With all due respect, one really can't judge whether a winner deserved their Tony unless they saw all five nominated performances in the category as to compare them and decide who of the five was the most deserving.
Move to New York! We're nice here.
"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens Mary Louise Wilson in Grey Gardens John Gallagher, Jr. in Spring Awakening John Lloyd Young in Jersey Boys Christian Hoff in Jersey Boys LaChanze in The Color Purple Beth Leavel in The Drowsy Chaperone Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Dan Fogler in Spelling Bee Sara Ramirez in Spamalot Victoria Clark in The Light in the Piazza Idina Menzel in Wicked Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray Marissa Jaret Winokour in Hairspray Dick Latessa in Hairspray Roger Bart in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Kristin Chenoweth in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Hm, interesting, I don't even know myself how many I've seen. Let's see...
David Hyde Pierce, Curtains Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys Richard Griffiths, The History Boys Frances de la Tour, The History Boys Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Cherry Jones, Doubt Adriane Lenox, Doubt Christine Ebersole, 42nd Street Gary Beach, The Producers Heather Headley, Aida Lea Salonga, Miss Saigon (...and if you count this...) Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch At Liberty
*phew*
And, of course, I've seen many other nominated performances, some that probably should have won...
"With all due respect, one really can't judge whether a winner deserved their Tony unless they saw all five nominated performances in the category as to compare them and decide who of the five was the most deserving."
Good point. I was mad that Sutton didn't win for Little Women until I saw the PBS broadcast of Piazza. Now I'd be furious if Vicki hadn't won.
Cleavant Derricks, Dreamgirls Ben Harney, Dreamgirls Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy Betty Buckley, Cats Natalia Makarova, On Your Toes Ron Richardson, Big River Michael Rupert, Sweet Charity Bebe Neuwirth, Sweet Charity George Rose, The Mystery of Edwin Drood Judd Hirsch, I'm Not Rappaport Michael Maguire, Les Miserables Frances Ruffell, Les Miserables James Earl Jones, Fences Mary Alice, Fences Michael Crawford, Phantom of the Opera Tyne Daly, Gypsy Scott Waara, The Most Happy Fella George Hearn, Sunset Blvd. Glenn Close, Sunset Blvd. Matthew Broderick, How To Succeed... Gretha Boston, Show Boat Cherry Jones, The Heiress Frances Sternhagen, The Heiress Ann Duquesnay, Bring In Da Noise... Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray Dick Latessa, Hairspray Cherry Jones, Doubt Adriane Lenox, Doubt Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone David Hyde Pierce, Curtains Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
I've seen quite a few others... just not "live."
It feels like I've seen more, but I didn't realize how many cast replacements, alternates and understudies I've see over the years, too. Quite a few!
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Michael Maguire - Les Miserables James Naughton - City of Angels Robert Morse - Tru Chita Rivera - Kiss of the Spider Woman Jane Adams - An Inspector Calls George Hearn - Sunset Boulevard Wilson Jermaine Heredia - Rent Nathan Lane - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Anne Duquesnay - Bring in 'Da Noise/Bring in 'Da Funk Donna Murphy - The King and I Owen Teale - A Doll's House James Naughton - Chicago Bebe Neuwirth - Chicago Janet McTeer - A Doll's House Audra McDonald - Ragtime Heather Headley - Aida John Lithgow - Sweet Smell of Success Michael Cerveris - Assassins Jefferson Mays - I Am My Own Wife Anika Noni Rose - Caroline, or Change Idina Menzel - Wicked Cherry Jones - Doubt Norbert Leo Butz - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Victoria Clark - The Light in the Piazza Dan Fogler - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Sara Ramirez - Spamalot Beth Leavel - The Drowsey Chaperone Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon David Hyde Pierce - Curtains
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Bernadette Peters, Annie Get Your Gun Gary Beach, The Producers Cady Huffman, The Producers Shuler Hensley, Oklahoma! Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie Hugh Jackman, The Boy From Oz Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray Dick Latessa, Hairspray Idina Menzel, Wicked Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza Sara Ramiriz, Monty Python's Spamalot Dan Fogler, The 25th...Spelling Bee Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone John Lloyd Young, Jersey Boys Christian Hoff, Jersey Boys Ian McDiarmid, Faith Healer David Hyde Pierce, Curtains John Gallagher Jr., Spring Awakening Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
My avatar = A screencap from Avatar, arguably the greatest animated show of all
Christine Ebersole in Grey Gardens David Hyde Pierce in Curtains Mary Louise Wilson in Grey Gardens John Gallagher, Jr. in Spring Awakening Julie White in The Little Dog Laughed Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon Billy Crudup in The Coast of Utopia Jennifer Ehle in The Coast of Utopia John Lloyd Young in Jersey Boys Christian Hoff in Jersey Boys LaChanze in The Color Purple Beth Leavel in The Drowsy Chaperone Richard Griffiths in The History Boys Cynthia Nixon in Rabbit Hole Ian McDiarmid in Faith Healer Frances de la Tour in The History Boys Victoria Clark in The Light in the Piazza Norbert Leo Butz in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Adriane Lenox in Doubt Gary Beach in The Producers Heather Headley in Aida
Tom Conti - Who's Life Is It Anyway? Cherry Jones - Doubt John Gallagher Jr - Spring Awakening Christine Ebersole - Grey Gardens Mary Louise Wilson - Grey Gardens Lily Tomlin - The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life Bill Irwin - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Heather Headley - Aida Beth Leavel - The Drowsy Chaperone Richard Griffith - The History Boys Frances de la Tour - The History Boys Victoria Clark - The Light In The Piazza Michael Crawford - The Phantom Of The Opera
Norbert Leo Butz in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" Victoria Clark in "A Light in the Piazza" Christine Ebersole in "Grey Gardens" Bill Irwin in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Cherry Jones in "Doubt" Idina Menzel in "Wicked" Sara Ramirez in "Monty Python's Spamalot" Mary Louise Wilson in "Grey Gardens"
Gary Beach- The Producers Nathan Lane- The Producers Christine Ebersole- 42nd Street Cady Huffman- The Producers Harriet Harris- Thoroughly Modern Millie Sutton Foster- Thoroughly Modern Millie Marissa Jaret Winokur- Hairspray Harvey Fierstein- Hairspray Dick Latessa- Hairspray Michael Cerveris- Assassins Jefferson Mays- I Am My Own Wife Hugh Jackman- The Boy From Oz Anika Noni Rose- Caroline or Change Idina Menzel- Wicked Bill Irwin- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Cherry Jones- Doubt Norbert Leo Butz- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Dan Fogler- 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Sara Ramirez- Spamalot Victoria Clark- The Light In The Piazza Liev Schrieber- Glengarry Glen Ross Adriane Lenox- Doubt Richard Griffiths- History Boys Cynthia Nixon- Rabbit Hole John Lloyd Young- Jersey Boys Christian Hoff- Jersey Boys LaChanze- The Color Purple Beth Leavel- Drowsy Chaperone Ian McDiarmid- Faith Healer Frances de la Tour- History Boys Frank Langella- Frost/ Nixon Julie White- Little Dog Laughed David Hyde Pierce- Curtains Christine Ebersole- Grey Gardens Billy Crudup- Coast of Utopia Jennifer Ehle- Coast of Utopia John Gallagher Jr.- Spring Awakening Mary Louise Wilson- Grey Gardens
Denis O'Hare - Take me out John Glover - Love! Valour! Compassion! Stephen Spinella - Angels in America: Perestroika Jeffrey Wright - Angels in America: Perestroika Ron Leibman - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Stephen Spinella - Angels in America: Millennium Approaches Larry Fishburne - Two Trains Running Blair Brown - Copenhagen Jane Adams - An Inspector Calls Judd Hirsch - Conversations With My Father Philip Bosco - Lend Me a Tenor Ron Silver - Speed-the-Plow Alan Bates - Fortune's Fool Frank Langella - Fortune's Fool Amanda Plummer - Agnes Of God Henderson Forsythe - The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas Carlin Glynn - The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas Liliane Montevecchi - Nine James Earl Jones - Fences Mary Alice - Fences Mercedes Ruehl - Lost in Yonkers Kevin Spacey - Lost in Yonkers Irene Worth- Lost in Yonkers Matthew Broderick - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Ted Ross - The Wiz Dee Dee Bridgewater - The Wiz Patti LuPone - Evita Mandy Patinkin - Evita Jonathan Pryce - Miss Saigon Lea Salonga - Miss Saigon Hinton Battle - Miss Saigon Ben Harney - Dreamgirls Jennifer Holliday - Dreamgirls Cleavant Derricks - Dreamgirls Brian Dennehy - Death Of A Salesman Elizabeth Franz - Death Of A Salesman B.D. Wong - M. Butterfly Harvey Fierstein - Torch Song Trilogy George Hearn - La Cage aux Folles Michael Jeter - Grand Hotel Joanna Gleason - Into The Woods Harvey Fierstein - Hairspray Marissa Jaret Winokur - Hairspray Dick Latessa - Hairspray Barry Miller - Biloxi Blues Nell Carter - Ain't Misbehavin' Ann Duquesnay - Bring in 'Da Noise Judd Hirsch - I'm Not Rappaport Brent Carver - Kiss of the Spider Woman Chita Rivera - Kiss of the Spider Woman Anthony Crivello - Kiss of the Spider Woman Christine Baranski - Rumors Linda Lavin - Broadway Bound John Randolph - Broadway Bound Glenn Close - Death and the Maiden Betty Buckley - Cats Christopher Plummer - Othello Len Cariou - Sweeney Todd Angela Lansbury - Sweeney Todd Cherry Jones - The Heiress Frances Sternhagen - The Heiress Jeremy Irons - The Real Thing Glenn Close - The Real Thing Christine Baranski - The Real Thing Stephen Dillane - The Real Thing Jennifer Ehle - The Real Thing Judi Dench - Amy's View Madeline Kahn - The Sisters Rosensweig Maggie Smith - Lettice and Lovage Margaret Tyzack - Lettice and Lovage Judith Ivey - Hurlyburly Idina Menzel - Wicked Frank Wood - Side Man Joe Mantegna - Glengarry Glen Ross John Rubinstein - Children of a Lesser God Phyllis Frelich - Children of a Lesser God Jefferson Mays - I Am My Own Wife Zakes Mokae - "MASTER HAROLD"...and the boys David Rounds - Morning's at Seven Constance Cummings - Wings Glenn Close - Sunset Boulevard George Hearn - Sunset Boulevard Michael Cerveris - Assassins Donna Murphy - Passion Bríd Brennan - Dancing at Lughnasa Boyd Gaines - The Heidi Chronicles Joan Allen - Burn This Lily Tomlin - The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Nathan Lane - The Producers Gary Beach - The Producers Cady Huffman - The Producers Tommy Tune - My One And Only Charles "Honi" Coles - My One And Only John Cullum - On the Twentieth Century Kevin Kline - On the Twentieth Century James Naughton - City of Angels Randy Graff - City of Angels Boyd Gaines - Contact Swoosie Kurtz - Fifth Of July Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon Julie White - The Little Dog Laughed David Hyde Pierce - Curtains Christine Ebersole - Grey Gardens Mary Louise Wilson - Grey Gardens John Gallagher, Jr. - Spring Awakening John Lloyd Young - Jersey Boys Christian Hoff - Jersey Boys Beth Leavel - The Drowsy Chaperone Cherry Jones - Doubt Adriane Lenox - Doubt Norbert Leo Butz - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Victoria Clark - The Light in the Piazza Dan Fogler - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Sara Ramirez - Monty Python's Spamalot
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
Marissa Jaret Winouker- Hairspray Harvey Fierstein- Hairspray Victoria Clark- The Light in the Piazza Christine Ebersole- Grey Gardens Mary Louise Wilson- Grey Gardens LaChanze- The Color Purple Idina Menzel- Wicked Norbert Leo Butz- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels John Gallagher Jr.- Spring Awakening
Norbert Leo Butz- DRS John Gallagher, Jr.- Spring Awakening David Hyde Pierce- Curtains John Lloyd Young- Jersey Boys Christian Hoff- Jersey Boys Dan Fogler- Spelling Bee Richard Griffith- The History Boys Frances de la Tour- The History Boys
I'm sure I've seen others... just can't remember...
You had to ask! From over 30 years of theater-going:
Ben Vereen: PIPPIN George S. Irving: IRENE Virginia Capers: RAISIN Janie Sell: OVER HERE John Cullum: SHENANDOAH Angela Lansbury: GYPSY Ted Ross & Dee Dee Bridgewater: THE WIZ George Rose: MY FAIR LADY Donna McKechnie, Sammy Williams & Carole Bishop: A CHORUS LINE Dorothy Loudon: ANNIE Barnard Hughes & Lester Rawlins: DA John Cullum & Kevin Kline: ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Nell Carter: AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ Tom Conti: WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY? Carole Shelley: THE ELEPHANT MAN Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury: SWEENEY TODD Henderson Forsythe & Carlin Glynn: …WHOREHOUSE… John Rubinstein & Phyllis Frelich: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD David Rounds: MORNING’S AT SEVEN Jim Dale: BARNUM Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin: EVITA Priscilla Lopez: HOLLYWOOD/UKRAINE Ian McKellen: AMADEUS Swoosie Kurtz: FIFTH OF JULY Kevin Kline: THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Lauren Bacall & Marilyn Cooper: WOMAN OF THE YEAR Hinton Battle: SOPHISTICATED LADIES Ben Harney, Jennifer Holliday & Cleavant Derricks: DREAMGIRLS Liliane Montevecchi: NINE Harvey Fierstein: TORCH SONG TRILOGY Matthew Broderick: BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS Tommy Tune & Charles “Honi” Coles: MY ONE AND ONLY Betty Buckley: CATS Jeremy Irons & Christine Baranski: THE REAL THING (I didn’t see Glenn Close) George Hearn: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Chita Rivera: THE RINK Lila Kedrova: ZORBA Stockard Channing: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG Barry Miller: BILOXI BLUES Judith Ivey: HURLYBURLY Ron Richardson: BIG RIVER Leilani Jones: GRIND Judd Hirsch: I’M NOT RAPPAPORT Lily Tomlin: THE SEARCH… John Mahoney & Swoosie Kurtz: THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES George Rose: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Bernadette Peters: SONG AND DANCE Michael Rupert & Bebe Neuwirth: SWEET CHARITY Linda Lavin & John Randolph: BROADWAY BOUND Robert Lindsay & Maryann Plunkett: ME AND MY GIRL Michael Maguire & Frances Ruffelle: LES MISERABLES Joan Allen: BURN THIS B.D. Wong: M. BUTTERFLY Michael Crawford & Judy Kaye: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Joanna Gleason: INTO THE WOODS Bill McCutcheon: ANYTHING GOES Philip Bosco: LEND ME A TENOR Pauline Collins: SHIRLEY VALENTINE Boyd Gaines: THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Christine Baranski: RUMORS Debbie Shapiro & Scott Wise JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY (I did not see Jason Alexander) Maggie Smith & Margaret Tyzack: LETTICE AND LOVAGE James Naughton & Randy Graff: CITY OF ANGELS Tyne Daly: GYPSY Michael Jeter: GRAND HOTEL Nigel Hawthorne: SHADOWLANDS Mercedes Ruehl, Irene Worth & Kevin Spacey: LOST IN YONKERS Jonathan Pryce, Lea Salonga & Hinton Battle: MISS SAIGON Daisy Eagan: THE SECRET GARDEN Judd Hirsch: CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER Glenn Close: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN Brid Brennan: DANCING AT LUGHNASA Gregory Hines & Tonya Pinkins: JELLY’S LAST JAM Faith Prince: GUYS AND DOLLS Scott Waara: THE MOST HAPPY FELLA Madeline Kahn: THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG Chita Rivera, Brent Carver & Anthony Crivello: KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Jane Adams: AN INSPECTOR CALLS Boyd Gaines: SHE LOVES ME Donna Murphy: PASSION Jarrod Emick: DAMN YANKEES Cherry Jones & Frances Sternhagen: THE HEIRESS John Glover: LOVE, VALOR, COMPASSION Matthew Broderick: H2$ George Hearn: SUNSET BOULEVARD (I did not see Glenn Close) George Grizzard: A DELICATE BALANCE Zoe Caldwell & Audra McDonald: MASTER CLASS Nathan Lane: …FORUM Bebe Neuwirth: CHICAGO Chuck Cooper & Lillias White: THE LIFE Alan Cumming: CABARET (I did not see Natasha Richardson) Audra McDonald: RAGTIME Frank Wood: SIDEMAN Bernadette Peters: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Stephen Dillane and Jennifer Ehle: THE REAL THING Roy Dotrice: A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN Blair Brown: COPENHAGEN Brian Stokes Mitchell: KISS ME, KATE Boyd Gaines & Karen Ziemba: CONTACT Richard Easton & Robert Sean Leonard: THE INVENTION OF LOVE Mary Louise Parker: PROOF Nathan Lane, Gary Beach & Cady Huffman: THE PRODUCERS Alan Bates & Frank Langella: FORTUNE’S FOOL Lindsey Duncan: PRIVATE LIVES Katie Finneran: NOISES OFF John Lithgow: THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS Sutton Foster & Harriet Harris: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE Shuler Hensley: OKLAHOMA Brian Dennehy & Vanessa Redgrave: LONG DAY’S JOURNEY… Denis O’Hare: TAKE ME OUT Harvey Fierstein, Marisa Jarret Winokur & Dick Latessa: HAIRSPRAY Jane Krakowski: NINE Jefferson Mayes: I AM MY OWN WIFE Brian F. O’Byrne: FROZEN Idina Menzel: WICKED Michael Cerveris: ASSASSINS Anika Noni Rose: CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Bill Irwin: …VIRGINIA WOOLF Adriane Lenox: DOUBT (I did not see Cherry Jones) Norbert Leo Butz: DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS Victoria Clark: THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Richard Griffiths & Frances de la Tour: THE HISTORY BOYS Beth Leavel: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Frank Langella: FROST/NIXON Julie White: THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED Billy Crudup & Jennifer Ehle: THE COAST OF UTOPIA David Hyde Pierce: CURTAINS Christine Ebersole & Mary Louise Wilson: GREY GARDENS John Gallagher Jr.: SPRING AWAKENING
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens David Hyde Pierce, Curtains Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon Beth Leavel, The Drowsy Chaperone
And now that I'm living in NYC and trying to catch everything new as it opens, I'll hopefully only keep adding to that list! :)
Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
Sutton Foster and Harriet Harris - Throughly Modern Millie Idina Menzel - Wicked Sara Ramirez - Spamalot Norbert Leo Butz - DRS Beth Leavel - Drowsy Chaperone David Hyde Pierce - Curtains
That is a lot more than I thought.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre-
You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree. ~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel. ~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known. ~A Tale of Two Cities ~