Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony? YES, BEBE!!!
Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony? YES, BEBE!!!
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#1Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony? YES, BEBE!!!
Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:07pm
Seems to me her Little Dog Laughed was a coup de theatre...
Updated On: 6/10/07 at 03:07 PM
#2re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:36pmI hope so. Some of her monologues should have been Olympic events. Great voice and breathwork in that show for her. She deserves the Tony for her performance.
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nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#2re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:37pm
I loved it when she slapped her scarlet coat right on the middle of the bed.
Talk about an entrance.
#3re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:44pmEverytime the music pumped and she crossed the stage in those divine costumes with those legs to die for I just died a little inside. She was purely divine.
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nomdeplume
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#4re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:46pm
She has an elegant figure.
I think they should give her the Tony just for being able to walk so well in those high heels.
#5re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:47pmDEUCE begins performances tomorrow, so we'll be able to assess two more of the leading lady candidates. Then we have Jan Maxwell and Tonya Pinkins starting performances in their shows next week. It should be a very tight race!
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Updated On: 4/10/07 at 03:47 PM
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#6re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:48pmHer performance was terrific and will most likely be nominated, however the fact that her show has closed (and some voters won't have a chance to see her) will probably prevent her from winning in June. It also doesn't help that she will be competing with legends like Angela Lansbury, Marian Seldes, and Vanessa Redgrave, as well as Eve Best and Tonya Pinkins, all of whose shows will still be running in June. It's a very tough year and while it looked like White had a good shot at winning a few months ago, at this point there doesn't appear to be a clear favorite.
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nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#7re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:49pm
Perhaps my favorite line of hers was when she and her client were supposedly sitting facing the playwright, who suggested her movie star should act in his play and her true feelings about theatre came out:
"A play-ay??????"
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#8re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:53pm
Still, Margo, Julie White was very distinct, original and truly memorable in the role.
I can remember her performance vividly, and so many other performances that you see just drift off into the void.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#9re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 3:59pm
Nom, that's true, but the fact that her play only lasted three months means that a large chunk of voters (especially the out of town ones) never even got a chance to see her and that's going to hurt her chances, especially in what looks to be a tight race with so many other great performers to choose from.
By the way, I'm pretty sure that Jan Maxwell's role is Featured, not Lead.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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Updated On: 4/10/07 at 03:59 PM
#10re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:00pm
Julie White made that play, but unfortunately it wasn't enough to make the play last.
Still, I'd jump up and cheer if she won.
Updated On: 4/10/07 at 04:00 PM
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#11re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:10pm
I don't think a play should have to last or to return its investment for an incredible performance to be honored.
And since we're talking about The Little Dog Laughed, I think Douglas Carter Beane should have a good chance at the Tony for the play, and I could see it playing all over the country and beyond if it won.
Updated On: 4/10/07 at 04:10 PM
#12re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:13pmWith at least six major leading performances by an actress in a play, I wonder which one will be left out from: Redgrave, Lansbury, Seldes, Pinkins, Best, and White.
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#13re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:21pmWhile it is true that THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED did not make much of a splash, White's performance did, and is still being talked about. I think a nomination is a given, and I wouldn't be surprised if she did win. I'm not saying she will win, but I wouldn't be surprised if she did. Let's not forget Michele Pawk, who was in a similar situation several years ago.
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#14re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:24pmThe second time I saw LDL, I saw plenty of Tony voter-types in the audience, so clearly they got them in. Obviously, they may not have had a lot of the road voters, but I imagine a goodly portion of the local voters saw her.
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nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#15re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:26pm
I still remember that lovely yoga pose where she told the story of the Tibetan sand mandala.
It was such an image provoking monologue it reminded me of seeing the monks make the mandala for their cultural visits when the Dalai Lama would come. Analogizing the mandala to the temporality of luncheon salads was a genius bit of hilarity in the writing--and how Julie delivered.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#16re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:28pmI'd be willing to bet almost anything that the Best Play race is a done deal with THE COAST OF UTOPIA taking the prize hands down. It's exactly the kind of "important", artistic, snob appeal EVENT that the Tonys tend to fall all over themselves to honor with the Best Play statuette when they come along (in contrast, Best Musical tends to usually go the fun, mainstream, commercial entry that'll have widespread appeal on the road -- they occasionally give the Book and/or Score prizes as a consulation to the serious, "artistic," or edgy choice). And if somehow there's an upset (which is doubtful), then Best Play would probably go to something like CORAM BOY or FROST/NIXON. If you look back over the 60 years of Tony history, very very few light comedies like LITTLE DOG have ever won the Tony for Best Play.
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nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#17re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:32pm
Satire is the highest form of comedy, though it seldom gets its due.
I am hoping it gets at least a nomination and some attention. A small cast play like that would play beautifully in regional and smaller theatres all over.
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.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#18re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:35pmPawk won for Featured and not Lead, and her competition that season was nowhere near the level that White is facing this year (with four former Tony winners, including three legends, and an Olivier Award winner).
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#19re: Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:36pm
And the powers that be at Lincoln Center Theater are very upset with you, Nom.
I knew you'd come back with that Margo, and I'm just saying anything can happen this year.
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
Updated On: 4/10/07 at 04:36 PM
#20Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:39pmNot with Angela Lansbury as competition.
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#21Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:40pmAnd Vanessa Redgrave. And a spectacular performance by Eve Best.
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#22Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:41pmRedgrave too, but Lansbury is the Tony Awards darling.
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#23Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:45pm
Well, I love Lincoln Center, even still.
For The Light in the Piazza, and for all the opera and ballet and festival shows I have seen there. Unusual performances like Benjamin Bagby.
I'm sure they feel they have to help out the poor misguided Stoppard fans with something for them; it was their turn.
Now if Lincoln Center could only get Julie White in a show.
nomdeplume
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/05
#24Will Julie White Whiffle Away With the Tony?
Posted: 4/10/07 at 4:53pm
Angela Lansbury was the first professional actress I can remember seeing onstage and she was great. Very likely helped inspire my love of theatre.
It's nice to have an unknown or lesser known actress in Julie White giving the greats a run for the money.
Puts a little pizzazz in the season...
