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What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time?
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #25
Posted: 6/15/17 at 3:44pm
Nevermind. I misunderstood the question.
Updated On: 6/17/17 at 03:44 PM
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #26
Posted: 6/15/17 at 3:49pm
That was performed at the Tony awards?
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What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #27
Posted: 6/15/17 at 3:52pm
This was surprisingly easy & obvious for me!
1) BEN PLATT in Dear Evan Hanse
2) LESLIE ODOM JR in Hamilton
3) NATHAN LANE in The Producers
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #28
Posted: 6/15/17 at 4:52pm
1) Katie Finneran; Promises, Promises
2) Laurie Metcalf; A Doll's House Part 2
3) Norbert Leo Butz; Catch Me If You Can
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #29
Posted: 6/15/17 at 5:02pm
I will never cease to be impressed by Alice Ripley's work in Next to Normal.
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #30
Posted: 6/15/17 at 5:04pm
Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity....wait she didn't win. okay
Kristen Chenowith in On the 20th Century...wait she didn't win
Sean Hayes in Promises Promises..wait he didn't win.
ok lets get serious
Tyne Daley in Gypsy
Lauri Metcalf in Dolls House 2
Kristine Nelson in Sonya, Vanya , Natasha and Spike
Angela Lansbury in Mame
Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd
Robert Morse in How to Succeed
Nathan Lane in The Producers..
Maggie Smith in Lettice and Lovage.
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #31
Posted: 6/15/17 at 5:42pm
Male-Musical: Neil Patrick Harris, HEDWIG
Female-Musical: Cynthia Erivo, THE COLOR PURPLE
Male-Play: Tracy Letts, WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF
Female-Play: Nina Arianda, VENUS IN FUR
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #32
Posted: 6/15/17 at 7:00pm
I only got to see Ripley right at the end of the tour when her voice was shot before she called out for the rest of the two weekend performances - so I can't say I can rave about her like some can. I thought Ben Platt one-upped playing the crazy angst and being able to deliver it vocally. Ripley's performance is still special to me though.
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #33
Posted: 6/15/17 at 7:47pm
They may be overrated, but I have to say Ben Platt and Cynthia Erivo.
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What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #34
Posted: 6/15/17 at 7:47pm
Cynthia Erivo is never overrated.
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #35
Posted: 6/15/17 at 7:56pm
Probably a tie between Patti LuPone in Gypsy and Jessica Lange in Long Day's Journey Into Night - I might give the slight edge to Patti since despite that it's been almost 9 years since I saw it (I was 12 at the time), it's still clear as day in my head.
Broadway Star Joined: 2/14/17
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #36
Posted: 6/15/17 at 8:03pm
Of those that I actually got to see live: Cerveris in Fun Home and Odom Jr. in Hamilton.
Updated On: 6/15/17 at 08:03 PMWhat is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #37
Posted: 6/15/17 at 8:47pm
The Other One said: "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. "
I did LOVE La Bete as well. In fact, that was my introduction to Mark Rylance, and he absolutely blew my mind, so I have a soft spot for that show.
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #38
Posted: 6/15/17 at 8:58pm
Cherry Jones, Doubt
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza
Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #39
Posted: 6/17/17 at 7:37pm
Jennifer Holliday Dreamgirls. Hands down!
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #40
Posted: 6/17/17 at 7:38pm
Second place: James Earl Jones in Fences
Updated On: 6/17/17 at 07:38 PM
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #41
Posted: 6/17/17 at 7:46pm
Extremely hard to pick between Patti in Gypsy, Cynthia in Color Purple, and Laurie in Doll's House.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #42
Posted: 6/17/17 at 8:58pm
Hands down, the best-ever Tony-winning performance was the lightning bolt that shot across the stage of the Imperial in the form of Hugh Jackman in THE BOY FROM OZ.
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #43
Posted: 6/17/17 at 9:15pm
Faith Prince in Guys and Dolls, Ben Platt in DEH, Michael Cerveris in Fun Home, Cynthia Erivo in Color Purple.
Broadway Star Joined: 4/26/17
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #44
Posted: 6/17/17 at 9:50pm
Overall, probably Alex Sharp in Curious Incident. Cynthia Erivo is a close second, though.
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #45
Posted: 6/17/17 at 9:51pm
Natasha Richardson in Cabaret (at the Kit Kat Klub/Henry Miller's Theatre before the move to Studio 54). Almost 20 years now since I've seen it and I still can't get her performance out of my head. The expression on her face at the end of the show as she entered to deliver the title number was absolutely haunting.
Leading Actor Joined: 5/11/04
What is your favorite Tony Award winning performance of all time? #46
Posted: 6/18/17 at 3:01pm
Neil Patrick Harris, Hedwig
I saw him 13 times. I am NOT an NPH fan and I went in with very low expectations. Mesmerizing.
Katie Finneran, Promises, Promises
It's one of those performances that you lean over to your theatre-going partner and say, "she just won a Tony"
Patina Miller, Pippin
Again, low expectations because I did not enjoy her work in Sister Act and I was sceptical it would pale in comparison to Ben Vereen.
I loved Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens but then I saw Rachel York in the LA production and I found her performance to be even more touching and inspired. It stayed with me for a long time after.
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