Peters, Jackman & Equity to Receive Special Tony Awards & Honors

[Rob]

Click Here to Read Bernadette Peters, Hugh Jackman & Actors' Equity to Receive Special Tony Awards & Honors

[beautywickedlover]

I'm very pleased about this. I've been a fan of both of them for so many years. They definetley deserve these special honors.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Congrats Bernie!

[Fosse76]

So, essentially, Hugh Jackman is getting a Tony Award for being Hugh Jackman.

[CurtainPullDowner]

You got a problem with that?

[broadwaybabytn]

I think he's mainly getting an award to recognize excellence in an ineligible show.

[Will42]

Congratulations to both! Although to be be perfectly honest, I'm getting a little bit confused by all those special and honorary Tony Awards. They seems to have so many of them.

[ABB2357]

The award for Bernadette is long overdue given her work with Broadway Barks.

[jo]

Congratulations to both Bernadette and Hugh!

Hugh's recent one-man show earned critics' kudos as well as fan admiration, but unfortunately his performance does not qualify for a TONY award as the show is not a book musical. Great way to honor him not just as an excellent Broadway performer but also for his generosity of time and spirit!

Les Miserables is rumored to wrap filming on June 10 as well - I guess Tom Hooper will have to let his star spend this day with the theatre community

[qolbinau]

Special Tony Award for Hugh Jackman = Way to get Hugh Jackman to appear on the telecast for free.

Thoughts?

[CurtainPullDowner]

You got a problem with that?

[CurtainPullDowner]

Jackman's show was a Huge hit this season.
Why shouldn't he be on the show?

[qolbinau]

I'm not saying he shouldn't be. I'm saying that it does seem like a good way to get Hugh Jackman to appear on the telecast for free.

Take from that as you will.

[TheatreKid3]

Could this possibly be the Tony Committee's way of honoring Bernadette this season and making it look better for her if they did not nominate her for FOLLIES?

[CurtainPullDowner]

She doesn't need this to look better, she looks pretty good right now.

[TheatreKid3]

Not to make HER look better necessarily, but just make it easier for people to accept them not nominating her.

[mamaleh]

Plaudits aplenty for Hugh and Bernadette. The Tony committee obviously realized they never should have eliminated the Special Theatrical Event category, but of course it was too late to rectify that in time to give Hugh his due. His show was probably the most dazzling one-man entertainment I have ever seen and certainly deserves recognition. And I'll bet he's the largest individual fundraiser ever in the history of BC/EFA. Bernadette's no slouch in that area, either.

Hooray for both!

[jo]

>>>And I'll bet he's the largest individual fundraiser ever in the history of BC/EFA.<<<

*$ 1.1 million during his stint in the Boy From Oz
*$ 1.5 million, raised with Daniel Craig during A Steady Rain
*$ 1.8 million during Back on Broadway

All told, about $ 4.4 million!