Best Play Director - Marianne Elliott ANGELS IN AMERICA
Best Musical Director - MIchael Arden ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
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Best Actor - Andrew Garfield ANGELS IN AMERICA
Best Actress - Glenda Jackson THREE TALL WOMEN
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The 2018 Best Actor in a Musical Race May 8
2018, 12:16:13 AM
Slater’s is the only performance I’ve yet to see. Saw “My Fair Lady” yesterday, and thought that Harry was absolutely f’ing brilliant.
(Though if we're complaining about people being nominated for tiny roles... I still can't wrap my head around Diana Rigg getting a nod in place of someone like Barrett Wilbert Weed or Kate Rockwell this year. Those two put so much energy into their roles throughout the entire show! No disrespect to Ms. Rigg. But come on.
Agreed. HUGE fan of Dame Diana but that role is a whisp of a thing. Paraphrasing my friend, it's like watching Picasso draw a stick figure.<
broadwayboy223 said: "I have mentioned this before, but when I saw the show two or three weeks ago Alex not only was vocally struggling, but only barely came alive during his song. The rest of the show when he didnt have to walk around was him going to his little table and drinking water. Lea Salonga and Kenita Miller were in the moment the whole time and gave beautiful performances."
Thrilled for Ambrose, but I thought Hadden-Paton was absolutely brilliant. I'm seeing SpongeBob in a few weeks, so if Slater is more of a standout in his role than Harry, I am very excited to see this.
wolfwriter, this exact thing happened to me when I saw Three Tall Women as well. The gentleman sat next to me mere seconds before curtain, I didn't have have time to consider that it would be a problem. But I did have to shift all of my weight to one side, drape my left hand over my body, the whole thing. Thankfully the performance was only 90 minutes and I was so engrossed anyway.
I feel like a great performance is a combination of both. I'm thinking of, most recently, Glenda Jackson in Three Tall Women. After the fact, one could tell she had prepared diligently, and yet, her performance was so alive and present, that I didn't even think about it during the show. Frank Langella said something spot-on, in that "good acting is a combination of truth and tricks."
In rehearsal, instinct is about reading the script, intuiting what the c
I didn't wait for Pill and Metcalf, but Jackson came out pretty quickly, and I was surprised at how approachable she was. For some reason, not what I expected at all.
HogansHero said: "And I assume most people who know anything about him know the disdain in which he holds this activity."
Interesting. I met him after Boeing-Boeing, and was with my friend when she met him after Twelfth Night. Not only did he sign and take pictures, but he actually spent some time talking to the people who waited. Both times. So if that's true, he goes to some rather extreme lengths to hide it.
jessepp said: "RENT. Mark and Roger choosing to be homeless and all the while avoiding calls from their parents asking what they want for xmas. No thanks. I'll take Harold Hill any day. He may be a liar, but he admits it."
^^ This. Played Mark several years ago, grew to hate every minute of it.
(I worship her, but..)
