Youngsters at the Tonys

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 6:13pm

I've just rewatched Lucas' performance at the Tonys and I was wondering how many young actors were nominated for a Tony

Let’s say 21 is the maximum age for being ”young”.

Evanna Lien - The Sound of Music - 8 years (featured musical, I don't know the others children's age)

Frankie Michaels - Mame - 11 years (featured musical, winner)

Daisy Eagan - The Secret Garden 11 years (featured musical, winner)

Jonathan Kaplan - Falsettos 11 years (featured musical)

Sydney Lucas - Fun Home 11 years (featured musical)

Anna Kendrick - High Society 12 years (featured musical)

Andrea McArdle - Annie 13 years (lead musical)

David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik, and Kiril Kulish - Billy Elliot: The Musical 14 and 15 years (lead actor musical, winner)

Lauri Peters - The Sound of Music 16 years (featured musical)

Lea Salonga - Miss Saigon 20 years (lead musical, winner)

Eva Noblezada - Miss Saigon 21 years (lead musical)

Anyone else? No one in plays?

Updated On: 6/6/17 at 06:13 PM

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 6:15pm

Of course, Lauri Peters was 16 when she got a nom for ''The Sound of Music''.

[suzycat]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 7:35pm

Eva Noblezada is nominated at age 21 this year. 

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 7:39pm

Jonathan Kaplan was nominated for the original production of Falsettos.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 7:52pm

Gosh! Whatever happened to Laurie Peters?

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 8:15pm

Add the two of them.

 

Also, if we take the Billys out, are both Platt and Noblezada the youngest nominees ever the in lead musical races? Wow!

[Someone in a Tree2]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 8:15pm

Andrea McArdle would have been 13 1/2 when she was nominated for best actress in a musical for ANNIE. I assume she was at the Tony's that night when she lost to her costar the brilliant Dorothy Louden.

[10086Sundays]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 8:17pm

While you're editing: Daisy's last name is spelled Eagan.

[hi127]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 8:22pm

I believe Lea Salonga was 20 when she won for Miss Saigon

[skipgal]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 8:24pm

Weren't the Matildas also nominated for best actress? 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 8:26pm

No, they rec'd a "special" Tony

[MadsonMelo]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 8:52pm

Add both of them.

The Miss Saigon power LOL

Also, really no young nominee at the play side? Interesting.

[StephieElise]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 9:32pm

I believe Matthew Broderick was 21 when he won Best Featured Actor in a Play for Brighton Beach Memoirs in 1983. He is the youngest winner in the category. 

[yankeefan7]

Posted: 6/6/17 at 9:41pm

"Eva Noblezada is nominated at age 21 this year. "

She has no chance at winning but I am really rooting for her because she went to the same (6-12 grade) school  (Northwest School Of The Arts) as my daughters in Charlotte NC.