Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
lynnetoomey
Understudy Joined: 5/8/09
#1Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:07amCZJ was out last night, and both shows today. This is the week that several HUNDRED TONY voters from across the country gather in NYC for their annual road presenter conference. Naturally, in the evenings (and this afternoon), they all attend shows. A HUGE blow to CZJ's chances
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#3Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:12am
Uh-oh. This is not good.
Here's hoping Sherie takes it.
#4Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:14amI feel like Sherie has no buzz. This sucks.
#5Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:15amOh, no! What ever will she do??? Maybe she'll just invite her ACADEMY AWARD to her Tony loser party.
#6Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:21amGo Montego!
#7Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:22amMontego Glover winning the Tony would be a travesty.
#8Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:22am
MEMPHIS winning any Tony would be a travesty, but I have come to terms with it happening.
Updated On: 5/20/10 at 12:22 AM
#9Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:24amCareful!!! If you say that, Waymon or SomethingWicked will come rushing in to claim that Memphis is being unfairly "bashed" again, and that it would have won all these awards no matter what season it was!
lynnetoomey
Understudy Joined: 5/8/09
#10Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:25amOK...call me crazy. Is there ANY possibility that with no CLEAR front-runner that there could be a lot of votes canceling each other out, and Noll or Baldwin score a huge upset??
#11Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:26am
You know, I don't love Memphis, but I'm somehow rooting for it, basically because I hated all the other nominees.
It has a very good score though, listen to the CD, it's totally cheesy but the songs are great.
#13Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:29amDo we know why she is out and whether she will be back Saturday (I bought tickets)
#14Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 12:51amWinning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom.
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#15Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:06amGlover taking it would be one of the biggest come-from-behind wins in years. When was the last time the presumed 3rd runner-up actually won?
#16Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:53am
As much as I don't think Catherine deserves the Tony (she's my #4 out of the 5), I would GLADLY give it to her over Montego Glover any day of the week, any season, whatever. I just saw Memphis today and thought her acting was close to atrocious. How was she nominated and how has she all of a sudden become a threat to win this award?!
~Steven
#17Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:55am
IMO theatreguy, 2006.
I saw LuPone, Foster or O'Hara taking it before LaChanze. But in this case, LaChanze deserved it.
#18Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:58amTeam Finneran!
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#19Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:58am
Yeah, I was gonna say LaChanze looked like a 3rd placer until Tony night. But LaChanze is so much worthier in every way. Those were three Broadway "divas" reaching for that award that year.
~Steven
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#20Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:59am
I know I'm in the minority here, but LaChanze deserved that Tony. Glover, on the other hand, hardly deserves to be nominated.
And that's all I'll say.
#21Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 2:10am
Agreed rOcKS.
AND, LaChanze can act. not just belt out a tune.
#22Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 2:31am
Agreed, agreed. If I wasn't already bored with Montego from the beginning, I was done with her the moment I realized every song she sang ended with her doing the same riffs. And that "Colored Woman" song was forced in both the acting department and the vocal delivery of it. Woof. LaChanze didn't need to rely on melismata and vocal gymnastics, even if she's capable of doing them.
~Steven
#23Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 2:47am
I remember I was rooting for LaChanze that year, and no one thought she'd win. I didn't like Patti Lupone in Sweeney(that people on this BWW said she was winning for sure), Sutton Foster in Drowsy Chaperone(the show had a huge buzz I never got) and the amazing Kelli O'Hara was in a show I didn't enjoy where she didn't really show her talent(The Pajama Game), Chita Rivera also had big chances of winning, since she is a Broadway favorite. Anyways, I think both Montego and LaChanze are in the same category, both their voices crack at times, and acting-wise I think they are in the same level.
But I prefer Montego because LaChanze barely showed up in TCP.
#24Zeta-Jones TONY chances take a hit
Posted: 5/20/10 at 3:11am
If anything, maybe LaChanze's win could mean something good for Sherie? LaChanze had paid her dues on Broadway by the time she won. Hasn't Sherie?
~Steven
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