What way will the 2012 Best Actress Tony go? — Page 4

Oh my. Now that Linda Lavin is in the mix, things are really heating up for Best Actress in a Play.

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/159939-Broadway-Will-Hear-The-Roar-of-The-Lyons-This-Spring

You aint seen nothing yet until you go see Tracie Bennett in End Of The Rainbow

Well, considering that I saw Tracie in the show in London last year and raved about her, I guess I HAVE seen something.

I don't think Lavin stands a chance of winning this year, but she will surely be nominated. The award really is Nina Arianda's to lose at this point, though if Tracie is reviewed well, she'll give Nina a run for her money.

If there is a more perfectly realized performance on stage than Nina Arianda's this year, or this decade, it would be greatly surprising.

@ Michael Bennett
##I just looked at the clips of Bennett and she looks a little over the top in the UK press materials. Perhaps its not a good representation of her actual performance, but I could see American critics being less kind. We'll see..##

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That's because you haven't seen the clips in context. She is 'over the top' because at those points in the play, Judy is performing at the Talk Of The Town whilst high on Ritalin. There's much more to the play than that. She has received rave reviews in Minneapolis and has had standing ovations nightly for the past five weeks.

Updated On: 3/7/12 at 07:29 PM