What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time?

I'm curious to see what names get thrown around here. It honestly is a hard choice to make.. 

I'm going to go ahead and say Victoria Clark for Piazza. 

 

*that you have seen. 

 

Updated On: 6/14/17 at 11:11 PM

When Bernadette Peters won her third Tony for FOLLIES. 

It would be either Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens, Patti Lupone in Gypsy, or Alice Ripley in next to normal. 

If you held a gun to my head, I'd pick Ebersole because of how complete and total her transformation was. There was not an ounce of her own personality in that role. It was remarkable how committed she was. 

Updated On: 6/14/17 at 11:34 PM

EVITA company with Patti & Mandy singing A New Argentina 

Rylance in Jerusalem 

From the good old days: Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd and Patti Lupone in Evita.

Recently: Michael Cerveris in Fun Home, Cynthia Erivo in the Color Purple, Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens, and Ben Platt in Dear Evan Hansen.

It's impossible to choose just one.

Angela Lansbury in GYPSY (or MAME or SWEENEY TODD)

That I've seen live?

Hand's down, Christine Ebersole for "Grey Gardens". Nothing can beat that performance for me and nothing until now has. 

mc1227 said: "Up to last night, I would have said Jennifer Holliday but now it is Glenn Close for Sunset Blvd."

Assuming you're referring to the current revival, I don't think it actually qualifies because Ms. Close won the Tony for the original production back in the 90s. The revival - inexplicably, to me - received no mention at all in this year's Tonys.

willep said: "The first two that come to mind for me are Mark Rylance in Jerusalem and James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors."

Good choices, though oddly I would have given Rylance the Tony for the same season's La Bete.  I liked the play so much more.  Corden?  Perfection.  Sheer perfection. 

 

Individual - Cynthia Errivo

Ensemble - "Ragtime" singing that glorious opening

I have to say Ben Platt.  

 

Angela in Sweeney Todd as a close runner up. 

 

 

Nevermind. I misunderstood the question. 

Updated On: 6/17/17 at 03:44 PM