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| re: "The Band's Visit", WHEN it wins, will NOT be an upset. | |
| Last Edit: lowwriter 02:12 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 02:06 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: "The Band's Visit", WHEN it wins, will NOT be an upset. - WaymanWong 01:46 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| I guess I feel the theater community is rooting for him because he's American and has their support. I also got the impression that people have been talking about Slater since the show tried out in Chicago whereas there has been less hype about Haddon-Paton. | |
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| re: "The Band's Visit", WHEN it wins, will NOT be an upset. | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 03:18 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: "The Band's Visit", WHEN it wins, will NOT be an upset. - lowwriter 02:06 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| If Slater should win, I doubt it has anything to do with him being American (any more than Glenda Jackson's likely to win for being British). Besides, Shalhoub's American, too, and he's far better-known than Slater: He's a 3-time Emmy winner and 4-time Tony nominee. Joshua Henry also identifies as American. Though this 3-time Tony nominee was born in Manitoba, he was raised in Florida and lives in Harlem. |
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| I’m surprised Shalhoub isn’t on the short list | |
| Posted by: dramedy 08:07 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: "The Band's Visit", WHEN it wins, will NOT be an upset. - WaymanWong 03:18 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| It’s a pitch perfect performance. Slater is cute and energetic, but Shalhoub gives the memorable performances | |
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| re: I’m surprised Shalhoub isn’t on the short list | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 08:58 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
| In reply to: I’m surprised Shalhoub isn’t on the short list - dramedy 08:07 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| I've been trying to figure out Slater's seemingly frontrunner status and as WaymanWong has pointed out, I haven't succeeded. I thought Slater was charming but I didn't leave the theater thinking about his performance. But there seems to be great affection for his work and the show itself has an underdog appeal. Shalhoub is excellent in The Band's Visit but he does blend into the ensemble and he doesn't sing much. Maybe this category is closer than it appears since Tony voters aren't the same as the Drama Desk or Outer Critics voters. |
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| re: I’m surprised Shalhoub isn’t on the short list | |
| Posted by: MikeR 11:14 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I’m surprised Shalhoub isn’t on the short list - lowwriter 08:58 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| The list of nominees is the short list, isn't it? | |
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| re: I’m surprised Shalhoub isn’t on the short list | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 10:46 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 10:43 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I’m surprised Shalhoub isn’t on the short list - lowwriter 08:58 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| If Tony Shalhoub wins Best Actor, it'll because enough Tony voters love ''Band's Visit'' and feel he's overdue to win (on his 4th Tony nomination). However, even Shalhoub has commented on how little he sings in it, and he's been gone from the show for a couple of months, shooting a TV series. He came back for only ''select'' performances in May for the Tony voters, and now he's ended his run in it. Even when ''Band's Visit'' was awards-eligible last season, Shalhoub didn't get nominated for Best Actor in a Musical by the Drama Desk or Lortel Awards. Fine as he is, it's not a performance that has won other prizes or generated tons of buzz. |
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| How short is he? | |
| Posted by: Ann 08:12 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
| In reply to: I’m surprised Shalhoub isn’t on the short list - dramedy 08:07 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| haha. But you should speak about his performance in the past tense, right? Yes, boo-hoo for me on my revisit, but I agree his performance was memorable. As is the whole show. I'm very happy that it's done well in the transfer. | |
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| re: How short is he? | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 02:29 pm EDT 06/04/18 | |
| In reply to: How short is he? - Ann 08:12 am EDT 06/04/18 | |
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| Just for the record, Shalhoub is 5-foot-10. ;) Slater says he's ''a tick under 5-foot-7,'' but he looks even a mite shorter than that. |
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