''They're nominating the part (Anita) not the actress.''
There seem to be certain showy roles that are awards magnets, and Anita's one of them.
Rita Moreno won the Oscar; Karen Olivo won the Tony, and Debbie Allen got nominated. (Oddly, Chita Rivera, who originated it, wasn't nominated.)
In this latest ''West Side Story'' cast, Isaac Powell seemed to get the most attention, but the Drama Desk nominators skipped over him. But then again, no actor who's played Tony in the movie or on Broadway has ever been Oscar- or Tony-nominated. It's often a thankless part.
It just comes down to the tastes of the nominators. The 8 Drama Desk nominators nominated Tammy Blanchard from ''Little Shop of Horrors,'' but not her co-star, Jonathan Groff. But the Lucille Lortel Awards nominators nominated Jonathan, but not Tammy.
Sometimes, performers don't get nominated by the Drama Desk, like Patina Miller (in ''Pippin'') or Kelli O'Hara (in ''The King and I''), but still win a Tony. |
