2010 Tony for Best Actress in a Musical

[Actriz2]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 12:50am

Who is your pick from this underrated (imo) slate of nominees?

 

Kate Baldwin, Finian's Rainbow

Montego Glover, Memphis

Christiane Noll, Ragtime

Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture

Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music

 

My pick is Baldwin.

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 1:28am

Glover gained traction as the ceremony approached, but aside from having a powerful voice, I thought her acting was mediocre at best. 

CZJ gave a legitimate star performance that was a somewhat tainted by her unfortunate Tony performance.

The rest were great but it was definitely a race between Glover and CZJ.

Updated On: 5/7/15 at 01:28 AM

[aj88]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 8:53am

It did come down between CZJ and Glover and I believe they tied at both the OCC and Drama Desks.

I, for one, was hoping for an upset by Sherie Rene Scott and I even would preferred Noll and Baldwin before Jones and Glover.

I found Jones to be very inconsistent as Desiree and I agree with you ljay889 that Glover wasn't the best actress and while she had a strong voice, she seemed to weaken in the role, especially as the run went along.

[jv92]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 9:00am

Catherine Zeta-Jones was hideous as Desiree. Not hideous looking. She looked gorgeous, even in those ugly costumes. But she mugged through and overplayed the scenes, and over sang "Send in the Clowns." I was with Barbara Cook on that one-- she was terrible. Pretty, but terrible. 

I would have given the Tony to Christiane Noll, who was terrific in RAGTIME. But, all in all, I'd like to forget that horrendous Broadway season, and that truly awful Tony Awards telecast. Sean Hayes jumping up and down at the end shouting, "Oh crap! Oh crap!" pretty much summed up his performance as host, and the season in general. 

 

 

[Melissa25]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 9:13am

Come on!  Where is the Kate Baldwin love?

She should have won hands down.

[tazber]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 9:27am

I thought Montego was pretty great, but that could also have been because she acting opposite the odd and distracting Kimball.

But CZJ deserved that Tony hands down.

 

[Kad]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 9:38am

I liked Jones very much in the production, but her Tony performance was abysmal and not at all reflective of the performance she was giving at the theatre.

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 10:02am

Both Kate Baldwin and Christiane Noll probably would have had better chances had their shows still been running at that point.

Sherie Rene Scott was really just playing a glorified version of herself.

Catherine Zeta-Jones was in a role that previously won Glynis Johns her Tony Award back in 1973. Even though her performance on the Tony's was pretty weak, Catherine did admit in her acceptance speech that she wasn't feeling very well.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 10:41am

My order of who SHOULD have won:

1) Kate Baldwin

2) Catherine Zeta-Jones

3) Sherie Rene Scott (2 vs. 3 is a tight call for me)

4) Montego Glover

5) Christiane Noll (I NEVER got the appeal of her performance.  I thought she was god awful).

 

But considering Kate, Sherie, and Christiane weren't going to win based on momentum, I'm SOOOOO glad Catherine beat Montego.

[Brick]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 11:25am

"I liked Jones very much in the production, but her Tony performance was abysmal and not at all reflective of the performance she was giving at the theatre. "

 Agreed. I was horrified by the Tony performance, but mainly because the performance I had seen was elegant, nuanced, and yes, truly a star performance, in the best sense.

[binau]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 6:54pm

Did Barbara Cook really say that? Makes me annoyed/bitter, given she was barely able to sing the song around the corner in Sondheim on Sondheim at the same time CZJ was singing it (although I suppose some people think that's the 'point' of the song, but still). 

That Tony performance was unfortunate. CZJ's performance will not go down in history as an iconic performance IMO (cf. Alice Ripley in N2N etc.), but it was warm, funny and elegant/glamorous. I miss that revival! 

[Littleshopofcarrie]

Posted: 5/7/15 at 7:13pm

While I think all of these actresses' performances were very deserving, CZJ's would probably have been the last on my list to win. My vote is for Montego Glover.