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| Last Edit: WaymanWong 12:10 pm EDT 06/04/23 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 12:07 pm EDT 06/04/23 | |
| In reply to: Leading Actor in a Play - mikem 03:15 pm EDT 06/03/23 | |
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| In the new landscape of nongendered awards, it might be noted that Hayes already has won an Outer Critics Circle and a Drama Desk Award. At the Outer Critics Circle, Hayes won for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Broadway play, and this was the field: Hiran Abeysekera, ''Life of Pi'' Jessica Chastain, ''A Doll's House'' Corey Hawkins, ''Topdog/Underdog'' Sean Hayes, ''Good Night, Oscar'' Audra McDonald, ''Ohio State Murders'' At the Drama Desk Awards, Hayes and Chastain won Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play, and this was the field: Hiran Abeysekera, ''Life of Pi'' Kyle Beltran, ''A Case for the Existence of God,'' Signature Theatre Will Brill, ''A Case for the Existence of God,'' Signature Theatre Brittany Bradford, ''Wedding Band,'' Theatre for a New Audience Jessica Chastain, ''A Doll’s House'' Sharon D Clarke, ''Death of a Salesman'' Sean Hayes, ''Good Night, Oscar'' Denise Manning, ''Amani,'' National Black Theatre and Rattlestick Theater Audra McDonald, ''Ohio State Murders'' Wendell Pierce, ''Death of a Salesman'' John Douglas Thompson, ''Endgame,'' Irish Repertory Theatre Kara Young, ''Twelfth Night,'' The Classical Theatre of Harlem For the record, the Drama Desk awarded Jodie Comer (''Prima Facie'') the prize for Outstanding Solo Performance. And Stephen McKinley Henderson (''Between Riverside and Crazy'') was given the Harold Prince Lifetime Achievement Award. |
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| re: Leading Actor in a Play | |
| Posted by: mikem 10:32 pm EDT 06/04/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Leading Actor in a Play - WaymanWong 12:07 pm EDT 06/04/23 | |
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| I hadn't realized before your message that there were only 7 Leading performances in a Play on Broadway nominated by the Drama Desk (if you count Comer), and 5 of them were also nominated by the Outer Critics Circle, so there was quite a bit of overlap between the two groups. Of those 5, Hiran Abeysekera is the only one who did not get Tony-nominated. Others this year who got OCC and DD noms but no Tony nom were Danielle Brooks, Sharon D Clarke, and Anna Uzele. |
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| re: Leading Actor in a Play | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 01:39 am EDT 06/05/23 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 01:39 am EDT 06/05/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Leading Actor in a Play - mikem 10:32 pm EDT 06/04/23 | |
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| It's sad that Hiran Abeysekera didn't get a Tony nomination, especially since he won the Olivier Award, but that category was so competitive. Abeysekera, a Sri Lankan actor, would've made history as the first Asian guy ever Tony-nominated for Leading Actor in a Play in 76 years. But in 1959, Cedric Hardwicke, a white British actor, was Tony-nominated for playing Koichi Asano, a Japanese man, in ''A Majority of One.'' Come to think of it: No Asian woman has ever been Tony-nominated for Leading Actress in a Play either. Which is equally disappointing. |
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