Joanna Gleason winning Tony for "Into the Woods" (video)
Joanna Gleason winning Tony for "Into the Woods" (video)
#1Joanna Gleason winning Tony for "Into the Woods" (video)
Posted: 1/5/15 at 5:29am
She seemed genuinely shocked. I wish the Tonys did split screens like the Oscars, so we could see the other nominee's reactions when the winner is called. Particularly, Patti LuPone. In her 2010 memoir, she stated that she expected to win, because everyone was telling her so, especially after she won Drama Desk, and was so disappointed when she lost. So for those who remember, was Gleason really an upset?
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Updated On: 1/5/15 at 05:29 AM
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#2Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 6:43amLupone was "devastated" each time she didn't win. I think it's interesting how some (younger?) posters on the ITW thread were going on about how they thought Streep was better than Bernadette or Blunt was better than Joanna and blah blah. But I seriously doubt any of them saw the original show live.
#2Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 6:45am
They probably gave the tony to Joanna because they knew Bernadette and Patti couldn't stay on the same stage...
No, really, Joanna was outstanding in Into the Woods (and totally deserved the Tony), but all the expectations were on Patti that year.
Updated On: 1/5/15 at 06:45 AM
#3Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 7:05amKind of like some of the more recent surprise winners like Idina Menzel (Wicked) and LaChanze (The Color Purple).
#4Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 7:16am
Lupone was "devastated" each time she didn't win.
Why the quotation marks?
They probably gave the tony to Joanna because they knew Bernadette and Patti couldn't stay on the same stage...
Is there a LuPone-Peters rivalry?
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Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
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#5Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 8:23amMay have been more of a vote against Lupone than a vote for Gleason? Sort of like The Academy's anti-Streisand slant.
#6Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 8:40amOr it may have been that Gleason deserved the win?
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#7Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 8:57amOr maybe due to the fact that Phantom was dominating that year, Tony Voters at the time probably wanted to find ways to acknowledge Into the Woods.
#8Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 10:30amWhat a wonderful and genuine speech.
"...and in a bed."
#9Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 10:40am
"But I seriously doubt any of them saw the original show live."
Oh, hold up...you can't handle people disagreeing with you? Wait while I gather my shock.
#10Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 10:48am
Good thing she said Cinderella before she said slipper, otherwise I would have thought she was about to go and have a child...
Great speech. When she sings Moments after her romp with the Prince, it's one of my favorite moments. It's a combination of her putting herself back together and her realizing what just happened and then what needs to happen...which makes her putting her hair back as it was more memorable. I can't recall everything she did during that song, but that's the part I recall the most and when I see other productions I expect the same thing. I like that few seconds. A lot.
Updated On: 1/5/15 at 10:48 AM
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#12Joanna Gleason winning Tony for
Posted: 1/5/15 at 11:31amIt was a surprise (for many of us a highly welcome and delightful one). But it wasn't so completely unexpected a surprise as to render it an "upset."
