

Cogsworth in "Beauty and the Beast"
Britt Craig in "Parade"
Christopher Belling in "Curtains"
Henry in "The Fantasticks"- off Broadway, of course
Charlie Brown in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"

You'd think some actor could've nabbed a Tony in one of those roles. Such fun roles.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:09pm

Wait, so if one plays a tony award winning role does that mean that they've won a tony by association?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:10pm

Only if they are a movie star.

[bwayguy22089]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:10pm

Bud Frump in How to Succeed

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:11pm

Though they were Tony nominated roles:

Hysterium in Forum
Samovar in Hollywood/Ukraine

I'd love to do Hollywood/Ukraine again. Such a delightful show and I had no idea how much I would enjoy doing a Groucho Marx impersonation. I actually won an award for it and it got me other jobs as well.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:12pm

I heard Jarico bought you that award.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:13pm

True, it wasn't the Tony. It's all he could afford on a teacher's salary.

[sing_dance_love]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:31pm

Thenardier in Les Miserables
Jake in Side Show
Bernardo in West Side Story
Don Lockwood in Singin' In The Rain

...I mean those are some meaty parts. You'd think someone would have at least been nominated for a Tony for one of those parts. I guess it all depends on the season.

EDIT: Just kidding, I guess Don Correia was nominated for Singin' in the Rain in '86. Cool.

Updated On: 6/30/10 at 04:31 PM

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:37pm

Finch in How to Succeed... is the only winning one. But I've also played Victor in Smokey Joe's Cafe, which was nominated.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:43pm

I've done 33 shows, but only one Tony-award winning role: Miss Hannigan in Annie (Tony for Dorothy Loudon.)

I did play the Wicked Witch of the West... does that count as playing the "Tony Award winning role" of Elphaba?

In terms of Tony-NOMINATED roles, I also played Bert in a terrible illegal production of Mary Poppins when I was ten. There were only two boys in the cast. I can't say I was anywhere near as good as Gavin Lee, but my Cockney accent was much better than Dick Van Dyke's.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:43pm

Besides Effie Melody White?

Oscar in SWEET CHARITY.

[tazber]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 4:48pm

Sonia from The Life

And of course Effie White in front of my bedroom mirror.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 5:55pm

Effie Melody White
Billy Elliot

Not at the same time, but almost.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 6:28pm

Enjolras in Les Misérables,

and Tony-nominated:

Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 6:36pm

Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance

[inlovewithjerryherman]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 7:24pm

Oscar in "Sweet Charity".

[willep]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 7:31pm

Cioffi in Curtains. Love that show and role. I think that's the only Tony winning one I have played.

[backwoodsbarbie]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 8:44pm

Sally Brown in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

Olive Ostrovsky in Spelling Bee (Tony nomination)

Yes, I know, I tend to play children a lot.

[chewy5000]

Posted: 6/30/10 at 9:20pm

Patti LuPone in Patti LuPone Gypsy