| If you think the Tonys are all Moishe Kapoyr | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 10:53 am EDT 08/29/20 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 10:36 am EDT 08/29/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' - BroadwayTonyJ 08:14 am EDT 08/29/20 | |
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| (which means basically "mixed up" or "upside down"), have a look at the Donaldson Awards winners, in which sometimes people like Nanette Fabray won both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for the same performance in "High Button Shoes", Cyril Ritchard won both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for "Peter Pan", and David Wayne won Best Actor and Supporting Actor in a Musical for "Finian's Rainbow", among other oddities The wikipedia entry is fascinating look at theater from the inception of these awards in 1943 until 1955 when they were discontinued since the Tonys had overlapped a number of years and started to take precedence and overshadow the Donaldsons. Btw, Julie Andrews won a Donaldson for Female Debut in a Musical for "The Boy Friend", so she has in effect been honored by the NY theater community, just very early in her career. Just have a look to see all the (mostly) famous names and plays that were honored before the Tonys -- it's really something! They had awards for Best Play, Best First Play, Debuts (male and female), Best Dancer (male and female), etc. Judy Holliday, Laurence Olivier, Laurette Taylor, Paul Robeson, Marlon Brando, etc. were all Donaldson Award winners. I think this is a fascinating wikipedia page you might want to check out. | |
| Link | Donaldson Award Winners -- precursors to the Tony Awards |
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