It's the Drama League Awards tomorrow lunchtime, and these are presented next Thursday.
Last Edit: May 17, 2018 18:50:05 GMT by capsbestgirl
"When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.” —Eckhart Tolle
"When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.” —Eckhart Tolle
It's the Drama League Awards tomorrow lunchtime, and these are presented next Thursday.
Amazing to see his name among some greats as a nominee for the Distinguished Performance Award. Also Michael Tyree Henry. I can't see Michael Cera's name there. Did I miss it?
"The movie came to life every time you were on the screen." Stan Lee to Chris Evans.
It's the Drama League Awards tomorrow lunchtime, and these are presented next Thursday.
Amazing to see his name among some greats as a nominee for the Distinguished Performance Award. Also Michael Tyree Henry. I can't see Michael Cera's name there. Did I miss it?
No, Michael Cera (and Bel Powley) didn't get a nomination for this one. Cera got the Tony nomination.
"When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.” —Eckhart Tolle
L.A. Times: Tony nominees: 6 featured performances that stole the spotlight, turning small roles into big memories
By CHARLES MCNULTY | THEATER CRITIC | JUN 09, 2018 | 6:00 AM
The truth of that old theatrical saying that there are no small parts, only small actors, was redeemed last season on Broadway, with a bevy of featured performances that transcended their limited stage time and reminded us that brilliance is not a function of billing.
These six standout performers, all in contention for Tony Awards on Sunday, did more than call attention to their own dazzling talents. They distilled something essential in the unique theatricality of their shows.
Deborah Findlay, one of the treasures of the British stage, reprised her performance on Broadway in Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Children,” which I saw at London’s Royal Court, never wanting the veteran actress (or her equally thrilling sparring partner Francesca Annis, who also should have been nominated) to leave the stage. But this is a seasoned pro in a leading role that was miscategorized.
What’s inspiring this salute to Brian Tyree Henry in “Lobby Hero,” Susan Brown in “Angels in America,” Grey Henson and Ashley Park in “Mean Girls,” Lindsay Mendez in “Carousel” and Ari’el Stachel in “The Band’s Visit” (beyond my having been insufficiently acquainted with these gifted actors) is the way they made secondary roles seem anything but.
Brian Tyree Henry, “Lobby Hero”
In Kenneth Lonergan’s “Lobby Hero,” Henry played William, a security supervisor of New York apartment houses, with such naturalness that, not knowing the actor from his Emmy-nominated performance on FX’s “Atlanta,” I couldn’t help wondering whether director Trip Cullman actually cast the role by visiting nearby residential buildings. But the way Henry embodied the play’s ethical conflict revealed an actor of shrewd interpretive craft. In an ensemble that included Michael Cera (a quintessential Lonergan slacker, justly nominated for his performance) and a galvanic Chris Evans (who was cheated of a nomination), Henry made vividly real the dilemma of a character who’s a stickler for the rules when it comes to his subordinates but expects more leeway when a hairy situation involving a family member drops him into the gray zone.
Susan Brown, “Angels in America”
In a suite of roles that includes Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz, Ethel Rosenberg and Hannah Pitt, Brown sharply individualizes each and every figure she plays in “Angels in America.” Whether saying Kaddish over the corpse of Roy Cohn or lending doughty support to an eccentric stranger battling AIDS, Brown movingly communicates the moral vision of Tony Kushner’s epic masterwork. I saw the production twice, first in London and then on Broadway, and shed even more tears the second time around during Brown’s scene at the hospital with Andrew Garfield’s Prior Walter, a gravely ill young man who finds a surrogate mother in a woman whose hard exterior belies an uncommon decency.
Grey Henson, “Mean Girls”
In “Mean Girls,” the musical adaptation of the film with a book by Tina Fey, the outcast finally gets his chance to shine. Henson exhilaratingly brings to life Damian Hubbard, who’s shunned by the conforming cool kids for being true to himself, a gay teen with a razor-sharp wit honed by years of self-defense. A good portion of the joy of Hubbard’s performance is watching a theater rat unleashed in all his frenetic tap dancing glory in “Stop,” the show’s sweatiest number — an occasion to administer wisdom to peers sorely in need of his astringent brand of common sense.
Ashley Park, “Mean Girls”
As Gretchen Wieners, Park delivers the most fetch performance of the season. (My definition of the word, over-the-top that works hilariously well, differs slightly from Gretchen’s usage.) Her character, a relentless gossip who dances attendance on the imperious beauty Regina George, is such a flamboyant mix of fierceness and insecurity that she transports theatergoers (whether they like it or not) to that adolescent time when it’s not clear which is funnier, our awkwardness or our arrogance.
Making a memorable Broadway debut in “The Band’s Visit,” the musical of the year, Stachel plays Haled, a dreamy trumpet and riq player who holds Chet Baker’s version of “My Funny Valentine” as an ideal not just of jazz but also of living. Part of the Egyptian troupe of musicians who get stranded in the wrong Israeli town, Stachel’s Haled magnificently balances clumsiness with romantic smoothness. But even more impressive, he serves as a touching catalyst for Tony Shalhoub’s Tewfiq, Haled’s sternly disapproving yet sympathetic leader, who begins to see in this affectionately bumbling young man vestiges of his late son.
I didn't think he was there- thought he was in LA?!
"When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.” —Eckhart Tolle
I didn't think he was there- thought he was in LA?!
I did't see him but a few people on twitter said he was in the audience - maybe it was wishful thinking goggles.
It WAS wishful thinking, he was in LA over the weekend, hence why no appearance with Scott, Lisa & Uncle Mike at Boston pride this weekend.
Not sure if he's still there, or if he's heading back to Boston for his birthday.
"When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.” —Eckhart Tolle
This video appeared on the net whilst Lobby Hero was still running. It is STRICTLY not allowed to film during a performance so I didn't post it. I'm hoping you'll all agree that enough time has passed to make it more acceptable to post it. If you strongly disagree let me know and I'll take it down.
"The movie came to life every time you were on the screen." Stan Lee to Chris Evans.
"When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.” —Eckhart Tolle