| re: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 03:39 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
| In reply to: How many Tony awards does a girl have to win for you to recognize her as a singer - dramedy 03:06 pm EST 01/23/18 | |
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| Well, Thomas Mitchell won the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for Hazel Flagg and as far as I know, didn't sing a note in the role (or at least not solo!). I would not identify Bacall as a singer, but as an actress who sings. Her first win was mainly against someone even less adept at singing, Katharine Hepburn in Coco (Dills Watling was up for Georgy, which had already closed and clearly was there to fill a category); second time, her only real possible competition was Chita Rivera in Bring Back Birdie (a few thought the Tonys might give it to Rivera partly because she was beloved and had not won after a few decades of being in the business and partly out of sympathy for her being so game in such a stinker), but Bacall was the "logical" winner that year--Meg Bussert, while lovely in "Brigadoon" did not have a name, and Linda Ronstadt was not viewed as an actress (and by many, as not vocally equipped for Gilbert and Sullivan, though she had many fans, as well). So, I don't think her Tony wins earn Bacall the hyphen. She made sounds while music played in the background--so did Linda Blair (or, if you will, Mercedes McCambridge) in "The Exorcist." |
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