Won The Tony, Hasn't Performed Since

[givesmevoice]

This thread confuses me, because, in addition to what elphaba.scares.me said, several of the actors named here aren't even based in the United States. Granted, I'm sure Equity would let Geoffrey Rush come and do whatever he wants, but I'm sure leaving his home and family (and theater company) in Australia isn't always worth it.

It IS interesting to read about actors who won Tonys and then just left the business completely, but not so much with foreign or film actors who just happened to not come back to Broadway [yet] after winning.

[Marianne2]

I read somewhere awhile ago that Sara Ramirez was approached to be in the movie, Nine, but couldn't due to either her contract with ABC or scheduling with filming. I forget which it was. But, it wasn't a good movie anyway.

I do think this thread is misleading. Because a lot of actors mentioned have gotten work, even if it was not in theater. I agree hearing of those who won and just disappeared from the industry would be more interesting.

[kurt.perry41]

Paulo Szot has worked consistently in international opera houses....

[Sutton Ross]

AC126748, since that wasn't the interview that I was referring to, it's not "a case of selective reading" in any way.

[WOSQ]

And still the ultimate Tony question:

Where is Frankie Michaels?
Featured Actor 1966, Young Patrick in Mame

[AC126748]

AC126748, since that wasn't the interview that I was referring to, it's not "a case of selective reading" in any way.

Then please produce a link to the interview to which you referred. I did an extensive search, and the quote I posted is the only thing I could find where Kazee said anything remotely close to what you claim he said.

I couldn't find a single interview where he said that he could never perform any musical eight times a week on Broadway ever again, period.

[joshtheblopper]

Laura Belle Bundy

[elphaba.scares.me]

Laura Bell Bundy did not win a Tony.

And I imagine she got lots (and lots) of offers but chose to focus on recording and TV.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Totally forgot Heather Headley did The Bodyguard in the West End. But I'd love to see Laura Bell back on the boards!

[South Fl Marc]

Since "The Elephant Man" is about to reopen, let's not forget the first actor who played him - Philip Anglim. He won a Tony award for the part and soon after disappeared from the Broadway stage. The reason? MACBETH.

The first production he did after The Elephant Man was a production of Macbeth at the Vivian Beaumont in Lincoln Center. He was dreadful. He was completely panned by the critics. If I remember correctly, it was gossiped that one of the producers of Macbeth was his lover and that quickly became the joke of the season. He never did another Broadway show. I'm attaching a link to the Times review of his Macbeth. A review doesn't get worse than that.

"What's missing from this performance are merely the bread-and-butter qualities of good acting: feeling, stage presence, physical, vocal and facial expressiveness."

"It's not that Mr. Anglim is misinterpreting the hero; there is no interpretation here at all. This is a Macbeth bereft of emotions - unless utter, dead coldness counts as such. The star's eyes neither make contact with those of his fellow actors nor look inward. His face is fixed in a blank, unchanging pose of mild nervousness, as if he feared he might be late for a train. His voice rarely varies in tone, and his body, which was so expressive as John Merrick, clumps about woodenly. His one, tardy attempt to summon up passion is the beginning of a sob on the line with which he greets news of his wife's death ('She should have died hereafter'). It's debatable whether the then-dazed Macbeth would start to cry at that point; in any case, Mr. Anglim turns his back on the audience rather than letting us see even the most tentative stirring of his heart."




NY Times review of Macbeth