It is usually a trivia stumper: Which actor has the most Tony Awards? The answer is Julie Harris, with six. Five were won competitively, from her star-making turn in 1952’s I Am A Camera to The Last of Mrs. Lincoln in 1972, plus a special lifetime achievement Tony in 2002 as a career capper. But the answer always surprised people, who would guess flashier, larger-than-life … [Read more...]
Tony Awards were unpredictable (at least by me)
Forbidden Broadway, that delicious satirical revue about the commercial New York theater, used to do a number declaring Thoroughly Modern Millie as “the worst best musical ever.” But that was before Once won the top Tony Award on Sunday night. And seven other Tonys, too. Mind-boggling. OK, chalk my derision up to sour grapes, since I did terribly at predicting the winners of … [Read more...]