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| Posted by: Fasslercom 12:26 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
| In reply to: Cast set for Sondheim's Here We Are - ChorusBoy999 11:24 am EDT 07/17/23 | |
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| Of the 11 actors announced, nine have either won or been nominated for Tony Awards. If this were a baseball game, these are all-star players. | |
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| re: Cast set for Sondheim's Here We Are | |
| Last Edit: mikem 01:15 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
| Posted by: mikem 01:04 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Cast set for Sondheim's Here We Are - Fasslercom 12:26 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
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| I was thinking about it a little bit differently. This is an extremely talented cast (which I guess I was taking for granted given the circumstances for this show), but not really a legend-filled cast. If I have counted correctly, I think eight of the 11 have been nominated for a Tony (Steven Pasquale, Francois Battiste and Jin Ha have not), but only two have actually won (David Hyde Pierce and Rachel Bay Jones, both of whom deserved to win but I would not say either gave an iconic performance). I'm not sure the person who sees two or three Broadway shows a year would know who most of these actors are. That they did not go for theater legends is not a bad thing -- one could argue that it is a good thing, that they seem to be casting for who is right for the role rather than who they are. And it also make me think that this is a show with a true ensemble cast, where no one is sticking out as the lead. |
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| re: Cast set for Sondheim's Here We Are | |
| Posted by: gcarl44 05:15 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Cast set for Sondheim's Here We Are - mikem 01:04 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
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| Having won or not won a Tony is irrelevant. These are some of the most talented performers working in the theater today. | |
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| re: Cast set for Sondheim's Here We Are | |
| Posted by: Fasslercom 02:23 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Cast set for Sondheim's Here We Are - mikem 01:04 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
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| My bad. I thought Pasquale had been nominated for "Bridges of Madison County." As for counting who among this group have won a Tony, don't forget Denis O'Hare has one. | |
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| Denis O'Hare's Tony | |
| Posted by: Quicheo 01:17 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Cast set for Sondheim's Here We Are - mikem 01:04 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
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| I mostly agree with your post--just reminding that Denis O'Hare does indeed have a Tony. | |
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| re: Denis O'Hare's Tony | |
| Posted by: mikem 01:36 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
| In reply to: Denis O'Hare's Tony - Quicheo 01:17 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
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| Thank you for noticing (and for such a nice, gentle reminder!), and how could I forget that! He actually gave an iconic performance in Take Me Out IMO. Miles ahead of Jesse Tyler Ferguson's work (again, IMO). It also sticks out for me because it was one of the first Tony-winning performances I had ever seen. At that time, I would typically see a show on tour or after ticket demand came down well into the run, by which time there was a replacement cast. I saw Take Me Out in the last couple of months of the run, when many of the actors had left but O'Hare was still in it. So that was one of the first "Ah, that's what all the fuss is about" performances I had ever seen live on stage. O'Hare used to be a regular on the New York stage (8 Broadway appearances from 1995-2010 according to ibdb and many more in iobdb), but it doesn't look like he has been in a show in New York since the Public's Into the Woods in 2012. Has he done theater anywhere else since then? |
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| re: Denis O'Hare's Tony | |
| Posted by: Quicheo 03:44 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Denis O'Hare's Tony - mikem 01:36 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
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| Here is a partial answer to your question. I hadn't realized "An Illiad" had made such a journey! | |
| Link | Denis O'Hara interview |
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| re: Denis O'Hare's Tony | |
| Posted by: kmval 03:26 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Denis O'Hare's Tony - mikem 01:36 pm EDT 07/17/23 | |
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| I'm not sure when it was, but Denis moved to Paris with his husband. he stated that it was to show his displeasure with conditions in the U.S. I guess he's back, at least for a while, and that's certainly a good thing for theater-goers. | |
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