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| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 02:37 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' - AlanScott 06:11 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| Interesting. I remember the story about Rose complaining about his Tony nomination for The Fat Friend. Regarding a performer's eligibility for a role earlier performed, I remember a NY critic campaigning for Ethel Merman to get a nomination for the '66 revival of Annie Get Your Gun. I think it nay have been Henry Hewes. The revival itself did get 2 nominations, but not for Merman. |
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| re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' | |
| Posted by: larry13 04:26 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' - BroadwayTonyJ 02:37 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| And of course, the first Tonys were given out in 1947, a year after AGYR opened, so that neither the show nor Merman were recognized. | |
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| re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' | |
| Last Edit: AlanScott 05:10 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 05:09 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' - larry13 04:26 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| Yes, so it's easy to understand why Hewes felt she should be nominated. Still, a special Tony would have made more sense. | |
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| re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' | |
| Last Edit: JereNYC 01:28 pm EDT 09/02/20 | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 01:25 pm EDT 09/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' - AlanScott 05:09 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| I wonder if, in the early days of the Tonys, there were rules that specifically pertained to revivals of work that predated the awards? Perhaps no one even envisioned that revivals would ever become enough of a thing to even consider such things. In any case, stars returning in new productions of shows they originated continues to be a rare phenomenon...Channing in HELLO, DOLLY!, Lansbury in MAME, Close in SUNSET BOULEVARD...any others? Under today's rules, Merman would have been eligible in 1966 for ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, right? Because she would not have been eligible in 1946, because the award didn't exist. Or would a special exception have been made to exempt her? |
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| re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' | |
| Posted by: larry13 03:26 pm EDT 09/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' - JereNYC 01:25 pm EDT 09/02/20 | |
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| Just off the top of my head: Mostel in FIDDLER; Kiley in LA MANCHA; Burton in CAMELOT. I'm sure there are many others. Robert Preston refusing to do MUSIC MAN again, after the film, is the exception. |
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| re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 02:07 pm EDT 09/02/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 'She Loves Me' and 'to my amazement ...' - JereNYC 01:25 pm EDT 09/02/20 | |
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| Both Joel Grey and Alan Cumming starred in return production of Cabaret that they had done previously. What are the odds?? Same show, same role. | |
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