It's official. And the Tony goes to....
It's official. And the Tony goes to....
#1It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 10:44pm
Kelli O’Hara
I saw Violet. I saw If/Then and Bridges and Bullets.
Sutton was very good but not a Tony role.
Marin was out the night I saw the show. So she’s eliminated automatically. Sorry.
Idina and the show were absolutely incredible, entertaining, magnificent, spell binding. I loved every minute.
Kelli is all those things, too. But, Kelli has the near impossible task of convincing us that she is from Italy living her life away from where she belongs but also completely loving her family. Then she has to convince us that she, overnight, fell in love with a stranger and is willing… well, you know. She and the show do it all so perfectly. And that voice. Oh my. A Tony for Kelli. (Or maybe, a Toni for Kelli?)
Updated On: 3/30/14 at 10:44 PM
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#2It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 10:47pmAs official as LuPone winning for Sweeney Todd.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
AKarp2013
Broadway Star Joined: 7/25/11
#2It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 10:47pm
Could Jessie Mueller sneak up on them come nominations?
Updated On: 3/30/14 at 10:47 PM
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#4It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 10:48pm
Marin will probably be considered Featured. Dianne Weist won Supporting Actress for the role in the movie.
Jessi Meuller will be nominated for Beautiful.
#5It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 10:49pmWell, I'm glad that's all cleared up.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#6It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 10:50pmYes, because it's official.
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
StickIt
Featured Actor Joined: 8/29/08
#8It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 10:53pm
Can you roll your eyes out of your head? I might have. I think Kelli is doing great work and is phenomenally talented and I would be thrilled if she won.
But I wouldn't count out Jessie Mueller for a second.
VotePeron
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/2/13
#9It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 11:05pmI second Jesse. She transforms in King the same way Audra does with Day. Kelli was wonderful, but I truly believe it is a Mueller vs. Ohara race.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#10It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 11:19pmI hope Kelli doesn't see this and believe your hype. I'd hate to see her make a face like Raul did when he didn't get the Tony everyone knew he was going to win.
#11It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 11:23pm
Marin was out the night I saw the show. So she’s eliminated automatically. Sorry.
I bet if she saw that she would be like "DAMN!"
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#12It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 11:25pm
I hope Kelli doesn't see this and believe your hype. I'd hate to see her make a face like Raul did when he didn't get the Tony everyone knew he was going to win.
This. Definitely this.
Steve721
Stand-by Joined: 2/21/14
#13It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 11:40pmGiven that this will be her fifth nom with no wins so far, and given her glowing reviews, I think they will probably give it to Kelli. Idina's already won and her show got mediocre reviews. But with the kind of hyper-competitive year we're having, nothing is certain.
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#14It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 11:42pm
You people are making me want to gif...
*insert gif of Shirley's "The Lord is testing me"*
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
#15It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/30/14 at 11:47pmKelli will NOT win and it's all because she was out the night I saw South Pacific. It's the FishermanBob curse. She really has no one to blame but herself.
StickIt
Featured Actor Joined: 8/29/08
#17It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/31/14 at 2:23amomg. kelli was out when I saw South Pacific, too. maybe you are on to something.
chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#18It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/31/14 at 2:31amWas she ever even in South Pacific???
#19It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/31/14 at 3:30am
"Then she has to convince us that she, overnight, fell in love with a stranger and is willing… well, you know. She and the show do it all so perfectly. "
Yes please don't forget the "show" because it is also the careful direction and carefully timed/spaced book that help this happen.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#20It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/31/14 at 5:17am
She had to convince us she's from Italy AND loves her family? Well, then by all means, hand her that Tony now. Because those Italians seldom love their non-Native families. That goes for all immigrants that marry Americans.
Your reasoning is beyond ridiculous.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#21It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/31/14 at 7:57amMaybe she can keep her award on Raul's mantle, right next to his Tony for Company.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#22It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/31/14 at 8:49am
"She had to convince us she's from Italy AND loves her family? Well, then by all means, hand her that Tony now. Because those Italians seldom love their non-Native families. That goes for all immigrants that marry Americans.
Your reasoning is beyond ridiculous."
no, no, no dramamama. the point is that she is able to convince us that, even with this premise, she can fall in true love in a day. that is no small feat. she succeeds. that's what is amazing and skillful. -oh and she sings, too.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#23It's official. And the Tony goes to....
Posted: 3/31/14 at 9:00am
"As official as LuPone winning for Sweeney Todd."
Ironically, if LuPone had won for Sweeney - as many think she should - then she perhaps might not have won for Gypsy, and her biggest then-rival O'Hara might then have won - as many think she should - for South Pacific, in which case O'Hara's chances for winning for Bridges now might well have been diminished since the fact that O'Hara has never won a tony in spite of consistently superb work is probably her biggest single advantage in this season's tony race.
