Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
#1Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/17/07 at 11:55pm
I was trying to think of all the actresses who will be competing to get a Tony nomination this upcoming year and I'm pretty sure I am missing a dozen of them. So far I can only remember the following:
Jennifer Garner- CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Allison Pill- MAURITIUS
Claire Daines- PYGMALION
Laurie Metcalf- NOVEMBER (or is she featured?)
Rosie Perez- THE RITZ
Main actress in FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
Who will be considered leading actress (if any/if known) in ROCK N' ROLL, THE SEAFARER, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, THE 39 STEPS, and any other play I'm forgetting now.
I was also wondering who people wish would make the nominees list--though I know it's too early for any proper predictions.
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#2re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:05am
It's a tough one to call early on...
As for ROCK 'N' ROLL, I think Sinead Cusack will be referred to as 'the main female role in the show' -- however, I have an inkling she'll get a nod for 'Featured' this year.
#2re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:08amEve Best for THE HOMECOMING?
MargoChanning
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#3re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:10am
Rosie Perez may be considered Featured if Roundabout submits her as such -- remember Rita Moreno won for Featured not Lead for the original production.
There is no lead female in ROCK N ROLL (Sinead Cusack will be considered Featured).
There are no women in the cast of THE SEAFARER.
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#4re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:15am
"Mauritius" - Pill
"Rock 'N' Roll" - Cusack, Eve
"Is He Dead?" - Regan, Burke
"The 39 Steps" - Ferrin
"50 Words" - Marvel
"All About My Mother" - Rigg
"Old Acquaintance" - Colin, Harris
"The Ritz" - Perez
"Pygmalion" - Danes
"Cyrano de Bergerac" - Garner
"Cymbeline" - Plimpton
"The Homecoming" - Best
"Come Back, Little Sheba" - Merkerson
"Les Liaisons Dangereuses" - Linney
"Boeing-Boeing" - de la Tour
"The Country Girl" - McDormand
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MargoChanning
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#5re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:17amFrom the reviews, it seemed like Deanna Dunagan was the Lead Actress of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (Isherwood compared her character to Mary Tyrone, Amanda Wingfeld, Regina Giddens from LITTLE FOXES and Martha from VIRGINIA WOOLF)
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#6re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:42amMargo, I seemingly figured as much by the research I've done on the show (ROCK 'N' ROLL) - I was making a generalization pertaining to how the everywo/man would knowingly look back on her performance. She's not a lead per se, but she's very active throughout. "Featured" is a definite for Sinead Cusack.
#7re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 12:58amTwo actresses in August: Osage County were nominated for Jefferson Awards in Chicago in the "Actress in a Principal Role" category -- Deanna Dunagan and Amy Morton. Based on the reviews, Deanna Dunagan is definitely the main lead -- I do not have a good sense of whether Amy Morton would really be considered a Leading Actress for the Tonys.
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MargoChanning
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#8re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 1:04amI love Amy Morton -- such a great actress. Glad to see her back on the New York stage. Hope she does get a Tony nod (in either the lead or featured category).
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#9re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 1:08am
Margo, I thought Rita Moreno had been rather displeased that she was considered "featured" for her turn in THE RITZ (or is that just a rumor?). As a matter of fact, just about everyone I have heard talk about the original production keeps talking about Rita Moreno, I don't think I have heard anyone even mention Jack Weston (who played Gaetano).
I also thought that Moreno had been placed in the featured role because of the below-the-title Tony ruling. I guess we will find out once the Tony committee rulings for THE RITZ are announced. I was wondering if perhaps the producers will want Perez to compete in the featured category where she probably has a bigger chance of getting a nomination and possible win.
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Yankeefan007
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#10re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 6:37amWhat is 50 Words?
Ed_Mottershead
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#11re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 1:28pmAlso, that revival of The Sea Gull is coming up in late April -- can't remember offhand who played Madame Arkivina (sp?), but the whole production was well-reviewed in London and the actress may just slip in the running at the last minute.
BroadwayEd
Amo
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#12re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 2:47pmand the Royal Court's "The Seagull" is supposedly transferring in the spring.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#13re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 3:28pmWasn't it Kristen Scott Thomas?
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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Yankeefan007
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#14re: Actresses Eligible for Best Leading Actress in a Play '07-'08
Posted: 10/18/07 at 5:22pmFrances de la Tour's role in Boeing-Boeing (assuming she's transferring) struck me as featured. All 4 women in the show (the maid and the 3 flight attendants) are clearly featured, though the maid's role is the largest. So it can go either way.
