Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony? YES, BEBE!!! — Page 3

No. Why would it? It's the same play, same director, same designers, and some of the same cast. For all intents and purposes it's exactly the same production. You get one shot and White has had hers. It would be ridiculous to put the same actress up for the same performance two years in a row (what if the show moved a couple of times? Would you have them nominate her every time she does the same performance in a different theater?).

There might be an argument if they separated the categories into Best Broadway Actress and Best Off-Broadway Actress (and Best Broadway Play and Best Off-Broadway Play), but they don't. There's one Best Play Category (that includes everything regardless of venue) and one Best Actress category. And again she had her shot and she lost. That's it.

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Sorry about the stupid question...I forgot it was a transfer. :O)

But it's the same performance and none of the awards allow someone who's already been nominated for a given role to be nominated again for that same performance. Look at the Tonys -- Carol Channing came back to Broadway several times over the years in DOLLY, as did Yul Brynner in revivals KING & I, Richard Kiley in MAN OF LA MANCHA and Hal Holbrook in MARK TWAIN TONIGHT!. Even though, each subsequent production (in most cases) had a different producer, different backstage and on stage personnel, different design elements, and for all intents and purposes was a different production, the Tonys ruled those performers (as brilliant and iconic as they were) to be ineligible for consideration for the Lead Actor/Actress Tony. Once you've been eligible for that role once (whether or not you actually won or even were nominated), that's it forever. You have ONE shot. If nothing else, it would be unfair to new performers in new roles to have to compete against people who have been doing the same role for decades, not to mention it would be ridiculous to give one actor 3 or 4 chances to win a Tony for playing the same role.

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Updated On: 4/10/07 at 06:29 PM

Do you think Angela Lansbury might win purely because everyone is so excited to see her back on Broadway? I've never seen her perform live, so this question is not based on anything. There just seems to be a lot of hype already. (I do have the DVD of Sweeney with her, and her performance in that is very good, I'd say)

I have boycotted all the Utopia plays as I am not keen on Stoppard. He bores me. Plus the stuff I've seen of his has been materialist in nature and void of spirituality.

And Little Dog Laughed is totally unmaterialistic and full of spirituality? Please.

I think Little Dog is a terrible play and would be disappointed if it gets a nomination. I think White is s.o.l. this year.

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I know when published books of plays come out, each is listed as a separate production.

You ARE drunk. I knew it.

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Well if you were spiritually fulfilled by LDL good for you. I thought it was as thin as a crepe and as tired as the old grey mare.

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We've gone into both (I like the play so much I can't help it), but by all means back to Julie White.

She was so on top of the role. I especially liked the scene at the end where she confronts the call boy about the check, because the role is complex there and you can't see her as a villain when she tells him they are soft and he's had it harder than any of them. And then, as she is about to drop THE WORD OF WISDOM, goes all distracted with the cell phone going off.

I'm sorry SueleenGay, it's hard to take you seriously with that avatar of yours! :O)

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I pray that Julie will take it!

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All I know is I would cast my vote for Julie White for the tony, yet I certainly also loved Eve Best's performance and I always love Angela Lansbury, period. And I placed the play in 3rd place (Coram Boy is my pick for best play) - so I hope Julie White wins, but this year's races are more suspenseful than usual.

"Finally got around to seeing MOON, and Eve Best is damn f*cking brilliant. "

Have to agree with that statement. Its going to be a really tight race this year between Best, Lansbury and White in my opinion. I've only seen White and Best and would still have a hard time deciding between the two. They each gave very different but equally brillant performances.

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