after seeing kristen, idina, and donna here are a few of my thoughts: the one performance that truly blew me away was Idina...dont get me wrong, Donna is incredible talented and does a fantastic job with ruth in wonderful town, and if votes do end up splitting b/w the wicked girls, she will probably get the tony, but her work wasn't something where you call your friend to tell them about it during intermission...that also has to do with the way the show is set up too though, i know...kristen is fabulous as Glinda as we all know, and it shows off her range and comedic timing beautifully, but i wasn't in "shock and awe" after seeing her, it was simply a marvelous performance, which though they may be hard to come by, still wasnt tony worthy in my opinion...the other thing with kristen is that after seeing laura bell do glinda, i realized that laura was able to play hte part the exact same way and get the same laughs and audience appreciation and love, and Idina still stodd out the second time, even though I knew what she was going to do...So for the above confuddled list of muddled and confused notes, i would say Idina really is the one who deserves the tony in my mind....but you never know....
always,
~m~
For heaven's sake, don't try to be cynical. It's perfectly easy to be cynical.
~The Importance of Being Earnest~
...don't get me wrong though, I looveed her too!
